UK: Sex discrimination laws prevented ban on the belt for girls, reveal archives

Submitted by anthony on Sun, 2009-01-04 08:54

Article here. Excerpt:

'EARLY moves to ban teachers from giving girls the belt at school were thwarted by sex discrimination laws, newly released government papers reveal.
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The documents, dating from the late 1970s – ten years before the belt wasbanned – were kept secret for 30 years and reveal that sex discrimination laws of the time prevented a reprieve from corporal punishment for girls.
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"Any rules which provide that boys should receive corporal punishment where girls do not would be illegal.

"The Secretary of State for Scotland did not agree with corporal punishment for girls but could not say so because of the Sex Discrimination Act. The Secretary of State felt strongly that girls of any age should not receive corporal punishment."'

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Nymphotropism. And another clear example of how the idea of equality is to be applied only to the benefit of women and girls. Whipping boys is fine. Girls, no. The state will disobey its own laws if it has to to make sure equality goes in one direction.

"Tanning hides in school is a bad idea, of course. Unless those hides belong to boys. Then, it's fine."

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Submitted by Matt on Sun, 2009-01-04 21:38

This goes back to the old myth that the only trouble makers in school are male. Clearly, those in favour of banning corporal punishment for girls thought that boys needed it as some form of discipline, while the girls would probably never misbehave badly enough to be punished that way. Sexist, indeed.

Granted, corporal punishment is wrong, whether the victim is male or female.

Evan AKA X-TRNL
Real Men Don't Take Abuse!

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Submitted by xtrnl on Sun, 2009-01-04 23:11