A Scottish primary school has asked boys to wear skirts to class today to promote equality. Castleview Primary School in Edinburgh emailed parents to say that it wanted the children to be comfortable when taking part and that the boys could wear trousers under their skirts if they chose.
The school even offered to provide the skirts for boys who couldn’t locate one. Last year, a Spanish schoolboy was expelled for showing up to school in a skirt. As a result of that, November 4th has become “wear a skirt day” in Spain.
According to The Mail Online:
The school said pupils in P6 – the equivalent of Year 6 in England – came up with the idea after becoming aware of the Spanish campaign.
It added: ‘We want our school to be inclusive and promote equality.’
Teachers wrote to parents: ‘We’re keen to spread the message that clothes don’t have a gender and that we should all be free to express ourselves as we choose.’
Chris McGovern, of the Campaign for Real Education, said adults were ‘foisting their own anxieties on to children’, who should simply be taught to treat others as they would want to be treated themselves.
The city council said pupils did not have to take part if they did not want to.
Sadly, nobody will ask the school’s head teacher to explain exactly how wearing a skirt for a day will teach boys about equality or inclusivity. I’m a reasonable bloke. Explain it to me and you might take me with you. I’m pretty flexible. I’m not wedded to my beliefs.
It’s madness of course and it’s got nothing to do with equality. It seems to me to be part of a wider agenda to confuse children and blur the lines around biological sex and gender.
It’s also about indoctrinating boys into believing that masculinity is somehow toxic and harmful. It’s a mind-control programme. It sickens me and it’s the reason why if my partner and I ever have a child, he or she will never set foot in a school.
