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arista · 20-11-2015, 10:44 AM

How Very Nice

[Women's rights campaigners
have reacted with fury over
plans to remove a section on
feminism from the politics A-level syllabus.
The proposed changes would
remove all mentions of feminism,
sex and gender, with only one
female political thinker
mentioned by name.
The suffragette movement
is squeezed into a section
on pressure groups.]

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...#ixzz3s1zkyYhl

Kizzy · 20-11-2015, 11:13 AM

Spoiler:

Jack_ · 20-11-2015, 12:02 PM

Great news! And I'm sure it won't be long until all optional critical thinking/social science/political based subjects are removed from the curriculum altogether, so that every adolescent can emerge from schools, sixth forms and colleges politically unaware and apathetic, regurgitating the same hegemonic ideologies that the media perpetuates, and turn them all into work-obsessed, individualistic, materialistic, mindless cogs in a wheel at the mercy of exploitation for the rest of their lives, rejecting any alternative strains of thought because 'that's just way life is and the way the world works'.

A truly promising future for the next generation

Kizzy · 20-11-2015, 12:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Jack_

Great news! And I'm sure it won't be long until all optional critical thinking/social science/political based subjects are removed from the curriculum altogether, so that every adolescent can emerge from schools, sixth forms and colleges politically unaware and apathetic, regurgitating the same hegemonic ideologies that the media perpetuates, and turn them all into work-obsessed, individualistic, materialistic, mindless cogs in a wheel at the mercy of exploitation for the rest of their lives, rejecting any alternative strains of thought because 'that's just way life is and the way the world works'.

A truly promising future for the next generation

bitontheslide · 20-11-2015, 12:27 PM

and a report without any appropriate context. So how can anyone possibly judge if it is a good or a bad thing

arista · 20-11-2015, 12:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Jack_

Great news! And I'm sure it won't be long until all optional critical thinking/social science/political based subjects are removed from the curriculum altogether, so that every adolescent can emerge from schools, sixth forms and colleges politically unaware and apathetic, regurgitating the same hegemonic ideologies that the media perpetuates, and turn them all into work-obsessed, individualistic, materialistic, mindless cogs in a wheel at the mercy of exploitation for the rest of their lives, rejecting any alternative strains of thought because 'that's just way life is and the way the world works'.

A truly promising future for the next generation

Yes Jack the Cogs are Turning
In the City its Men Bankers

Womens Rights are Dead

Sign Of The Times

arista · 20-11-2015, 12:29 PM

Also Being Work Obsessed,
Jack

Is Normal.

GiRTh · 20-11-2015, 12:38 PM

The worse thing about that for me is the Suffragettes being known as a 'pressure group'. Suddenly all their great work seems tainted. This rewriting of history is already happening in America with Texas trying to change the syllabus on history and in particular slavery to make it look like the slave came to America voluntarily.

http://www.theguardian.com/education...-workers-texas

This rewriting of history will happen more and more IMO

Kizzy · 20-11-2015, 12:42 PM

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Originally Posted by bitontheslide

and a report without any appropriate context. So how can anyone possibly judge if it is a good or a bad thing

'Under the old syllabus, a whole module was dedicated to ‘knowledge of the core ideas, doctrines and theories of feminist thought, of tensions within feminism and of competing feminist traditions’. In the proposed new syllabus, the feminism section has been removed and instead there is a section on pressure groups.

This is the context... Basically they're taking the who, what,where and why and just leaving the who.

arista · 20-11-2015, 01:10 PM

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Originally Posted by GiRTh

The worse thing about that for me is the Suffragettes being known as a 'pressure group'. Suddenly all their great work seems tainted. This rewriting of history is already happening in America with Texas trying to change the syllabus on history and in particular slavery to make it look like the slave came to America voluntarily.

http://www.theguardian.com/education...-workers-texas

This rewriting of history will happen more and more IMO

Yes USA is bad at that

the truth · 20-11-2015, 01:31 PM

feminist revisionism has brain washed a generation.....this is a good thing
men and women have equal laws now, that part of the fight is over, so feminism is dead
feminists need to get a job now. meanwhile perhaps they can teach these kids the full context of these fights for rights. They don't even teach kids about Lloyd George, the genius, the greatest politician who ever lived, who gave all working class people the vote for the first time , yes that's women AND men, who gave us the welfare state and NI contributions and lead to the NHS and even taxed the rich for the 1st time. oh he also helped from extinction and won the first world war. Churchill was a minion compared to LG

All that's left is equal rights for women and men and everyone else
starting with disabled and elderly people

Marsh. · 20-11-2015, 01:52 PM

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Originally Posted by the truth

men and women have equal laws now, that part of the fight is over

Not true.

Northern Monkey · 20-11-2015, 02:06 PM

It's hard to know without context but maybe there are other topics which need to be added and it's tough for them to cram it all into the syllabus so some other topics get less attention?

the truth · 20-11-2015, 06:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Marsh.

Not true.

I know men are disadvantaged in the way they lose their kids and their health is underfunded by a few billion compared to women, I presume that's the imbalance you refere too...In the UK there are a few laws that favour the women over men , divorce courts especially. but other than that its a level playing field.

Marsh. · 20-11-2015, 06:49 PM

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Originally Posted by the truth

I know men are disadvantaged in the way they lose their kids and their health is underfunded by a few billion compared to women, I presume that's the imbalance you refere too...In the UK there are a few laws that favour the women over men , divorce courts especially. but other than that its a level playing field.

There are inequalities on both sides of the scale. They are not a level playing field.

Tom4784 · 20-11-2015, 06:52 PM

Awful but not surprising considering the government we've got. I hope this news picks up traction so that the decision can be rightfully undone.

the truth · 20-11-2015, 06:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Marsh.

There are inequalities on both sides of the scale. They are not a level playing field.

Wrong again. There are NO laws that favour men over women in the UK

the truth · 20-11-2015, 06:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Dezzy

Awful but not surprising considering the government we've got. I hope this news picks up traction so that the decision can be rightfully undone.

The type of male hating biased revisionist male hating untrue feminism being taught is damaging children. Its good its being scrapped in its current form.

Tom4784 · 20-11-2015, 06:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by the truth

feminist revisionism has brain washed a generation.....this is a good thing
men and women have equal laws now, that part of the fight is over, so feminism is dead
feminists need to get a job now. meanwhile perhaps they can teach these kids the full context of these fights for rights. They don't even teach kids about Lloyd George, the genius, the greatest politician who ever lived, who gave all working class people the vote for the first time , yes that's women AND men, who gave us the welfare state and NI contributions and lead to the NHS and even taxed the rich for the 1st time. oh he also helped from extinction and won the first world war. Churchill was a minion compared to LG

All that's left is equal rights for women and men and everyone else
starting with disabled and elderly people

Marsh. · 20-11-2015, 06:57 PM

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Originally Posted by the truth

Wrong again. There are NO laws that favour men over women in the UK

Tom4784 · 20-11-2015, 06:58 PM

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Originally Posted by the truth

The type of male hating biased revisionist male hating untrue feminism being taught is damaging children. Its good its being scrapped in its current form.

You live in a self indulgent fantasy world and I can't take you seriously.

Marsh. · 20-11-2015, 06:58 PM

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Originally Posted by the truth

The type of male hating biased revisionist male hating untrue feminism being taught is damaging children. Its good its being scrapped in its current form.

People studying A-level politics are not children.