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| Sweden has gender neutral schools. |
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| PhantOS:
oh sorry i misunderstood your post |
| otto-san:
i don't think equivocating the swedish "hen" and the english singular "they" is necessarily safe, i'm not swedish and i don't know a whole lot about the swedish language or culture but i feel like a lot of this stuff has been evaluating this school based entirely on american english-speaking perspectives (i.e. english-speaking in america). so for clarity i guess i'll say that i don't think this kind of thing would be a good idea in america right now, but i can't confidently say that for sweden, because i know at least that "hen" has been a concept that people over there have had a fair amount of time to get used to (iirc at least). that being said, singular "they" is something that's actually really common in casual english, but people still don't like it the idea of removing gender pressures from toys and symbols is good though, and i think the kids and everyone who hasn't got a stick from the 1940s up their ass would probably be fine with it. i'm pretty sure my preschool was the same way. all the kids still know what their love is and they aren't going to suddenly lose or question their gender identity because their language doesn't force them to recognize it. the reason i can say this confidently is because there are plenty of people who speak languages with no grammatical gender and they still know what their identity is, and sometimes they even do a damn good job enforcing some harsh gender roles to boot. i wouldn't sweat this whole deal too much. worst-case scenario, you get some kids that weirdly call people by a less commonly used neutral pronoun, and if it doesn't stick once they get out, then they'll unlearn it after preschool. |
| ChappersTeddy:
from a swedish friend: han = he honom = him hon = she henne = her hen = they/xe hen = them/xir the people who speak against this seem to think that sweden is now only people going by these """new""" pronouns, when in reality most of the swedish people i know still go by the standard he/she |
| Conan:
none of you understand by calling the children hen they're trying to indoctrinate them as swedish hens soon everyone will identify as a female egg laying chhcicken |
| Kochieboy:
Kids are too young and impressionable to fully wrap their minds around the whole transgender trend. Honestly, they should be making the decision when they become more knowledgeable and are able to make more responsible decisions (Let's say 18 is a good median target). |
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