the blog quebecois

Big Peace:

The category of gender was canceled at one of Swedish kindergartens. The words “boy” and “girl” are no longer used there, while pronouns “he” and “she” were replaced with “it”. Kindergarten teachers believe that they are successfully breaking the gender stereotypes so that the people of two sexes would not feel predominant towards each other. Experts say, though, that such seeming equality may lead to the genetic rebirth of the population and to the decline of human civilization.

Not “he” or “she”, but “it.”

The bizarre mission is taking place in the Swedish preschool called “Egalia.” In this kindergarten, pronouns ‘han’ (he) and ‘hon’ (she) were replaced with genderless ‘hen’.

“We use the word “Hen” for example when a doctor, police, electrician or plumber or such is coming to the kindergarten,” said school director Lotta Rajalin (52). “We don’t know if it’s a he or a she so we just say ‘Hen is coming around 2pm.’ Then the children can imagine both a man or a woman. This widens their view.”

The Swedish teachers of “Egalia” are widening the children’s view in a very strange way. For example, fairy-tales about Cinderella and Snow White are no longer allowed at that school. The teachers apparently believe that such stories tell children what gender inequality may lead to. Instead, they read books about two male giraffes who were very concerned about their inability to become parents until they found an abandoned crocodile egg. All other books at school are about same-sex families, single parents and orphans.”

Well, it seems clear that male (hey, isn't that gender stereotyping?) giraffes are at least as bright as Swedish kindergarden teachers.

I understand that they (the giraffes, not the teachers) have been invited by Queers Against Israeli Apartheid to march in the next Pride parade.

Assuming they still have legs, of course.