It’s time to stop sacrificing children to a political agenda.
Friend,
Gender ideology-infused lesson plans are popping up in school districts around the country. I just wrote about the latest in New Jersey for Fox News, where students who are struggling to read will be expected to master the confusing and convoluted tenets of gender ideology.
The state board of education expects seven-year-olds to, “list medically accurate names for body parts, including the genitals,” as part of the new health and physical education curriculum standards starting this fall.
Yes, you read that correctly.
Children who have barely been in classrooms during their elementary school years and who aren’t yet familiar with the most basic vocabulary words are expected to identify the locations of the clitoris, urethra, vulva, vagina, anus, penis, urethra, scrotum, testicles, and nipples.
To confuse children further, the lesson instructs them,“being a boy or a girl doesn’t have to mean you have those parts.” The lessons also tell young students that:
“Gender identity is that feeling of knowing your gender. You might feel like you are a boy, you might feel like you are a girl. You might feel like you’re a boy even if you have body parts that some people might tell you are ‘girl’ parts. You might feel like you’re a girl even if you have body parts that some people might tell you are ‘boy’ parts. And you might not feel like you’re a boy or a girl, but you’re a little bit of both.”
What?!
By the end of fifth grade, students are expected to define, “sex assigned at birth, gender identity, cisgender, transgender, gender nonbinary, and transgender” and “differentiate between a person’s gender identity and gender expression.”
It’s time to stop sacrificing children’s interests to the left’s political agenda. Lesson plans should prioritize accurate academic instruction, rather than proselytize gender ideology.
At IWV, we believe that age-appropriate lessons and definitions should be based on biological reality and reflect the immutable biological differences between men and women.
The Women’s Bill of Rights clearly defines and codifies basic sex-based terms and current jurisprudence regarding single-sex programs and facilities. It does not create new rights or entitlements. In short, it recognizes the biological reality of men and women and acknowledges that, while men and women are equal, we are not the same.
