A Christian/Anglican school in Australia has garnered negative attention after getting its students to participate in a misogynistic and extremely disturbing exercise.
St. Luke's, a grammar school in Sydney Australia, separated its year ten (or 9th grade, in the USA) students into groups by a gender binary and gave the boys and girls very different assignments. The girls were to read articles on "preserving" their virginity until marriage.
The boys were told to list "qualities that you would look for in a girl."
This exercise👇 was given to Year 10 boys at St Luke’s Anglican Grammar School, teaching the boys how to choose a gi… https://t.co/chUxlT048x— Peter Murphy (@Peter Murphy) 1624360724.0
@PeterWMurphy1 6 points for a virgin … who verifies that, and is there a refund option? 🙄— The (Vaccinated) Ghost of August West (@The (Vaccinated) Ghost of August West) 1624450364.0
@PeterWMurphy1 Is this actually real??— shirkeynot (@shirkeynot) 1624369992.0
@PeterWMurphy1 “Right height” - for what purpose?— RoosterDownUnder (@RoosterDownUnder) 1624402443.0
Students voiced their displeasure for the assignment to the Sydney Herald.
"All the girls were disgusted and really offended," said one student.
This is grotesque. Girls don’t need to be rated by boys; doing so encourages misogyny, and the commodification and… https://t.co/DrnDf8GYLo— Anita (@Anita) 1624347368.0
@Anita__Stubbs WHAT! Is this the St Luke’s Grammar School that’s located on Sydney’s Northern Beaches?— Michael Wu (@Michael Wu) 1624347595.0
@Anita__Stubbs WTAF?— Paul H🍩wat🏳️🌈AbolishTheDay (@Paul H🍩wat🏳️🌈AbolishTheDay) 1624347989.0
@Anita__Stubbs Grotesque indeed. Six points for a virgin. The conflation of sporty and sexy. And the rest of it— Alex Thomson (@Alex Thomson) 1624347702.0
@Anita__Stubbs It is beyond gross. Hopefully those peddling this will be disciplined.— Dr. JakMich Her/She (@Dr. JakMich Her/She) 1624360450.0
In response, the headmaster of the school sent a letter home to parents acknowledging that the lesson was completely inappropriate.
"St Luke's always has been, and always will be, a school that respects, values and honours all students."
However, the damage was done: according to the female students, several male students were joking around, calling the assignment "Build A B**ch."
"They think joking about it was OK because their own teacher was telling them it was OK."
I'm disgusted by the lessons being taught at St Luke's Grammar in Sydney where boys were asked to rank and score gi… https://t.co/RqLB6lZrVQ— Tarang / तरंग (@Tarang / तरंग) 1624422325.0
*St Luke's Grammar Teaches boys, a girls virginity is a prize to be sought History of a woman's vagina, is for male… https://t.co/H1UpMvJmFj— Emergency&BushfireKits (@Emergency&BushfireKits) 1624490787.0
Thinking of starting a support group for all the women who would have been complete non-starters as far as the St L… https://t.co/caBC4vENxU— Celeste Liddle (@Celeste Liddle) 1624420344.0
Disgusting - no surprise that Australia has such astounding toxic masculinity and shameful rates of violence agains… https://t.co/2y4x4MsN9w— Lisa Toohey (@Lisa Toohey) 1624401524.0
I hate to break it to the incel lads of St Luke's Anglican Grammar School, my willingness to put up with this bulls… https://t.co/l8vT8ElSEo— KimmyBakedOven, because what's a name anyway Jeph? (@KimmyBakedOven, because what's a name anyway Jeph?) 1624368054.0
The Christian Studies teacher has "voluntarily stood down while the matter is under investigation," according to the school.
Christian Studies classes for the students will be co-ed in the next term, and the headmaster has committed to overseeing a review of the curriculum.
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