Originally Posted by VEGANGELICA

As just such a "girl," I would have hated a class where I was given tame science experiments and told to think about how "soap and oil and water interact" when "my mother washes dishes," as is described in the article. The assumption that only mothers wash dishes is preposterous; the assumption that little girls stand spellbound watching parents wash dishes is even more preposterous.

My best friend growing up was...gasp!...a BOY!!!....and we made mud bombs and played cops and robbers together and loved smashing pennies and drawing pictures. He'd draw military planes; I'd draw horses...but we still had fun drawing together and learning from each other. Luckily, we also went to the same classroom. A wild 70s alternative public school program with all ages of students. Those were the days!!! It saddens me greatly that some adults have failed to see the commonalities among children, regardless of genetic sex, and so are trying to force a divide between boys and girls in segregated public schools rather than encourage them to learn how to interact with each other respectfully regardless of genetic sex.