DeSantis now dictating school curriculums from the capital of Florida

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Lanyap

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This "bounty system" is dumb but why is an English professor trying to teach about social justice at a private Christian school in Florida of all places? And in this political climate?

FL is not going to allow this in their schools anymore. Whether we like it or not, it's 100% clear what will happen to a teacher like this. So why expose yourself?



Why not?
 

VRAMdemon

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WOW!
Florida bill would ban girls from talking about their periods in school, GOP lawmaker says (msn.com)

Imagine Republicans in Florida want to stick the noses into high school girls vaginas.

Wait, DeSantis is Gov so it makes sense.

From the article:

“So if little girls experience their menstrual cycle in fifth grade or fourth grade, would that prohibit conversations from them since they are in a grade lower than sixth grade?”McClain confirmed that the bill’s language would do exactly that: “It would” McClain responded.

Huh, wtf!? ... What are they going to do - criminal charges for fifth-grade girls for discussing these personal issues with their friends? And what if one is in need of an emergency product, and say, asks a (female) teacher for assistance? How many years are we going to give the bunch of them for daring to be…uh…biological entities?

Nothing about school shootings though. Maybe she can just claim she needs the tampon to plug a gunshot wound.

My wife, who is 54 remembers, she (the girls) had, “The Talk” at school about menstruation when she was in 4th. grade. There was no out cry, no gnashing of teeth, no rending of garments. Just the basics, and instructions to talk to the teacher if it started at school.
 
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VRAMdemon

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First they want to control women’s vaginas and now they want to control little girl’s vaginas. That smells like projection.

Now that I think about it, The main message I get from the back and forth in the linked article is that the “author” of this bill, has no fucking idea what it actually does.

And ....That’s a feature.

Look at what’s happening with doctors, nurses and hospitals with respect to vaguely-worded anti-abortion laws. They’re vague enough that lots of people aren’t sure where the line between legal and illegal is, so the medical community is over-reacting, out of a sense of self-preservation, and pulling back even further than the law might actually require. No one wants to be the test case to see if a particular case is the one that gets you thrown in prison.


Now it’s the teachers’ turn. Having heard the main supporter of the bill say that this is what it means, how many teachers will be willing to risk termination or who knows what in an attempt to clarify where the line actually is? Safer just to tell the kids to shut the fuck up and ask their parents and do no teaching at all.
 
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IronWing

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Arizona wants to play too! The Republican majority in the Arizona Senate voted to allow parents to demand schools review any book that uses gender pronouns.

They also passed this gem (you really have to read the bill text to understand just how bad it is):

State of Arizona
Senate
Fifty-sixth Legislature
First Regular Session
2023
SENATE BILL 1694
AN ACT

AMENDING TITLE 35, CHAPTER 2, ARIZONA REVISED STATUTES, BY ADDING ARTICLE 4; RELATING TO PUBLIC MONIES.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:
Section 1. Title 35, chapter 2, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding article 4, to read:
ARTICLE 4. PROHIBITED EXPENDITURE OF PUBLIC MONIES
35-351. Prohibited expenditure of public monies; diversity: equity; inclusion; cause of action; definitions

A. A PUBLIC ENTITY SHALL NOT:
1. REQUIRE AN EMPLOYEE TO ENGAGE IN A DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION PROGRAM.

2. SPEND PUBLIC MONIES ON A DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION PROGRAM.

3. REQUIRE, AS A CONDITION OF A CONTRACT, PARTICIPATION IN A DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION PROGRAM.

4. SPEND PUBLIC MONIES TO ACQUIRE SERVICES, SUPPLIES, INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY OR GOODS FOR A DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION PROGRAM.

5. ESTABLISH, SUPPORT, SUSTAIN OR EMPLOY AN OFFICE OR INDIVIDUAL WHOSE DUTIES INCLUDE COORDINATING, CREATING, DEVELOPING, DESIGNING, IMPLEMENTING, ORGANIZING, PLANNING OR PROMOTING DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION PROGRAMS.

6. EXCEPT AS REQUIRED BY FEDERAL LAW:
(a) ADVANCE OR ADOPT ANY POLICY OR PROCEDURE DESIGNED TO INFLUENCE THE COMPOSITION OF ITS WORKFORCE ON THE BASIS OF RACE, SEX OR COLOR.
(b) ADVANCE OR ADOPT ANY POLICY OR PROCEDURE DESIGNED OR IMPLEMENTED ON THE BASIS OF RACE, SEX OR COLOR.

7. PROMOTE OR ADOPT ANY THEORY OF UNCONSCIOUS OR IMPLICIT BIAS, CULTURAL APPROPRIATION, ALLYSHIP, TRANSGENDERISM, MICROAGGRESSIONS, MICROINVALIDATION, GROUP MARGINALIZATION, ANTI-RACISM, SYSTEMIC OPPRESSION, ETHNOCENTRISM, STRUCTURAL RACISM OR INEQUITY, SOCIAL JUSTICE, INTERSECTIONALITY, NEOPRONOUNS, INCLUSIVE LANGUAGE, HETERONORMATIVITY, DISPARATE IMPACT, GENDER IDENTITY OR THEORY, RACIAL OR SEXUAL PRIVILEGE OR ANY RELATED THEORY AS THE OFFICIAL POSITION OF THE PUBLIC ENTITY.

B. AN EMPLOYEE OF A PUBLIC ENTITY WHO IS REQUIRED TO PARTICIPATE IN A DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION PROGRAM MAY BRING AN ACTION AGAINST THE PUBLIC ENTITY. IF THE EMPLOYEE DEMONSTRATES THAT THE PUBLIC ENTITY VIOLATED THIS SECTION, THE EMPLOYEE IS ENTITLED TO INJUNCTIVE RELIEF.

C. THIS SECTION DOES NOT PRECLUDE A PUBLIC ENTITY FROM:

1. OFFERING TRAINING ON SEXUAL HARASSMENT.

2. OPERATING AN OFFICE STAFFED BY, OR EMPLOYING, LICENSED ATTORNEYS AND LEGAL SUPPORT STAFF WHOSE SOLE PURPOSE IS ENSURING COMPLIANCE WITH FEDERAL LAW OR AN APPLICABLE COURT ORDER.

D. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION:

1. "DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION PROGRAM" MEANS A PROGRAM THAT REQUIRES AN EMPLOYEE OF A PUBLIC ENTITY TO PARTICIPATE IN OR ATTEND A TRAINING, ORIENTATION, WORKSHOP, THERAPY OR SIMILAR ACTIVITY THAT FOCUSES ON ANY OF THE FOLLOWING:

(a) DESCRIBING OR EXPOSING STRUCTURES, SYSTEMS, RELATIONS OF POWER, PRIVILEGE OR SUBORDINATION ON THE BASIS OF RACE, SEX, COLOR, GENDER, ETHNICITY, GENDER IDENTITY OR SEXUAL ORIENTATION.

(b) DESCRIBING METHODS TO IDENTIFY, DISMANTLE OR OPPOSE STRUCTURES, SYSTEMS, RELATIONS OF POWER, PRIVILEGE OR SUBORDINATION ON THE BASIS OF RACE, SEX, COLOR, GENDER, ETHNICITY, GENDER IDENTITY OR SEXUAL ORIENTATION.

(c) JUSTIFYING DIFFERENTIAL TREATMENT OR BENEFIT ON THE BASIS OF SEX, COLOR, GENDER, ETHNICITY, GENDER IDENTITY OR SEXUAL ORIENTATION.

(d) ADVANCING THEORIES OF UNCONSCIOUS OR IMPLICIT BIAS, CULTURAL APPROPRIATION, ALLYSHIP, TRANSGENDERISM, MICROAGGRESSIONS, MICROINVALIDATION, GROUP MARGINALIZATION, ANTI-RACISM, SYSTEMIC OPPRESSION, ETHNOCENTRISM, STRUCTURAL RACISM OR INEQUITY, SOCIAL JUSTICE, INTERSECTIONALITY, NEOPRONOUNS, INCLUSIVE LANGUAGE, HETERONORMATIVITY, DISPARATE IMPACT, GENDER IDENTITY OR THEORY, RACIAL OR SEXUAL PRIVILEGE OR ANY CONCEPT SUBSTANTIALLY RELATED TO ANY OF THESE THEORIES.

2. "PUBLIC ENTITY" MEANS:

(a) THIS STATE, A POLITICAL SUBDIVISION OF THIS STATE OR AN AGENCY, BOARD, COMMISSION OR DEPARTMENT OF THIS STATE OR A POLITICAL SUBDIVISION OF THIS STATE.

(b) INCLUDES THE UNIVERSITIES UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF THE ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS AND COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICTS AS DEFINED IN SECTION 15-1401.

If the bill makes it through the Arizona House (likely), the Governor will certainly veto it.
 
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Pohemi

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Because of course he would. Out of sight (or hearing), out of mind. They want to pretend LGBTQ+ doesn't exist. Kinda like the 1950s.

 
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There was a simpler time not long ago when Gaetz was the laughing stock of the GOP saving Donny's ass from ridicule and then we found out about his "son" which is republican code for homosexual lover. Shit, I miss the days of Bush stupidity nowadays.
 
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Pens1566

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There was a simpler time not long ago when Gaetz was the laughing stock of the GOP saving Donny's ass from ridicule and then we found out about his "son" which is republican code for homosexual lover. Shit, I miss the days of Bush stupidity nowadays.

Yeah, that was only responsible for the deaths of millions of brown people.

/s
 
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conehead433

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DeSantis should travel to Florence and have that damn statue pulled down to the ground! The horror of children seeing such a thing. Dictator of Florida, then Dicktater of the US and the World.
 
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nakedfrog

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I suppose logically the next step is to ensure every school gym in FL has individual shower stalls, as obviously it's pornographic any time you see the nude human form.
 
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IronWing

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I suppose logically the next step is to ensure every school gym in FL has individual shower stalls, as obviously it's pornographic any time you see the nude human form.
This is a good idea anyway and a century overdue.