‘It’s Ridiculous’ – Parents Furious as Australia Seeks to Ban Use of ‘Boy’ or ‘Girl’ in Books

Lulu, a transgender girl, reads a book in her room at her home in Buenos Aires July 25, 2013. PHOTO: Newsweek/Reuters/Stringer

By Tyler Durden | 22 May 2018

ZERO HEDGE — “For goodness sake, this is social engineering gone crazy …”

Leave kids alone to be kids. Stop trying to destroy kids’ childhoods…”

That is an example of the furious reaction from parents in Victoria, Australia where the local city council has announced plans to audit children’s books and toys with a plan to ban them from kindergartens, schools and libraries if they don’t meet strict gender guidelines.

The Herald Sun reports that the local government’s justice warriors were inspired by research from the Australian National University that showed children were influenced by gender stereotyping, and urged a ban on the terms ‘boy’ and ‘girl’.

The research suggests educators should “minimize the extent to which gender is labelled” and avoid telling children what girls and boys should do. […]

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