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Topic: 'Lift the skirt’ campaign urges French schoolboys to skip trousers for a day (Read 3720 times)

newbie
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You'll find there is no 'pro-homosexual' party trying to discourage heterosexual behaviour - instead, the majority of parties in enlightened nations support a policy of letting people decide their own sexual identity.

That may be the case, officially, but why all the parades...

The point of a pride parade is not to convince people to be gay, if that's even possible. They started out as defiant marches, asserting the right to be gay, and to be proud of it, not ashamed of it as people told them they should be. They marched as a rejection of the judgement imposed on them by people like Bryant.

Modern parades on the other hand (in enlightened countries at least) are more like celebrations than protests - expressing relief and pride that their way of life is more accepted than it used to be. The core message is still the same though: "it's ok to be gay", not "you all should be gay". Bear in mind that gay teenagers especially are still far more likely to be bullied and commit suicide than their straight peers, so spreading the message that there's nothing wrong with them seems like a good idea to me.
full member
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What mental illness is our society suffering from?

it's retarted

this has the same relation with sexism as I do with Obama

I mean..

this doesn't even...

damn Cheesy
sr. member
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Nantes education authorities have launched a 'Lift the Skirt' campaign to support gender equality. Under the campaign, male students and teachers of 27 public schools are invited to wear skirts on May 16, sparking controversy in the western French city.

The idea to swap trousers for skirts in a stand against sexism originated from pupils themselves, and was sanctioned by the city's school authorities and therefore by the Ministry of Education, the Local reported.

That's all and fine, but "students themselves" are just children, who mirror what the society around them does...


Hahahaha what are they smoking

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What mental illness is our society suffering from?
Too much power in the hands of to few people. Comes along with a lot of propaganda, worked in the past, works now.

legendary
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You'll find there is no 'pro-homosexual' party trying to discourage heterosexual behaviour - instead, the majority of parties in enlightened nations support a policy of letting people decide their own sexual identity.

That may be the case, officially, but why all the parades...
legendary
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I agree with my fellow member that this a sign of mental sickness. Friends the world faces greater risk from problems like global warming. This is such a trivial issue. It should have been given such gr8 focus
legendary
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This is actually good news. It only drives up support for the far right in France, whose recent boon was due to backlash over the insane homo indoctrination being pushed in schools.

Hmm... Perhaps this was just what the Front National needed, ahead of the European elections next week. I believe that they are the only pro-heterosexual party in France right now.
sr. member
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This is actually good news. It only drives up support for the far right in France, whose recent boon was due to backlash over the insane homo indoctrination being pushed in schools.
legendary
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Talked to some female colleagues and friends, who are by no means feminist, about this. They reacted to the title of the campaign, "Lift the Skirt", perceiving it as derogatory, alluding to prostitution or frivolous/indecent conduct.

Exactly. I seriously doubt whether this campaign has anything to do with protesting against the prevalent sexism. All I can see is that some of the perverted exhibitionists are making full use out of it.



Wouldn't you be less effected by it if you stopped actively trying to find this stuff? 
legendary
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Talked to some female colleagues and friends, who are by no means feminist, about this. They reacted to the title of the campaign, "Lift the Skirt", perceiving it as derogatory, alluding to prostitution or frivolous/indecent conduct.

Exactly. I seriously doubt whether this campaign has anything to do with protesting against the prevalent sexism. All I can see is that some of the perverted exhibitionists are making full use out of it.

legendary
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Learning the troll avoidance button :)
Well this is a bit strange but I imagine a madeline costume but that sort of borders French cosplaying
Anyways today is the 17th so updated article Smiley
http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2014/05/16/boys-sexism-wear-skirts-france_n_5336181.html

What I imagined sort of
http://images.halloweencostumes.com/products/13275/1-1/deluxe-madeline-costume.jpg
Actual
http://rt.com/news/159380-boys-skirts-france-protest/
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legendary
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Talked to some female colleagues and friends, who are by no means feminist, about this. They reacted to the title of the campaign, "Lift the Skirt", perceiving it as derogatory, alluding to prostitution or frivolous/indecent conduct.
legendary
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what's next, telling boys to wears bras to school for breast cancer awareness?  Undecided

Noticed the sarcastic tone... So you don't believe that something similar will never happen? If things are going as it is now, then such incidents will happen much before you expect.
member
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so, what.. are the girls supposed to sexually harass the guys in skirts now? the thing is, though, is that the guys would welcome it.

lol.... we are talking about pre-teen schoolchildren here. They probably don't even understand all this BS. BTW... I thought that the French were a bit saner than the English and the Swedish... but seems that I was wrong.

Depends on the community. Here in my place they understand it pretty well at aged 6 - 7.

Looks like they are training there boys that in times of war they just lift their skirt.  Smiley
sr. member
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what's next, telling boys to wears bras to school for breast cancer awareness?  Undecided
sr. member
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Reminds me when we were touring France. Seems there was some kind of demonstration every day in Paris. One day we were on the streets doing tourist stuff and we heard a loud noise coming down the street. It was several hundred elementary school students marching down the street singing ‘We Are The World’ -in French however. Apparently they teach them early how to demonstrate. Our mouths would really drop if the boys all wore skirts and ‘lifted them’.
legendary
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See this:



This is exactly why the Western Europe has become the laughing stock in front of the rest of the world.
legendary
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More on lifting the skirt...

French ‘Boys in Skirts’ campaign engenders conservative backlash
http://rt.com/news/159380-boys-skirts-france-protest/

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The ‘Lift the Skirt’ campaign encouraging French schoolboys to show up to class in traditionally female attire has incited a tense counter protest from conservative groups.

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“It is not a trivial matter,” the group’s president Ludovine de La Rochère said. “It is a form of cross-dressing and is therefore a denial of the boys’ sexual identity,” she continued. “It is disrespectful to masculinity and femininity.”

On the other hand:

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Many students were angered that adults had attempted to promote their own agendas on the back of the student-led initiative.

"They have no right to come to our lycee and hijack our idea," Laurine, a student, told the French language news website 20 Minutes.

"You can protest against sexism without having the intention to promote gender theory. That has nothing to do with the original issue and aim of this demonstration," said another.
legendary
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wasn't there a lot of protest against same-sex marriage over there?

Most of the general public in France were against recognizing the same-sex marriage. But still the Socialist ultra-left wing president, François Hollande legalized it in 2013.

Most polls show 60% support for gay marriage in France and rising.
legendary
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First Exclusion Ever
legendary
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wasn't there a lot of protest against same-sex marriage over there?

Most of the general public in France were against recognizing the same-sex marriage. But still the Socialist ultra-left wing president, François Hollande legalized it in 2013.
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