{"id":29849,"date":"2017-04-06T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-04-06T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/uncategorized\/fairytales-under-fire-in-the-public-school-system-say-critics\/"},"modified":"2017-04-06T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2017-04-06T00:00:00","slug":"fairytales-under-fire-in-the-public-school-system-say-critics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/show\/fairytales-under-fire-in-the-public-school-system-say-critics\/","title":{"rendered":"Fairytales under fire in the public school system, say critics"},"content":{"rendered":"

Fairytales are under threat due to \u201csocial engineering\u201d in the Victorian public school system, critics say.<\/h3>\n

The Respectful Relationship program asks young students to challenge \u201cgender norms\u201d in classics like Cinderella and Snow White, reports the Herald Sun<\/a>, telling them:<\/p>\n

\u201cAnalyses of popular books have found that central characters are more likely to be male, female characters are more often in nurturing roles, and occupations are gender-stereotyped\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The program then suggests students imagine what would happen if fairytale characters swapped roles.<\/p>\n

\u201cI would rather be teaching them how to read, write and count,\u201d a Melbourne teacher told the newspaper. \u201cWe really don\u2019t need to crowd out the curriculum with this social engineering.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dr Kevin Donnelly from Australian Catholic University said the program would unsettle parents:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a concerted campaign across kindergarten to year 12 to indoctrinate children with a gender and sexuality program that is biased and ideological.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy concern as an educator is, there is no real balance in the program. It is pushing a cultural Left argument,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews denied there was a move to ban fairytales in classrooms:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cWe are very much in favour of kids reading stories and then sitting down and talking about them,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is called learning.<\/p>\n

\u201cLearning is about reading books and talking about them, it is a proper thing to do, it is not new.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

He said poor attitudes to women were formed in a child\u2019s early years:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cI think there are lots of attitudes formed in many different ways over a long period of time.<\/p>\n

\u201cThose attitudes are, in aggregate, are leading to some really bad outcomes for women.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have to challenge that and do everything we possibly can. But the notion the government is banning fairytales is just a fairytale itself.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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