A cursory glance at any mainstream child development/educational theory will show that for a child to develop into a well rounded adult, they need, amongst other things, firm, well defined boundaries to test themselves/push off against.
Uncontroversial eh?
Uncontroversial eh?
However the aim of Queer theory (QT) is to subvert/queer those boundaries. To dissolve boundaries around normalcy and challenge mainstream thinking.
Fine and dandy for sherry drinking university students and the academics who want to trangress boundaries. But not children.
Fine and dandy for sherry drinking university students and the academics who want to trangress boundaries. But not children.
Without clear, firm boundaries a child's development is harmed. Independent thought/actions becomes dependent on the adults around, affirming the child.
In other words the child's sense of their own self does not grow independently of the adult. It becomes dependent on adults.
In other words the child's sense of their own self does not grow independently of the adult. It becomes dependent on adults.
That is why QTs and gender ideologists are dangerous hypocrites. They argue for children to have "bodily autonomy". But they remove the ability for children to understand and exert this concept in any meaningful way.
The "bodily autonomous" child becomes a chattel.
The "bodily autonomous" child becomes a chattel.
This is a dangerous place for a child to be in. Encouraged to be "bodily autonomous" but not having the autonomy of mind to carry this through in a meaningful way.
They become utterly dependent in this frightening and fearful place on adults affirming them.
Sound familiar?
They become utterly dependent in this frightening and fearful place on adults affirming them.
Sound familiar?
This opens the door for an adult looking for their own gratification to provide that child with what they need - affirmation.
We are truly in a dangerous place when these same adults argue that these children should be exempt from normal safeguarding procedures.
We are truly in a dangerous place when these same adults argue that these children should be exempt from normal safeguarding procedures.
Any adult advocating for the "queering" of education is not acting in the interests of the child. In fact they are advocating for harm.
We must banish QT to the bourgeois parlours/Common Rooms where it can be played out by dull conformists wishing to appear interesting.
We must banish QT to the bourgeois parlours/Common Rooms where it can be played out by dull conformists wishing to appear interesting.
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