“The Language of Gender", or, 'Someone Will Talk You Into The Most Preposterous Things If You Let Them'
It was once said that; "Humanity obviously has limits on intelligence, but not stupidity".
You can murder your conscience by abusing it. For that matter, if you abuse any faculty of your being, you can kill it. Politicians have known this forever. Fact is, the more you abuse your conscience the duller it becomes, and one day, you actually find yourself believing stuff like this...
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The sophists at the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network (GLSEN), an influencer of the new MCPS sex-ed curriculum(1), and the politics of education in our country, have produced a pamphlet entitled The Language of Gender to discuss the "proper vocabulary list for educators on gender identity". This is from the introduction:
The following resource will provide educators with a set of definitions to help expand their understanding of gender, enabling them to speak effectively and respectfully about gender with peers, parents, and students. Although people have exhibited behaviors outside of traditionally assigned masculine and feminine gender roles throughout recorded history, we are just beginning to explore the idea that gender is not intrinsically tied to a persons biological sex, that gender is not so much natural as it is cultural and historical, and that gender is not fixed at two points, but rather exists along a continuum.
When discussing gender identity and expression, it is important to first recognize that sexual orientation is distinct from and independent of gender.
Do the citizens of Montgomery County REALLY understand what the MCPS Board of Education and their Sex-ed Committee is trying to do to our children?
Same sex attraction does exist, and people have a choice as to whether or not they act out on those attractions or not, but there are only two genders, male and female.
Oh and by the way, here's a hint: if you have a question about your gender, look in the mirror after getting out of the shower next time.
(1) - GLSEN infludened material was included in the new curriculum. Page 38 of the new sex-ed curriculum lists the Teacher Resource, 'Just the Facts About Sexual Orientation and Youth: A Primer for Principals, Educators, and School Personnel', with no author, just a URL (http://mirror.apa.org/pi-OLD/lgbc/publication/justthefacts.html). This easily leads a reader to believe that this document was origninated by the American Psychological Asscociation. However, this is not correct, further the link provided in the curriculum is out of date and leads to a password protected page (??). The correct link for the document on the APA website is http://www.apa.org/pi/lgbc/facts.pdf and publically displays the Teacher Resource as indeed the same GLSEN influenced document that is posted on the GLSEN website (see "What is the 'Just the Facts Collation' and how did this document come about?" at the end of this document/Teacher Resource for more information).