From the “Alas” mailbag…<\/p>\n
hi,<\/p>\n
I’m looking for a book recommendation, and i wonder if you or a blog reader could help (though please don’t give out my e-mail address).<\/p>\n
I’m a teacher at a jr. high\/high school. A recent incident at the school exposed what i thought was a serious need to start a dialog about sexism at the school among our students and possibly our faculty. We are a fairly liberally oriented group, but i think a lot of our kids dont see how sexism affects their lives. And i think the faculty is sometimes passively sexist without meaning to be. so i floated the idea of a discussion group among the faculty about sexism and sexuality, and i got a pretty strong response. now I’m looking for a book i can suggest we all read to give us a basis for further discussion and action.<\/p>\n
The ideal book would be something like the practical modern feminists guide to navigating the pre-teen and teen years.<\/p>\n
We need ideas about teaching 12-18 year olds (boys and girls) about the effects of sexism, a positive and responsible attitude about their sexuality (without seeming preachy or coercive or censoring), skills for critically analyzing media portrayals of sex and sexism, and other important things like that.<\/p>\n
I don’t know how often you take requests like this, but if it seems worthwhile, id appreciate a request to your readers for a recommendation.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Readers? Anyone got a recommendation for this nice teacher?.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
From the “Alas” mailbag… hi, I’m looking for a book recommendation, and i wonder if you or a blog reader could help (though please don’t give out my e-mail address). I’m a teacher at a jr. high\/high school. A recent … Continue reading