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Showing Original Post only (View all)NJ School Implements 'No Cursing' Rule But Only for Girls [View all]
http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/NJ-School-Implements-No-Cursing-Rule-But-Only-for-Girls-189514501.htmlA teacher who organized the campaign says that while males weren't asked to take the vow, they have been asked not to swear when girls are near.
Female students at a Catholic high school in northern New Jersey have taken a no-cursing pledge at the request of school administrators, though some question why no such demand was made of male students.
Lori Flynn, a teacher who organized the campaign at Queen of Peace High School in North Arlington, told The Record of Woodland Park there is no double-standard. She says that while males weren't asked to take the vow, they have been asked not to swear when girls are near.
Flynn says school officials want ladies to act like ladies. And Brother Larry Lavallee, the school's principal, says girls have the foulest language.
Many girls said they would try to follow the pledge they took Friday morning, even though they believe it should apply to all students.
As a lady I say, from the bottom of my heart: "Fuck them and fuck that".
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My blood boils when religious organizations try to define what a 'lady' is. FUCK them
PeaceNikki
Feb 2013
#3
Yep. The Catholic Church: Centuries of Fighting to Keep Women as Second-Class Citizens
Arugula Latte
Feb 2013
#16
Your tax dollars at work. Can't find the pie graph on percentage of income from taxpayers, though.
freshwest
Feb 2013
#20
Exactly. You can curse in front of me all day, but fuck with my reproductive autonomy, right
PeaceNikki
Feb 2013
#37
At my (Catholic) high school, swearing got you an automatic 10 days of detention.
NYC Liberal
Feb 2013
#54
google scholarly articles about "minority dress / control / students" - Schools try to
Liberal_in_LA
Feb 2013
#66