
Daughter Tells Dad About Her Sexist School Policy, So He Shuts It Down In Best Way Possible
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In the small village of Wongarbon, Australia, about 381 km northwest of Sydney, a strange phenomenon has taken place; a 12-year-old girl named Ruby Callaghan has apparently traveled back in time during a routine school day. Her father, in a state of disbelief, has written a letter demanding an explanation from the educational institute, claiming that his daughter left the house on Tuesday morning in the current year of 2017, was transported back to 1968 upon entering the school building, and was returned to him endowed with harrowing tales of gender-segregated field trips. “My reaction was one of disappointment,” Stephen Callaghan told Bored Panda.
According to Dubbo West Public School’s latest newsletter, ahead of the its self-proclaimed Boy’s And Girl’s Day, girls will be “treated to fabulous hair and light make-up,” while boys will be “going to Bunnings [hardware store], activities and a BBQ lunch.” Though a Department of Education spokesperson has stated that any student can choose either activity, Ruby’s father told us that she “specifically asked her teacher if she could go to Bunnings instead and was told it was only for the boys.” Could the space-time continuum have been breached, or are kids still being subjected to such forms of casual sexism in 2017?
“I feel the school has a responsibility to break down these gender divisions,” Mr. Callaghan said further on the matter. As a father to 3 girls, the issue is especially dear to him, and he added that he and his wife wish to give their daughters “the confidence to speak up when they feel they are being discriminated against because they are female.”
Just like most of us back home, Ruby reportedly saw both the humor and the sad reality in her dad’s letter, and was glad he sent it. Scroll down to read it for yourself, and don’t forget to add your view in the comments.
A father in Australia is accusing his daughter’s school of unauthorized time-travel after a ‘serious incident’
“Dear Principal,
I must draw your attention to a serious incident which occurred yesterday at your school where my daughter Ruby is a year 6 student.
When Ruby left for school yesterday it was 2017 but when she returned home in the afternoon she was from 1968.
I know this to be the case as Ruby informed me that the “girls” in Year 6 would be attending the school library to get their hair and make-up done on Monday afternoon while the “boys” are going to Bunnings.
Are you able tos earch the school buildings for a rip in the space-time coninuum? Perhaps there is a faulty Flux Capacitor hidden away in the girls toilet block?
I look forward to this being rectified and my daughter and others girls at the school being returned to this millenium where schools activities are not divided among gender lives.
Sincerely,
Stephen Callaghan”
We contacted Mr. Callaghan for comment, and he revealed that Ruby “specifically asked her teacher if she could go to Bunnings instead and was told it was only for the boys”
Some people, perhaps blind to the perils of space-time continuum fractures, stood behind the school
Others, however, were quick to commend the father on his stance against bygone eras and their mindsets
He even came forward to brilliantly sum up the entire dialogue
What do you think? Should time-travel be reserved for the big screen and Doc Brown? Tell us below!
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I don't get the people who disagree with him. Especially the one saying that there is nothing wrong with that because SHE wouldn't have liked it... Self centered vision of the world ? It's not really about what the school did, of course a majority of the girls enjoyed the make-up activity, and most of the boys probably loved their trip to the DIY store, it's about the CHOICE. Like it's said at the beginning, she wasn't ask to choose, THAT is the issue...
That was my first thought, too. Sheesh.
When I read that I kept thinking... um, Paul Mitchell, Gene Juarez....
Agree. And, personally, I would skip the other activities and go directly to the BBQ lunch. Because BBQ.
Sausage sizzle for days dard
YES I mean hellooooo
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You're BBQ.
I feel like, when I read those comments, that people missed the point. The girl specifically asked to do the other activity that the boys where doing. The guy wasn't making a stink out of it just to make one, he was actually miffed because his child WANTED to go to Bunnings, and was told no because it was boys only. Frankly at 12 years old if you'd of told me I was getting my hair and makeup done I would of asked you what part of me looked like I wanted hair and makeup (As I had super short hair, and never wore make up and was often mistaken for a boy from the baggy ass clothes I wore).
The people that disagree are probably in the same position as the school. There was a space time continuum at their places aswell and they are also stuck in 1968
Well said Frederic. It is the CHOICE that's the real issue here.
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I am a school student my self and at first i agreed with the man then i remembered what my mom has told me since i was little and its "you get what you get and don't throw a fit" . And also in school you don't really get a lot of choices you really only get to pick 2 elective courses and the rest of the day is made for you.
PS: james smith... I'm not talking about throwing a tantrum when you don't get the shiny new toy you want. I'm talking about making a noise and standing up for yourself when someone tells you you can't do something because of your gender, race, religion, sexuality etc. or just simply because 'we've never done it so why should you'.
james smith, I'm sorry to inform you kid, but your mom is wrong on this one. You get what you insist on. So go ahead and throw a fit if you don't get it! If you allow people to tell you what you are allowed to have and do, you will never experience all of life and you will be limiting yourself to their narrow-minded world view. I have had to fight for what I wanted more times than I can tell you and I have never regretted it once.
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Then get back to school, retard
"Know any male hairdressers?"....um yes!!!! For heaven's sake.
I get my hair cut at a place that is 90% male (staff)
My hairdresser is a heterosexual male. I've been going to him for 20 years. I also know a couple of gay males that do hair. Sheesh.
The fashion industry itself is filled with male super stars actually...
Plenty, and damn they are good hardressers!!
Hairdressers*
Which is exactly why the hair and make-up time shouldn't be aimed at the girls and Bunnings aimed at the boys, both activities should be aimed at whoever is interested in them. *rolls eyes* Being realistic, it'll be mostly girls doing the hair and make-up and boys going to Bunnings, because isn't it FABULOUS how much 'boy stuff' and 'girl stuff' is pushed by so many different sources in society, but the school leaving gender out of it and encouraging anyone who's interested to do whatever appeals will send the right message.
Think she has ever heard the word barber in her life?
soooo many! and a lot of the hairdressers to the stars are men, like Vidal Sassoon, Frederic Fekkai, Paul Mitchell, she must be living under a rock.
Jo Ann, Yes! Danny Devito used to. Nick from early "What not to wear". Loads of dudes, straight or gay. Some of these responders are so sheltered. No, I do not live in a big coastl US city, if that's what they're thinking.
Jeremy Renner was a makeup artist, he still gives good makeup tips!
My wonderful hairdresser is male.
um. at least half of them, yes...
Especially if you're talking about the big names in the business. A top catwalk show is almost certainly going to have far more men behind the scenes doing the models' hair than women. It's like the way people dismiss cooking as for girls and are amazed when an adult male can produce an edible meal but top chefs are almost all male.
My question is what was the principal's answer.
being based in Australia, I'm seriously considering calling the school myself, to find out! (hopefully, they changed their criteria to "you can choose one of 2 activities: DIY class, or grooming class"... because boys need to know how to present themselves well too, if they ever want to get a job or a date when they grow up)
Curious about THIS, too!
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Curious about your mum
Hopefully it wasn't anything but a promise to have the girls visit Bunnings next week and the boys have a session playing with makeup etc. Then in the future they should be given the choice.
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Your mum
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LOLOLEL BUNNINGS IS TO GIRLY XD EMIRITE
I don't get the people who disagree with him. Especially the one saying that there is nothing wrong with that because SHE wouldn't have liked it... Self centered vision of the world ? It's not really about what the school did, of course a majority of the girls enjoyed the make-up activity, and most of the boys probably loved their trip to the DIY store, it's about the CHOICE. Like it's said at the beginning, she wasn't ask to choose, THAT is the issue...
That was my first thought, too. Sheesh.
When I read that I kept thinking... um, Paul Mitchell, Gene Juarez....
Agree. And, personally, I would skip the other activities and go directly to the BBQ lunch. Because BBQ.
Sausage sizzle for days dard
YES I mean hellooooo
This comment is hidden. Click here to view.
You're BBQ.
I feel like, when I read those comments, that people missed the point. The girl specifically asked to do the other activity that the boys where doing. The guy wasn't making a stink out of it just to make one, he was actually miffed because his child WANTED to go to Bunnings, and was told no because it was boys only. Frankly at 12 years old if you'd of told me I was getting my hair and makeup done I would of asked you what part of me looked like I wanted hair and makeup (As I had super short hair, and never wore make up and was often mistaken for a boy from the baggy ass clothes I wore).
The people that disagree are probably in the same position as the school. There was a space time continuum at their places aswell and they are also stuck in 1968
Well said Frederic. It is the CHOICE that's the real issue here.
This comment is hidden. Click here to view.
I am a school student my self and at first i agreed with the man then i remembered what my mom has told me since i was little and its "you get what you get and don't throw a fit" . And also in school you don't really get a lot of choices you really only get to pick 2 elective courses and the rest of the day is made for you.
PS: james smith... I'm not talking about throwing a tantrum when you don't get the shiny new toy you want. I'm talking about making a noise and standing up for yourself when someone tells you you can't do something because of your gender, race, religion, sexuality etc. or just simply because 'we've never done it so why should you'.
james smith, I'm sorry to inform you kid, but your mom is wrong on this one. You get what you insist on. So go ahead and throw a fit if you don't get it! If you allow people to tell you what you are allowed to have and do, you will never experience all of life and you will be limiting yourself to their narrow-minded world view. I have had to fight for what I wanted more times than I can tell you and I have never regretted it once.
This comment is hidden. Click here to view.
Then get back to school, retard
"Know any male hairdressers?"....um yes!!!! For heaven's sake.
I get my hair cut at a place that is 90% male (staff)
My hairdresser is a heterosexual male. I've been going to him for 20 years. I also know a couple of gay males that do hair. Sheesh.
The fashion industry itself is filled with male super stars actually...
Plenty, and damn they are good hardressers!!
Hairdressers*
Which is exactly why the hair and make-up time shouldn't be aimed at the girls and Bunnings aimed at the boys, both activities should be aimed at whoever is interested in them. *rolls eyes* Being realistic, it'll be mostly girls doing the hair and make-up and boys going to Bunnings, because isn't it FABULOUS how much 'boy stuff' and 'girl stuff' is pushed by so many different sources in society, but the school leaving gender out of it and encouraging anyone who's interested to do whatever appeals will send the right message.
Think she has ever heard the word barber in her life?
soooo many! and a lot of the hairdressers to the stars are men, like Vidal Sassoon, Frederic Fekkai, Paul Mitchell, she must be living under a rock.
Jo Ann, Yes! Danny Devito used to. Nick from early "What not to wear". Loads of dudes, straight or gay. Some of these responders are so sheltered. No, I do not live in a big coastl US city, if that's what they're thinking.
Jeremy Renner was a makeup artist, he still gives good makeup tips!
My wonderful hairdresser is male.
um. at least half of them, yes...
Especially if you're talking about the big names in the business. A top catwalk show is almost certainly going to have far more men behind the scenes doing the models' hair than women. It's like the way people dismiss cooking as for girls and are amazed when an adult male can produce an edible meal but top chefs are almost all male.
My question is what was the principal's answer.
being based in Australia, I'm seriously considering calling the school myself, to find out! (hopefully, they changed their criteria to "you can choose one of 2 activities: DIY class, or grooming class"... because boys need to know how to present themselves well too, if they ever want to get a job or a date when they grow up)
Curious about THIS, too!
This comment is hidden. Click here to view.
Curious about your mum
Hopefully it wasn't anything but a promise to have the girls visit Bunnings next week and the boys have a session playing with makeup etc. Then in the future they should be given the choice.
This comment is hidden. Click here to view.
Your mum
This comment is hidden. Click here to view.
LOLOLEL BUNNINGS IS TO GIRLY XD EMIRITE