Great British Bake Off. Countless tweets were hurled my way telling me that ‘boys shouldn’t cry’ and that I should ‘man up’.
This time the insult was thrown at me by adults (predominantly men) who appeared somewhat threatened by my ability to express emotion.The behaviour we learn in the playground shapes our future.
From an extremely young age, our outlook on the world is shaped by what we see and hear in our homes, in the media and in classrooms.It’s on this basis that a primary school headteacher recently made headlines for discouraging terms such as ‘boys and girls’ and ‘man up’ for children at her school, which also includes a nursery.Familiar to protests against the school’s LGBTQ+ inclusive curriculum, headteacher Sarah.