Nov 092012
 

It’s easy to see the US as being on the express train to Crazytown. But Europe seems to have not only already gotten there, but set up camp:

Books portraying ‘traditional’ families could be barred

Books which portray ‘traditional’ images of mothers caring for their children or fathers going out to work could be barred from schools under proposals from Brussels.

An EU report claims that ‘gender stereotyping’ in schools influences the perception of the way boys and girls should behave and damages women’s career opportunities in the future.

Critics said the proposals for ‘study materials’ to be amended so that men and women are no longer depicted in their traditional roles would mean the withdrawal of children’s classics, such as Enid Blyton’s The Famous Five series, Paddington Bear or Peter Pan.

Granted, it’s just a “proposal” from a bunch of bureaucrats with way too much free time on their hands, but still… that’s some prime weapons-grade stupid right there.
 Posted by at 11:38 pm