Gender Policing by Olivia Casey

caseyoliviamarie — 2025-06-05 23:24:41 UTC

Teacher saying "boys and girls" or "ladies and gentlemen" = enforcing a gender binary

lcneitzke — 2025-06-05 23:24:53 UTC

Gym class dynamics. A boy getting hit in the face with a ball.

mallorykolar — 2025-06-05 23:25:07 UTC

Dress codes! That overwhelmingly police girls' bodies.

2025-06-05 23:25:22 UTC

The labeling of "mean girls"

kli28_4 — 2025-06-05 23:25:42 UTC

rarely any gender-neutral restrooms (only boys and girls restroom)

mallorykolar — 2025-06-05 23:25:53 UTC

2025-06-05 23:26:40 UTC

We have a 3rd grader boy that's shy and introverted, I've heard many students and even teachers commenting on this boy that "he's so gentle, he's not athletic"

caseyoliviamarie — 2025-06-05 23:26:47 UTC

Assuming students interests based on gender. For example, assuming that girls don't like sports or boys wouldn't like ballet. Rather than asking the students what they like without preconceived notions.

2025-06-05 23:27:03 UTC

Teachers telling a boy he can’t wear pink or paint his nails because “that’s for girls.”

This reinforces gender norms and discourages students from expressing themselves outside traditional gender expectations.

2025-06-05 23:28:08 UTC

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teachers asking if there are any "strong boys" in the class when they need help with carrying things in class

2025-06-05 23:28:14 UTC

if boys are too emotional or "too close" to his male friends, they may be bullied and looked at as gay

lcneitzke — 2025-06-05 23:28:30 UTC

A girl being very athletic being called butch or a man

cam796 — 2025-06-05 23:29:06 UTC

When 'disruptive students' (usually male) are seated next to 'well behaved students' (usually female) in order to better the behavior of that student. The female students are then responsible for the behavior of the other student and punished because of the other students behavior.

lcneitzke — 2025-06-05 23:29:13 UTC

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in one of our preschool classrooms, the teachers labeled the two toddlers bathrooms as "boys" and "girls" and have it clearly labeled on the doors too.

2025-06-05 23:29:47 UTC

"Nursing is a profession for women." This is the image of nursing most times, often forgetting that it is anyone's profession who can master the art of patient care and compassion for humankind.

caseyoliviamarie — 2025-06-05 23:29:48 UTC

Teachers complimenting students who represent normative gender but not providing positive feedback or affirmation to non-normative students

2025-06-05 23:30:22 UTC

Women can't play football because it's a men's sport.

caseyoliviamarie — 2025-06-05 23:31:03 UTC

Using words like "beautiful" "pretty" to describe girls when not using appearance like words to describe males/boys, emphasizing that what is important about being a woman is being attractive but that that's not true of men.

2025-06-05 23:31:28 UTC

teasing or bullying a boy for joining the dance team, calling him names like “girly” or “gay.”

2025-06-05 23:32:27 UTC

one year on the halloween parade at school, we had a little boy dressed as Elsa, and he surely got a lot of stares from both children and the adults, and many kids will say out loud "Elsa is a girl, you can't dress as a girl!"

caseyoliviamarie — 2025-06-05 23:34:39 UTC

assuming women are more interested in the humanities and men are more interested in the sciences/math.

2025-06-05 23:35:03 UTC

From personal experience, ive been told that i cant be scared of anyone or anything because Im a big and tall guy. Makes me feel less than.

mallorykolar — 2025-06-05 23:37:01 UTC

Colors are assigned and projected on people, babies etc.