I find Ensler pretty obnoxious and her comment that the school's policy is a throwback to the Dark Ages cements it for me. Women (and many men) who weren't royalty wouldn't be educated in the Dark Ages, period.
Nonetheless, the school's policy is ridiculous in scope and intent.
According to the msnbc.com article (http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/17535427/) the suspensions are on hold while the school's policy is under review. Evidently, a male student performed that same night and said "fuck" during his performance at least once and was not challenged (nor asked not to use the word beforehand).
I find the principal's justification for the suspension specious. Asking a group of girls to self-censor their performance and then punishing them for not doing so while simultaneously allowing a different standard for male students shows that principal's misogyny.
Girls are expected to be more circumspect in their speech and if they aren't they face stiffer penalties for daring to speak in a manner that runs contrary to traditional views of how women should behave themselves.
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Date: 2007-03-11 05:27 am (UTC)Nonetheless, the school's policy is ridiculous in scope and intent.
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Date: 2007-03-11 05:38 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2007-03-11 05:45 am (UTC)I find the principal's justification for the suspension specious. Asking a group of girls to self-censor their performance and then punishing them for not doing so while simultaneously allowing a different standard for male students shows that principal's misogyny.
Girls are expected to be more circumspect in their speech and if they aren't they face stiffer penalties for daring to speak in a manner that runs contrary to traditional views of how women should behave themselves.