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   astarsscreams (astarsscreams@spinster.xyz)'s status on Monday, 09-Jun-2025 22:54:11 JST astarsscreams
   My daughter informed me that men can have babies last night because her ‘boyfriend’ told her so (he’s a boy who’s a friend). They’re both 8 and they haven’t learned anything at school and his parents are also gender critical.
   
   The point is kids are dumb.
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     KeepTakingTheSoma (keeptakingthesoma@spinster.xyz)'s status on Monday, 09-Jun-2025 22:54:45 JST KeepTakingTheSoma

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     @astarsscreams Kids being kept wilfully stupid is not a bug, it's a feature.
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     astarsscreams (astarsscreams@spinster.xyz)'s status on Tuesday, 10-Jun-2025 00:38:32 JST astarsscreams

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     @KeepTakingTheSoma I’m realizing after the fact that I missed a word in your sentence. I was referring to them not being taught gender identity in sex ed because they haven’t had sex ed yet (we live in an GI state). I’ve actually had a few talks with her about puberty and how babies are made here and there as she asks questions, but clearly it’s more interesting to chat with her friend.
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     Biff (biff@spinster.xyz)'s status on Tuesday, 10-Jun-2025 00:38:42 JST Biff

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     @astarsscreams @KeepTakingTheSoma Are you certain she didn’t learn this in school? They don’t just teach gender identity in sex ed. Many curricula have it integrated into all subjects. I know of a grade 4 class that had a visitor from an activist organization who told them about womb transplants. The kid in question was repelled by all the medical details discussed and came home traumatized. (At least the plan to normalize these ideas for the kids backfired in this case).

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     astarsscreams (astarsscreams@spinster.xyz)'s status on Tuesday, 10-Jun-2025 01:45:40 JST astarsscreams

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     @Biff @KeepTakingTheSoma Yeah, about 99%. I check her school work pretty regularly and see everything that comes home. While the state allows boys in locker rooms (pissed about this still), gender identity lessons are left up to the districts and there was a local to do over it. I also talked to parents of older kids.
     
     I talked to her more about it and she thinks maybe it’s because they learned about sea horses this year during an ocean animals unit that he thought boys could have babies. :blobfacepalm: That being said I am constantly fighting sexist bullshit about what boys and girls can do at home.
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