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Source: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/texas-schools-chivalry-assignment-told-girls-to-dress-to-please-men/
Mar 5, 2021 12:05 AM
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Source: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/texas-schools-chivalry-assignment-told-girls-to-dress-to-please-men/
PrairieFarmGirl
All of them should strike that day.
enheru
They want high school girls to dress to please men, not boys, but grown ass adult men who sign off on this. What the fuck, Texas?
SupaPat
Sure sounds like ISIS
warcher86
azuureth
Where's the part where they have to married to foreign prince to strengthen the alliance with France?
Joddoh
Hey look, another validation toward my decision to not procreate within the dystopia that is the United States.
Chromentor
What season of The Handmaids Tale is this? :|
JiffyGee
I’d just turn it in early with red marker writing saying “I’ll take an F”.
Xedi22
I'd say no way should anyone participate in this out loud. (And as a dude. Just utter BS.)
macthelost
This is just getting them used to the handmaids tale world slowly, that’s obviously the world they want.
Gamedoc
sporkulese
Perfect use of this.
DarkStar1974
The immediate viseral response is to kick the shit out of all of those that think this is ok
HawkmanXLII
Hold up, this is current?! I thought it was from the 50's or something. Man, Texas must be a backwards ass place.
ImmaCatImmaSexyCat
FFS, not only is this all kinds of horrible, it's not even accurate. Chivalry was a combat code for knights. Almost no women even qualified.
ameranthe
People get chivalry mixed up with courtly love. Besides which, this isn't about either of those things, its just outdated rules for modesty.
Cthulhuonabike
If they really want to practice chivalry they should challenge eachother to armed duels
SlackerTactical
Well it's a school so...
moboden
Who the fuck thought this was okay to do, at high school no less?
Blackmetalhappiness
I have a feeling that form wasn't from the 1950's.
DewiMorgan
Around Mar 3 2021, according to the linked news article.
Blackmetalhappiness
Gingeherring
This is what conservatives are fighting for, from Afghanistan to Iowa. There is always someone more conservative and this is where they lead
KingKelloggTheWaffleHaggler
They really aren't.
HolyHellJezebel
This pisses me off so much.
jmckay83
How the actual fuck is this shit flying? As a daughter's father, I'm willing to go to jail for striking anyone that pushed this shit on her.
PballQhead
Given this is Texas, I'd imagine the cuntwaffle responsible for this was at risk of just a little worse than being punched...
DarkBusterBaron
yeah you're not the only one apparently there was quite the backlash and this was stopped immediately one idiot was responsible for this.
Xedi22
...as a male kid or parent, I wouldn't stop until the entire male admin/teaching staff agreed to perform the assignment reversed.
haygrl
We keep coming closer and closer to the reality of the Handmaid's tale
xVVitch
I watched one or two episodes of that before i just couldn't, it was too real how that could happen someday, creeped me out.
DirtPoorFarmerSeedingUsersub
What is the context? This could be an insightful exercise in empowering feminism for both the participating males and females.
confanity
One can imagine a situation in which that is the intent... but this is from Texas, plus, post title implies no time for reflection etc.
Xedi22
The way this is written...it does not feel like this. And as a male, if this happened as a kid, I'd be helping the revolt/boycott/etc...
Xedi22
Not to mention the sad high percentage of young women who've already trauma at the hands of men then being forced to participate in this.
DirtPoorFarmerSeedingUsersub
I see that i put my dick in a hornets nest. I have been taken to the learning hall
T0go
this is more like fartinism
B3N15
If that's the case it's horribly set up and not explained well. You also don't need to have the kids actually act it out, that is asking...
B3N15
...for trouble.
DoomeD2Walk
And the girls get raped & Texans will say she was asking for by the way she was dressed.
Munchman347
The Texas Parade of Virgins was cancelled, one of the ten year old's was sick and the other one didn't want to march alone...
TossABabyYodaToYourWitcher
"it's chivalry day, they're supposed to please men"
kilgoth1
Best defense ever. Given by the literal state.
ImmaCatImmaSexyCat
Wait, what? How would the state make that argument? Was the prosecutor arguing against the victim somehow?
BioGoji1989
And what rules do the men have to follow?
HenryLongfellowIII
...male students were given a similarly-themed assignment in which they were to ..
HenryLongfellowIII
"have manners toward the ladies and treat them politely in some situations"
BioGoji1989
Got any images to show?
HenryLongfellowIII
No, that was from a news report and from the way they worded it, I suspect they had an agenda to emphasize how it was unfair to the girls.
Xedi22
Nope. No one should have to subjugate themselves like this unwillingly. Especially w how many young women have already had trauma by men.
Vilgashem
As if her feet are bound...? Tf?
BioGoji1989
And people think the Taliban only exist in the Middle East.
ImmaCatImmaSexyCat
That one seemed especially stupid. None of these are chivalry, but that one wasn't even a European idea. Foot-binding is Chinese.
TalaayaCosplay
I think they meant like tied together at the ankles
talynen
I could be wrong (I'm aware foot binding exists) but I read it as taking small steps which is a common "behavior" encouraged for women >>
talynen
in western societies that enforced these types of policies, IIRC.
waddyaknowjoe
Please secede already
BioGoji1989
Dude, they have NASA. We can't let them have that without adult supervision.
whatdidyoureallyexpect
Can’t we evict?
AccountCreatedToUpvoteDogs
I wouldn't even fight it. They can have Oklahoma too, and we'll swap in Puerto Rico and D.C.
worldsokayestspeler
I dont want DC. Down for getting rid of texas but lets also add california, alabama, and arkansas
Strangeshrimp
If California and Texas leave, everything west of the Mississippi is going with them
AccountCreatedToUpvoteDogs
California has zero interest in the flyover states to the east.
Kilroy115
As a history teacher, there are far, far fucking better ways to teach about the medieval period. What fucking Standard of Learning would
Kilroy115
this even fit under. It can't. I mean I'm in Virginia but for fucks sake this kind of shit never comes up when discussing Medieval Europe
Kilroy115
nor should it, much less in an okay enough way for a teacher to basically say. "Ladies will be obedient servants for a day." Fucking hell
DoomeD2Walk
What year is it?
HawkmanXLII
Well it ain't 1965. Apparently this story broke yesterday.
playingwithknives
I was told to hold back when I might outshine boys at my high school. Early 2000s.
lollersson
Did you do it?
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playingwithknives
Absolutely not. It only made me work harder to proudly outshine them.
lollersson
Good! People are just gonna have to...
HawkmanXLII
My wife outshines me by a lot. PhD in physics. I'm a proud husband!
dan144
ciaran13
lollersson
Outshining and being awesome in one’s own field is pretty neato. Had a few disgruntled comments in my day, when we presented our designs at-
lollersson
Design school. Was hella cool to show my abilities and live up to my full potential. It has carried me through life pretty nicely.
MrHainey
Love the Golden Globes 'Lifetime Achievement' George Clooney intro Poehler/Fey did..... listing all Amal Clooney's achievements.
playingwithknives
I enjoyed that too.
PMAW
None of those rules have anything to do with chivalry.
joble
If you haven't read Don quijote you don't know what chivalry represents.
PMAW
TieflingDelivery
Shouldn't have been a bunch of rules for the guys mostly?
DarkUranium
Merky600
Correct. The people who made this assignment totally missed the mark. They had some Hollywood/bodice-ripper fantasy of “Proper Behavior.”
KingKelloggTheWaffleHaggler
Wasn't chivalry like a combat thing.
WerewolfUK87
I think they were French rules for mounted horsemen. Which makes sense considering the French for 'Horse' is 'cheval'
Sully0811
Knightly virtues coming from the early french chevalier, or horseman. Lots of, how you maintain your gear, be polite dont start fights
Hrafna55
It was essentially battle etiquette for nobles.
ImmaCatImmaSexyCat
1. Yup. Most European countries had their own version. Most didn't include any rules about how to treat women.
PerpetuityPhoto
If I recall, it was created by an Arabian as well, which kinda knocks out the whole "European Chivalry Pride" bullshit whiteys love so much.
ImmaCatImmaSexyCat
2. The few that did, it was usually one vague rule (out of ~10) about civility and courteousness. It didn't apply to non-knights.
ImmaCatImmaSexyCat
3. A common woman was not expected to be chivalrous. A common man wasn't expected to be chivalrous.
ImmaCatImmaSexyCat
4. This is like teaching young girls to follow bushido. It's just dumb. /end
Jandi1
I don't know, as a philosophy, I feel like bushido has a lot of good points when it comes to honor, loyalty, and self-respect
ImmaCatImmaSexyCat
Yes, as there are aspects of chivalry that make good points. But a lot of it isn’t applicable to people who aren’t literal warriors.
ziralien
I wanna say this is an exercise in showing how ridiculous expectations of women used to be... but it's Texas, so
mynameisbenhello
There's no context in this only what the assignment is. This could be a opt in approach to a history class for all we know.
YoSoyMilk
If that were the case I think it’s maybe something everyone could grasp in theory rather than in practice.
IPKOB
I was hoping that too, but the fact that it suggests extending it outside school hours and some of those rules need an adult man's signature
Imayhavebeenhacked
a little bit of research shows the teacher was a woman, the assignment was optional and there was a similarly stupid assignment for boys. /1
Imayhavebeenhacked
this is a dumb assignment but this is written to inspire outrage and generate clicks and as of now, 945 of you gullible sheep fell for it
LoudBirb
I'd agree except for the "carries over into modern day" bit. That... yeah, I suspect this wasn't about those concepts being ridiculous.
MoistenedPenguin
Its meant to demonstrate how those things carry over to the modern day, it does not say it carries over well. Dumb assignment anyway.
Ivalicenyan
If the teacher is under 50 years old it's probably social critique rather than sincere
TK421isAFK
But...it's Texas.
Alvatore
It's possible, although unlikely. There are blue places in Texas - all the large cities, for example. They're not *all* redneck cowboys.
TK421isAFK
One runs dangerously close to mimicking Trump if one were to say "I'm sure some [Texans] are good people."
flarflarf
apparently this was some beef-brained assignment meant to help students understand life in the middle ages and the concept of "courtly love"
flarflarf
but oh my gosh. Anyway they yanked the assignment ASAP so idk maybe it's just one person acting ... uh ... unwisely.
HenryLongfellowIII
If they really want to illustrate onerous obligations in the Middle Ages, have the males go perish in some pointless battle for their Lord.
HenryLongfellowIII
While the ladies get married off to some old codger to consolidate power.
flarflarf
hahahaha
Twrecks123
Ok, do it for a class period then. Have people volunteer to act it out. Don’t force it on the whole class for a grade, even at home.
flarflarf
sure, like i said, totally beef-brained. But the motivation wasn't necessarily evil.
ButtersTheCat
No shit - in Jr High, we had Anne Frank day, where the 9th graders were either Nazis or Jews (w/paper identifiers) & played hide & seek.
sunburnedaz
I was in the 7th or 8th grade when we did that.
Syovere
providedlava
We did something similar but it lasted a week and all had jobs and papers. Ended with us escaping in the dark on a boat.
storebrandproductmascot
Don't hide in the attic. First place they look.
InMyDefenceIWasUnsupervised
Also because eagles look where eagles would hide!
HeyCopernicus
ButtersTheCat
Texas. Apparently, more than one school did it, too.
ButtersTheCat
Looking back, it was an abhorrent activity, that trivialized the whole thing.
kmikl
That's hugely messed up. I wonder if anyone thought to tell the teacher leading that activity to sit down and think about it a little first.
ButtersTheCat
I mean, clearly not, if it was part of the lesson plan at more than one school.
ziralien
I'm also curious what the male students equivalent was. .... surely they had a set of rules, too? Right?
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ziralien
The way I read it, it's the *adult* males rating them. The teachers, their fathers, classmates fathers, etc.
culinarydream7224
I would have torn this up if my daughter brought this bullshit home
AlbaneinCowboy
Well anyone higher status they you, you defeat in battle you can ransom. If you’re a serf you’re kinda tied to the land.
Zap117
The fedora dudes . My time has finally come !
ConfidentlyNaked
"All female employees must pose nude if requested. It's in all of our contracts."
dingosmush
BlacknCrimsonRose
Sick reference bro...
Lefthandturnsignal
I'm assuming something about not striking the women with a switch larger than their thumb, maybe dueling people to the death over insults
jbryan08924
Get rid of the thumb thing but keep the duels and we’re all set. MY DOG IS THE CUTEST AND ILL FUCKING KILL YOU TO PROVE IT!!!1!
BigTex1
Well a stick the size of a thumb wouldn’t do much damage, perhaps it should have been the rule of wrist.
folded13
Width of the thumb. Length of the stick is not specified. Since that's basically the ideal size of stick to beat an unarmored person with...
Melphina
If it’s green wood, it flexes more like a stiff whip and can do some real, potentially permanent, damage.
trainwreckmooncake
Idonotbelievewehavecompany
I live in TX, probably not. We have spme fucking backwater shit here, even in the major cities
JapCarRealGood
Did you mean *blackwater like as in gray water, but worse? Jk, just trying to make a joke, I'll see myself out the watering hole, I'm drunk
Idonotbelievewehavecompany
ahahaha carry on my friend
Habfan18
Yeah like you’re electrical system
ziralien
I mean, I'm in Alabama. I understand 100%.
BarryTheCyborg
How's your sister?
MildlyConcernedTV
I've always been creeped out by debutante balls.
jupitermonkey
"must not initiate conversation, must not show intellectual superiority", what year is it? is it 1821 already?
MoistenedPenguin
You realize the idea of the assignment was to emulate how the past was and not current expectations, yeah?
jupitermonkey
if they were being very keen on emulating history, they should have known that "chivalry" had nothing to do with courtship.
ImmaCatImmaSexyCat
Feminism was already taking root in 1821. This is closed to 821.
Uberstench
i mean it says "in the medieval concept" on the paper so...
Txernobog
Fu**ing ISIS mullah stuff
WigglyWeasel
More like 821.
GodEmperorOfImgur
... I mean it's an assignment to show "medieval concept" of it, so... probably around 1421.
PoppySiddal
I think you mean 1281.
MelodiousDissonance
I went to religious school, we had a few "modesty drills" like this, got points once a month of you filled the form, got out of hand often.
barnwolf
I think that was the point of the assignment? To show what a 'chivalrous' woman was supposed to act like in 1821 or w/e.
jupitermonkey
and the point of such assignment is...? they can very well easily read about this. i see no merit in actually emulating this.
LampLighterN7
Yep, and then it’ll be 1921, when the Tulsa massacre happens. It’s what they want.
InfinitusEquitas
This is far more current. Easily into the 60s, and in some places to this day.
BrazilianThunderPanda
Hush man! The women are are talking.
icyanddicey
Are are they, now?
Blank1612
Don't make fun of his stutter
storebrandproductmascot
They're still mad at AOC for breaking those rules.
AreYouABadPerson
The angry-horny for AOC is terrifying at this point honestly.
TheGreatBlueHeron
They always will be.
kmikl
GOOD.
SuperIncoherentRantingMan
We've come so far from then, though. We no longer burn women at the stake for being intelligent. /S
ilovebunnies
The stake may have become metaphorical, but it's still there
SuperIncoherentRantingMan
Like that "Doctor" Jill Biden? Who does she think she is using "Dr." just because she's earned it? /S
playingwithknives
I was told to not “outshine” my mail peers by staff at the school I went to. This was early 2000s...
darkdragonempress
I got told by a math teacher girls were just naturally worse than boys at math. I generally suck at math but spite made me great that day.
sockracer4
Actually... https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4270278/
playingwithknives
Spite drove me to excellence in a lot of areas in high school. Looking back it’s so sad that I spent all my growing up years trying to prove
playingwithknives
that I was as good as any man. Even leaked into my college days.