When it comes to ideology, gender neutral school uniforms are not neutral at all
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Caroline Farrow2023-09-07T13:19:00
Giving students more choice over what they wear to school may be good news practically, but are the changes coming from the right place, asks Caroline Farrow? Using uniform to make a highly-contested political statement should have no place in our education system
The news that many schools, including Christian state primaries and secondaries, have adopted gender-neutral school uniforms put me in mind of a saying. Referencing French writer, Charles Baudelaire when he said: “The cleverest ruse of the Devil is to persuade you he does not exist”, Christian apologist Ken Amni added: “The second greatest trick the Devil ever pulled was convincing the world he is the good guy.”
Because, on the surface at least, introducing a gender neutral uniform appears an eminently sensible policy.
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