http://www.syracuse.com/news/index.ssf/2013/11/kansas_boy_claims_his_vera_bradley_purse_got_him_suspended_from_school.html
My Anthro class discussed this article in class last week and I thought it was pretty interesting. A boy at a Kansas school was suspended for carrying a Vera Bradley purse. There has been some debate as to the exact reason the teacher demanded the student remove the purse. The school claims it is a policy that students cannot take purses or bags into class but the student claims that other classmates carry bags and that he had been taking the bag to class for quite some time before the incident. It seems to me as though the school just tried to back pedal and save face. Regardless of the policy, I really appreciate that the boy felt very strongly that he was being singled out and didn't back down.
I saw this and really thought it was interesting too. Obviously the school really had no reason to do this, other than intolerance for breaking gender norms. I'm glad he felt like he could stand up for himself.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Chrissie. I think it's just the school's inability to view gender beyond the norm.
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