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WEIRD: Preschool Tries To Erase Gender Norms By Forcing Children To Massage Feet, Walk In Snow

Emily Zanotti

Preschools in Sweden are now trying to train children to be “gender neutral” by exposing them to a series of bizarre, gender-specific tasks they say help diminish natural gender-specific tendencies.

The New York Times glowingly reported on this new phenomenon, which Swedish educators say is effective at erasing “gender lines,” and reinforcing the idea that there are no “traditional gender roles,” only societal pressures that classify young children as either “boys” or “girls.”

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