Chapter 3 "I Choose"« #
Summary #
The students are introduced to the character Bom, who does not know whether he is a boy or a girl. The concepts of “identity” and “diversity” are highlighted together with a positive focus on pride, and the opposite “prejudice” is introduced. The teacher’s guide suggests that polygamy is natural in that one can be in love with several people at the same time, and that changing gender identity and sexual attraction is impossible. The teachers should repeat the concepts of “diversity” and lead the students in questions about who can wave the pride flag, where the answer is “everyone”. This book pushes pride forward as completely unproblematic, while if a student believes that pride should not be celebrated, “objective arguments” are required and the discussion must be “stopped” so that it does not develop into an offense for any students.
The book asks students “who are you deep down inside yourself,” which is consistent with queer theory that “everyone should be themselves,” and what they can choose between later is which identity they have: gender identity and sexual identity. Students are to write an “identity poem” about someone in their family, and it is assumed that the goal is to find someone “queer” in the students’ family who can be talked about in the classroom. Several mantras from queer theory and sexology are used in the chapter.
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Chapter 3 -Part 2 #
Identity and diversity – pages 67 and 68 #
How students should understand pride and the pride flag – pages 72 and 73 #
Chapter assignments #
What does the teacher's guide say? #
What the teacher's guide says about identity and diversity #
How the teacher's guide explains pride and the pride flag #
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What does the teacher's guide say about students who don't want to celebrate pride? #
What can you do? #
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