Secret Teacher: Let's stop pretending boys and girls are treated the same

People pretend that boys and girls can be treated the same in schools or anywhere, as if they’re equals now. They are not.

Too many conversations about gender violence happen at a surface level. Literally so. The recent discussion of clothing at a secondary in Carlow serves as a good example.

Female students report being made to feel demeaned by what was said at a school assembly. The school claims they merely reiterated their uniform policy – the need to wear school tracksuits to PE.