That’s not the issue I was referring to - our, perhaps unwritten, policy was that gender identity as opposed to biological sex was a deeply personal and individual issue that is not fixed during our formative teen years. If you were to segregate boys from girls you automatically raise the question if you segregate based on sex or based on gender, and either can potentially single out individuals who might already have issues fitting into the social structure. The only things that were separated by sex in our school were restrooms and gym locker rooms/showers. Honestly I think it’s merely a matter of time before we’ll see pictures of these along side of these
in our history textbooks.
This might seem insane to people now, but just wait a few generations.
Basically nobody would question that people born with ovaries on average mature differently than those born with testes. However, everybody matures differently, it’s just biological sex creates two ‘humps in the curve’ if you will. Other factors, like nationality, socioeconomic status or highest education level of parents might create two or more neat division points as well but even though there is already a certain degree of society-based segregation based on those factors it is no longer acceptable to consider artificial segregation.
From a personal opinion standpoint I think segregation would be a major step back for society. I agree that academically it might be much better for students but no matter what most people might think there is very little to no academic use for public schools. If there was perhaps schools would actually attempt a meaningful curriculum that does not consist of reading Maya Angelou and John Steinbeck and writing 3-page ‘papers’ on ‘how far society has come’. It would not consist of spending 80% of history class discussing current events and how there would be peace in the middle east, nay the entire world, if we all just learned how to effectively listen and communicate.
You’re not there to learn neat facts from teachers, you’re there to learn how to deal with meaningless artificial systems that we all deal with in adulthood.
Call it practice for dealing with the DMV, IRS and your co-workers (that are more than likely not any more mature than they were before high-school). You’re there because society has nothing else for you to do and you might as well get used to your peers in an organized setting and watch them grow up (or not). If you segregate you’re just ramping up people for a bigger contrast when they ‘enter’ our non-segregated society as adults.