California people....huh?

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School Debates Difference Between Gender and Sex

Saturday, March 20, 2004



WESTMINSTER, Calif. — What is the difference between sex and gender?

That is what one Southern California school district is trying to decide and the outcome could cost it millions.

So far the Westminster School District (search) is the only district in California refusing to adopt an updated anti-discrimination policy that adds the word "sex" to guidelines that already include the word "gender."

"We could lose all state and federal funding," said Jim Reed, president of the Westminster school board. "Which in our case amounts to 40 million dollars."

Some board members oppose the change because it would also broaden the definition of "gender" to include a person's "perceived sex."

Board member Judy Ahrens is against the change because she fears what might happen if a boy decides he'd rather be perceived as a female and heads for the girl's bathroom.

"The ramifications could be that we have some peeping Toms," said Ahrens. "Kids get curious in the sixth grade."

But Reed disagrees. "I do not think that by the board complying with the state law ... and adding these words to our complaint procedure is somehow magically going to transform these young men into hysterical perverts, if you will," he said.

Westminster school officials have until early April to fall in line with state standards or face a series of potential consequences, including the state seizing control of the district.

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[KillerNut]

In the words of sherrif Bufford T. Justice:

"What the hell is the world comin' to"

 

[NorthShoreBuck]

Sex or Gender

To every high school kid I knew sex was a verb.

Gender is a word over educated people use to describe whether a child is a boy or a girl.

 

[Buckeye69]

If you have ever been to Westminster and were familiar with the type of people who live there, this wouldn't surprise you one bit.

 

[Woody1968]

This is so stupid. When I was at Columbia we had to write a paper on Gender and hermaphrodites, and that was in Baisc English Comp...