My local library only allows boys in their sessions

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#1

I seen this petition, and I figured you guys might be interested in helping out. ( Not super off topic )

In my local library, a girl who has been participating in programming sessions since she was a few months old, was denied to join the robotics sessions because she was a girl. The libraries director, Elaine De Bonis explained

[quote]“boys academic and literacy skills don’t improve over the summer break therefore this program would only be offered to boys.”
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I’m not sure what this is supposed to mean, it’s kind of cryptic.

[quote]“She said I could be added to a waiting list and if enough girls showed interest they could possibly look into offering it to girls in the future. I explained that it was unfair that I was being denied this opportunity simply because I am a girl, but she insisted I could not register”
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Sign it if you want, ignore it if you don’t. Just wanted to post it up, because it’s a rising topic here in Canada. The library is a great place, I don’t how this popped up.

#2

How is that even legal?

Is it a session being offered to members of a single gender (male) school?

#3

Nope, we don’t have those anywhere near here. Also, if they do allow girls, it will be a completely different group and will be treated differently from the boys. Another thing to note is the director of the library is a woman… Go figure.

#4

Signed because that is silly.

#5

My advice would be to forget about petitions.
Instead, bypass this Elaine De Bonis, and talk to someone more senior.
Get in writing as to why a student is being discriminated against according to their gender.

Of course, she should get an Adult to do the representation on her behalf.

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Oh never mind, read a bit further down the petition and saw that’s almost exactly what they’re doing :slight_smile: