First of all, any organization that has men working with young children will eventually face accusations of pedophilia regardless of the reality. Also men seem less interested in day care and early childhood education so children see nothing but women teachers until high school.
Just like blacks who have nothing but white teachers conclude that education is a "white thing", boys will conclude it is a girl thing.
When I coached Kindergarten soccer (which is a lot of fun; I'll leave large-field soccer to the Europeans, but the game on a small field is exciting) I shaved my beard because I learned that it would scare some kids because they'd never seen anybody with a beard.
There's also the problem that people mistake an obedient child for a "good child". There was this book
which seemed so puzzled that people would "change" quickly when they fall into cults but the real thing is parents thought these kids had it together because they would do what they are told and when you put them in a new environment they do what L. Ron Hubbard tells them to do (i.e. no "change" at all)
My son isn't in the habit of obedient and if somebody isn't pushing on him somewhat he will do nothing at all in a classroom with 20 kids. I talked with my superintendent about this at a PTA meeting and he told me I should sit back and let the experts deal with this. (Just before this he told the mother of a "special" child that he welcomes her as a partner in his education; that's because the state can set a fire under his ass)
First of all, any organization that has men working with young children will eventually face accusations of pedophilia regardless of the reality. Also men seem less interested in day care and early childhood education so children see nothing but women teachers until high school.
Just like blacks who have nothing but white teachers conclude that education is a "white thing", boys will conclude it is a girl thing.
When I coached Kindergarten soccer (which is a lot of fun; I'll leave large-field soccer to the Europeans, but the game on a small field is exciting) I shaved my beard because I learned that it would scare some kids because they'd never seen anybody with a beard.
There's also the problem that people mistake an obedient child for a "good child". There was this book
http://www.amazon.com/Snapping-Americas-Epidemic-Personality...
which seemed so puzzled that people would "change" quickly when they fall into cults but the real thing is parents thought these kids had it together because they would do what they are told and when you put them in a new environment they do what L. Ron Hubbard tells them to do (i.e. no "change" at all)
My son isn't in the habit of obedient and if somebody isn't pushing on him somewhat he will do nothing at all in a classroom with 20 kids. I talked with my superintendent about this at a PTA meeting and he told me I should sit back and let the experts deal with this. (Just before this he told the mother of a "special" child that he welcomes her as a partner in his education; that's because the state can set a fire under his ass)
That's why my son is homeschooled.