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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Single sex education has been better than we ever expected. Zero “dating” distractions. Zero preening and competition regarding the same. More opportunity and better environment to form strong personal relationships within the group. A program aimed at the gender in question, it’s strength and it’s weaknesses, which makes the environment more cooperative and fulfilling. The idea that boys and girls have to stew together in the same pot when their hormones are raging and their learning differences most apparent, just to be able to function in a coed workforce, is ridiculous. [/quote]

This post screams heteronormativity. Not all people are attracted to the opposite sex (or solely to the opposite sex).[/quote]

???  More than 90% of this world is heterosexual.  That is almost everyone.  There is a small group of people who aren't.  Of course it makes sense that the PP you're addressing is discussing the perspective of the majority.  Please get over yourself in thinking that the 90% have to always cater to the 10%.[/quote]

But telling a child who may be LGBTQ they are going to a particular school because they are less likely to be “distracted” sends a huge message about parents’ beliefs and values and whether they would accept their child’s identity. That’s the point. Making assumptions like this is why LGBTQ children don’t come out and have increased risk of suicidal ideation (it’s not that they’re gay, it’s that parents make a hostile environment to be gay).

Point is, choosing same sex education for this reason neglects the fact that at least 1 in 10 kids are not heterosexual. [/quote]

This isn't that hard.  Likely the 1 in 10 LGBTQ kid isn't looking at a single-sex school anyway.  Remember you want the "best fit" for your child.  We aren't closing all the single-sex schools just because 1 in 10 kids are LGBTQ.  That would be stupid.[/quote]

No one said that. LGBTQ+ kids can and do go to single sex schools. The point isn’t about single sex schools themselves but saying that the reason for them is to reduce “distraction” because of the opposite sex. [/quote]

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