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Etonians launch petition to reinstate teacher who was sacked over lesson titled 'The Patriarchy Paradox'

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Headmaster Simon Henderson took the action following the lesson - which was removed from the school's intranet following teacher complaints, but still appears on Mr Knowland's own YouTube page - which the school's lawyers explained was in breach of the Equalities Act and the Education (Independent Schools Standards) Regulations.

 

In the video, which had over 40 cultural references, he posits that throughout history, traditional notions of strength and courage have been beneficial to women. He also argues that some women may choose traditional gender roles because they benefit them, and that it is biology, not society, that has shaped the patriarchy, citing examples from the animal kingdom.

 

After it was shared with other teachers, one of them reported it to the headmaster. According to the Daily Mail, the teacher 'was said to be particularly upset that Mr Knowland was asking students to consider the idea that a world without any men in it might be worse for women'.

 

https://www.tatler.com/article/eton-petition-mr-knowland

 

I have a friend who occasionally writes for the Tatler and while this isn't hers, she sent it my way this morning. Here is the video if anyone is interested:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wTHgMxQEoPI 

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TBoneTX   46,356

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1 hour ago, CanAm1980 said:

Estonia

I thought the same, too.  Nothing about the other Baltic countries, either.

06-04-2007 = TSC stamps postal return-receipt for I-129f.

06-11-2007 = NOA1 date (unknown to me).

07-20-2007 = Phoned Immigration Officer; got WAC#; where's NOA1?

09-25-2007 = Touch (first-ever).

09-28-2007 = NOA1, 23 days after their 45-day promise to send it (grrrr).

10-20 & 11-14-2007 = Phoned ImmOffs; "still pending."

12-11-2007 = 180 days; file is "between workstations, may be early Jan."; touches 12/11 & 12/12.

12-18-2007 = Call; file is with Division 9 ofcr. (bckgrnd check); e-prompt to shake it; touch.

12-19-2007 = NOA2 by e-mail & web, dated 12-18-07 (187 days; 201 per VJ); in mail 12/24/07.

01-09-2008 = File from USCIS to NVC, 1-4-08; NVC creates file, 1/15/08; to consulate 1/16/08.

01-23-2008 = Consulate gets file; outdated Packet 4 mailed to fiancee 1/27/08; rec'd 3/3/08.

04-29-2008 = Fiancee's 4-min. consular interview, 8:30 a.m.; much evidence brought but not allowed to be presented (consul: "More proof! Second interview! Bring your fiance!").

05-05-2008 = Infuriating $12 call to non-English-speaking consulate appointment-setter.

05-06-2008 = Better $12 call to English-speaker; "joint" interview date 6/30/08 (my selection).

06-30-2008 = Stokes Interrogations w/Ecuadorian (not USC); "wait 2 weeks; we'll mail her."

07-2008 = Daily calls to DOS: "currently processing"; 8/05 = Phoned consulate, got Section Chief; wrote him.

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08-27-08 = Phoned consulate (they "couldn't find" our file); visa DHL'd 8/28; in hand 9/1; through POE on 10/9 with NO hassles(!).

TBoneTX Grand Master

TBoneTX   46,356

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Done.  Through.  Finnished.  Kaput.

06-04-2007 = TSC stamps postal return-receipt for I-129f.

06-11-2007 = NOA1 date (unknown to me).

07-20-2007 = Phoned Immigration Officer; got WAC#; where's NOA1?

09-25-2007 = Touch (first-ever).

09-28-2007 = NOA1, 23 days after their 45-day promise to send it (grrrr).

10-20 & 11-14-2007 = Phoned ImmOffs; "still pending."

12-11-2007 = 180 days; file is "between workstations, may be early Jan."; touches 12/11 & 12/12.

12-18-2007 = Call; file is with Division 9 ofcr. (bckgrnd check); e-prompt to shake it; touch.

12-19-2007 = NOA2 by e-mail & web, dated 12-18-07 (187 days; 201 per VJ); in mail 12/24/07.

01-09-2008 = File from USCIS to NVC, 1-4-08; NVC creates file, 1/15/08; to consulate 1/16/08.

01-23-2008 = Consulate gets file; outdated Packet 4 mailed to fiancee 1/27/08; rec'd 3/3/08.

04-29-2008 = Fiancee's 4-min. consular interview, 8:30 a.m.; much evidence brought but not allowed to be presented (consul: "More proof! Second interview! Bring your fiance!").

05-05-2008 = Infuriating $12 call to non-English-speaking consulate appointment-setter.

05-06-2008 = Better $12 call to English-speaker; "joint" interview date 6/30/08 (my selection).

06-30-2008 = Stokes Interrogations w/Ecuadorian (not USC); "wait 2 weeks; we'll mail her."

07-2008 = Daily calls to DOS: "currently processing"; 8/05 = Phoned consulate, got Section Chief; wrote him.

08-07-08 = E-mail from consulate, promising to issue visa "as soon as we get her passport" (on 8/12, per DHL).

08-27-08 = Phoned consulate (they "couldn't find" our file); visa DHL'd 8/28; in hand 9/1; through POE on 10/9 with NO hassles(!).

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Prizm123   1,086

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dont knock Finland, i want to live there someday.  lot of really good bands come from there.

RoC sent 10/30/21

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Biometrics Waived 01/19/2022

 

 

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Follow up: https://uk.news.yahoo.com/wife-fired-eton-teacher-said-141150279.html

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Even if sperm were not needed for reproduction, Knowland said, in a world without men women would “likely revert to a primitive life based on horticulture, dwelling in huts and suffering from a permanent shortage of animal protein… their life expectancy would be reduced to less that 40 years”.

In an interview with the Daily Mail, however, Knowland’s wife and former Britain’s Got Talent contestant Rachel Knowland has claimed her husband is “so respectful of women”.

She said she was upset that her husband’s lecture had been described as “the purest, filthiest stream of untreated misogyny I’ve heard since Donald Trump”, and added: “I just want to show the world that Will is not some sexist monster, but a loving father and husband who is raising three strong young women.”

The couple have five children together, and she added: “He adores his girls, and this idea that he hates women is just so wrong. He’s brilliant with them, spends so much time building their confidence and character. And he’s so respectful of women in general. Honestly, he’s not remotely as he’s been portrayed.

‘That lecture was designed to provoke, the whole point of it was to elicit a response, to open up a topic for debate. He doesn’t think those things, it’s just an academic exercise. I just want people to see that about him, to see the Will I know.”

In the lecture, Knowland also referred to trans women as “men”, and at one point, while showing a slide with a photo of a person dressed as a lizard, he said: “Some philosophers have pointed out that, logically, considerations that support transgenderism would also support, for example, trans-speciesism.”

 

Okay now I need to look up this ep of Britain's Got Talent. 

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On 12/6/2020 at 3:11 PM, laylalex said:

https://www.tatler.com/article/eton-petition-mr-knowland

 

I have a friend who occasionally writes for the Tatler and while this isn't hers, she sent it my way this morning. Here is the video if anyone is interested:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wTHgMxQEoPI 

not sure why that would be controversial 

 

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