Prime Minister - Söder defends planned gender ban for Bavaria's schools
Bavaria's Minister President Markus Söder (CSU) has defended the gender ban he has announced for schools against criticism from teachers' and parents' associations. "I believe that gendering divides our society more than anything else," said Söder during a visit to a school in Munich on Thursday. Spelling always divides those who do it right and those who do it wrong. He also referred to the line taken by the German Spelling Council - and to the fact that some countries already have such a ban.
Söder was responding to criticism from the Bavarian Philologists' Association (bpv), among others. Its chairman, Michael Schwägerl, had criticized Söder's announced ban as not expedient or necessary and warned that there was a risk of further division and polarization in the school community.
In response to the question of whether the CSU is now the new ban party, Söder replied: "On the contrary, we are preventing bans, namely the ban on talking, as has been done so far." However, Söder did not say where he believes such a ban exists. Otherwise, Söder, who now wants to ban gendering, all too often accuses the Greens of being a prohibition party.
The Minister President left questions about implementation or possible sanctions in schools and administration unanswered. We will "see about all that", he said. Education Minister Anna Stolz (Free Voters) will implement the plan "with empathy, but also with consistency".
At the meeting in Munich, Stolz only said that the aim was to take a "pragmatic, everyday approach to the topic of gender". Together with the schools, the aim is to find solutions in line with the Council for German Spelling.
Stolz himself had only found out about Söder's plans through his government statement. To the surprise of many, the Minister President had announced on Tuesday that gendering was to be banned in schools and administration in Bavaria. Special characters for gender-neutral language are also rejected at schools in Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt.
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- Markus Söder's proposed gender ban in Bavaria's schools and administration is a topic that has left questions unanswered regarding implementation and potential sanctions, according to the Minister President.
Source: www.stern.de
