Teachers of children see gender equality mostly in terms of ensuring that girls get to have the same privileges and rights as boys within the existing social structure; they do not see it in terms of granting boys the same rights as girls—for instance, the right to choose not to engage in aggressive or violent play, the right to play with dolls, to play dress up, to wear costumes of either gender, the right to choose.
Or viewing fathers as caregivers on equal footing with mothers. The number of times teachers and school faculty refuse to engage with me, despite my visibility as an engaged caregiver, is frustrating. Dad's contributions to childcare get ignored by teachers submerged in patriarchy.
