William Sutcliffe, a book author and father from Edinburgh, was stunned to find his daughter’s math textbook features sexist examples. Last Sunday, William took to Twitter to share what made him very concerned: “My daughter’s ‘curriculum for excellence’ maths homework (used throughout Scotland) features sums about women going on spa breaks and calculating weight loss; men buying bikes and doing sit-ups.”
His tweet blew up on social media, with many parents joining the thread to share what they thought of the Scottish textbook employing gender stereotypes. But William and his wife didn’t stop there.
Realizing what a wrong impression it could have on their daughter, they changed the names on the worksheet by swapping female and male characters. People online have praised the two, and since the internet is sometimes a magical place, William was happy to get a response from the publishing house who assured they’re working on updating the old content with adequate contexts.
The Edinburgh dad recently tweeted about a very concerning math textbook his daughter was working on for her homework
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The textbook used sexist examples to calculate sums that left the parents appalled
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But mom made a much-needed change and corrected the characters’ names
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And this is the response from Teejay Maths publishing house that William received after his tweet blew up
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People joined the thread to share their views on the situation
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