In a classic case of teenage rebellion, these lads are channeling their frustrations by giving the school bathrooms a bit of a makeover. Forget graffiti; they're going for something a bit more unexpected – tampons. These students are so fed up that they've ripped tampon dispensers off the walls and turned the boys' bathroom into a tampon-strewn battlefield.
Now, this isn't your typical protest sign or a well-thought-out manifesto. Nope, it's a messy, rebellious act that screams, "We're not on board with this!" Whether you agree with their methods or not, it's clear that gender fluidity discussions are sparking some serious reactions in unexpected places.
From Lifesite News:
At Brookfield High School in Connecticut, for example, Principal Marc Balanda was enraged at an act of “vandalism” that occurred in the boys’ bathrooms. At 9:30 AM on January 24, a tampon dispenser had been installed in the boys’ bathroom. By 9:52, it had been torn off the wall and chucked onto the floor, leaving tampons lying all over the place. The dispenser had been installed due to a Connecticut state law mandating that free menstrual products be provided in at least one male bathroom in each high school to accommodate students who identify as “transgender” or intersex.
The principal was livid. “I am aware that the law says ‘men’s bathroom,’ but the actions today that led to vandalism and the destruction of property were the work of immature boys, not men,” Balanda wrote in a letter to students and staff obtained by a news outlet. “Use your words to start a dialogue rather than using your hands to destroy something.” He also noted that he was disgusted.
Of course, the boys aren’t actually allowed to articulate beliefs that everyone held about sex and gender a decade ago—that’s why a tampon dispenser was put in their bathroom to begin with. If one of these boys brought up that it was ridiculous to place one there, the “dialogue” would have involved re-education, or worse. A Canadian high school student was expelled from school for articulating what were once utterly banal views about the sex binary after being arrested and removed by police. This “dialogue” is actually a one-way monologue, which only once acceptable outcome.
