UK school bans use of ‘Sir’ or ‘Miss’
in fight against ‘cultural misogyny’
inspired by ‘sage’ Taylor Swift
Posted By: Ida Lou Pino, 6/7/2023 10:24:07 AM
A leading UK school has banned pupils from addressing staff as “Sir” or “Miss” — calling it a battle against “cultural misogyny” inspired by the principal’s “sage,” Taylor Swift. Harris Westminster Sixth Form executive principal James Handscombe introduced the policy in an assembly at his London school Monday, saying it was “part of a wider reset” that couldn’t be left up to “old men to fix.” “We are changing the way that students refer to staff … No longer will it be acceptable to call us “Sir” or “Miss,'” he said, noting the inspiration of Swift singing “F–k the patriarchy.”
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