A school in Barcelona removed from its library "Little Red Riding Hood" and 200 other stories of "sexist"

Tàber Public School in Barcelona decided Delete about 200 stories of children from your library, including "Little Red Riding Hood" or "Sleeping Beauty" to consider them "toxic" for boys because "reproduce badist schemas", according to the newspaper The country.

The gender commission of the educational center in collaboration with the badociation Espai i Lleure (Space and leisure) badyzed the books offered to children taking into account criteria such as the number of male and female characters and the the roles they play or the degree of violence.

In total, 30% of the stories were removed from the children's library and 60% had a gender stereotype but they kept them so as not to leave the library empty, L & # 39; vanguard. They only found 10% that was written from one gender perspective.

According to the badysis that they have done, most of the female characters are secondary and they perform domestic tasks, maternity tasks or roles related to love while male characters appear in situations where they demonstrate their courage or strength.

Anna Tutzó, one of the members of the commission who reviewed the catalog, said The country What the problem goes beyond traditional stories. "It also affects books to learn the alphabet, colors or habits. Society evolves and is more sensitive to gender issuesbut this is not reflected in the stories, "he said.

"We are very far from the egalitarian libraries where male and female characters appear halfway, where they practice the same kind of activities women play a very stereotyped role ", explained on public television in Barcelona.

Depending on the country, they will now badyze the books given at the primary school, although the books are no longer deleted. "In early childhood the children are sponges and absorb everything around them, so can naturalize badist schemas. On the other hand, in primary school, students have a more critical ability and books can be an opportunity to learn, so that they realize the badist elements themselves, "said Tutzó.