Gender issues in school

The plan requires that schools and preschools work preventively against destructive norms so that all children regardless of gender can live free, and that knowledge about LGBTQ issues increases in education. Gender-critical pedagogy for all students and a national resource center that spreads such working methods is a direct way to fulfill this. The plan does not specifically mention such a center, so the conclusion is derived.

• prevent destructive normsdecisive»Skolor och förskolor behöver arbeta förebyggande mot destruktiva normer för att alla barn, oavsett kön, ska kunna leva fria.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Schools and preschools need to work preventively against destructive norms so that all children, regardless of gender, can live free.”
• increase knowledge about LGBTQ»Inom utbildning, vård, näringsliv och rättsväsende måste kunskaperna i hbtq-frågor öka.« (party programme ↗)“In education, healthcare, business and the justice system, knowledge about LGBTQ issues must increase.”
• heteronormativity is part of gender power»Heteronormen är en viktig del i könsmaktsordningen. Därför är« (party programme ↗)“Heteronormativity is an important part of the gender power order. Therefore”
• quality-assured sex education»Skolans sex- och samlevnadsundervisning behöver kvalitetssäkras så att den fungerar förebyggande mot sexualbrott och kränkningar.« (party programme ↗)“School sex and relationships education needs to be quality assured so it functions preventively against sexual crimes and abuse.”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.

The plan sets high demands on the entire education sector to work to break social and gender-based patterns and requires study environments free from sexual harassment and racism. Norm-critical pedagogy and a national resource centre that spreads effective methods are tools for precisely that. The plan's goal of a society without patriarchy, homophobia and transphobia also covers the vulnerability of LGBTQ+ youth.

• schools shall break gender patternsdecisive»Därför måste höga krav ställas på hela utbildningssektorn att verka för att de sociala och könsbundna mönstren bryts.« (party programme ↗)“Therefore high demands must be placed on the entire education sector to work to break social and gender-based patterns.”
• safe study environments»Detta kräver studiemiljöer fria från mobbing, från könstrakasserier och från rasism och främlingsfientlighet.« (party programme ↗)“This requires study environments free from bullying, sexual harassment and racism and xenophobia.”
• society without discrimination»Vårt mål är ett samhälle utan över- och underordning, utan klasskillnader, patriarkat, rasism eller homo- och transfobi, ett samhälle utan fördomar och diskriminering.« (party programme ↗)“Our goal is a society without hierarchy, without class differences, patriarchy, racism or homophobia and transphobia, a society without prejudice and discrimination.”
• feminist perspective»Med denna grundsyn är socialdemokratin ett feministiskt parti.« (party programme ↗)“With this fundamental view, social democracy is a feminist party.”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.

The party programme requires that all students receive instruction with a clear norm-critical perspective, that preschools apply gender-aware pedagogy and that schools actively work for equality and equal rights regardless of gender identity. The plan further wants to strengthen LGBTQ and trans persons' rights. The counter-proposal's demands for norm-critical pedagogy for all children and a national resource center are thus directly supported.

• norm-critical perspective in schoolsdecisive»normkritiskt perspektiv. Stereotypa könsroller,« (party programme ↗)“norm-critical perspective. Stereotypical gender roles,”
• gender-aware pedagogy»Alla förskolor bör tillämpa en genusmedveten« (party programme ↗)“All preschools should apply gender-aware”
• active equality work in schools»Skolan ska arbeta aktivt för jämställdhet och lika« (party programme ↗)“Schools shall work actively for equality and equal”
• strengthened trans rights»stärka transpersoners rättigheter genom en ny könstillhörighetslag, och införa ett tredje juridiskt kön.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“strengthen trans persons' rights through a new gender identity law and introduce a third legal gender.”

The election manifesto establishes that structures and norms that push girls and boys into categories that don't suit them must be taken seriously and countered, and the party programme makes the Centre Party a feminist party that challenges and breaks prevailing power relations. Norm-critical pedagogy and equal expectations for all students is precisely that work in school. The plan also demands a school free from harassment based on gender.

• counter limiting normsdecisive»Sådana strukturer och normer måste tas på allvar och motarbetas.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Such structures and norms must be taken seriously and countered.”
• feminist party»Centerpartiet är ett feministiskt parti, som utmanar och bryter rådande maktförhållanden och kollektiva orättvisor.« (party programme ↗)“The Centre Party is a feminist party, that challenges and breaks prevailing power relations and collective injustices.”
• safe and prejudice-free school»fri från rasism, homofobi och trakasserier grundade på kön« (2022 manifesto ↗)“free from racism, homophobia and harassment based on gender”
• counter discriminatory structures»Vi bekämpar alla strukturer, formella och informella, som förtrycker eller diskriminerar människor.« (party programme ↗)“We fight all structures, formal and informal, that oppress or discriminate against people.”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.

The party programme requires that preschool, school and higher education actively work on gender equality issues, gender issues and norm criticism, both in teaching and in the school environment. The counter-proposal's requirement for norm-critical pedagogy and equal high expectations regardless of gender is therefore the plan's own line, which also wants to raise boys' results and strengthen LGBTQI competence in school. A new national centre is, however, not mentioned in the plan.

• norm criticism in schooldecisive»jämställdhetsfrågor, genusfrågor och normkritik såväl i undervisningen och vägledningen som i skolmiljön.« (party programme ↗)“gender equality issues, gender issues and norm criticism both in teaching and guidance and in the school environment.”
• same high expectations»både flickor och pojkar ska mötas av samma höga förväntningar i sitt skolarbete« (2022 manifesto ↗)“both girls and boys should meet the same high expectations in their schoolwork”
• LGBTQI competence in school»Hbtqi-kompetensen i vård, skola och omsorg ska stärkas« (2022 manifesto ↗)“LGBTQI competence in healthcare, school and care shall be strengthened”
• raise boys' results»Särskilt pojkars kunskapsresultat behöver höjas.« (party programme ↗)“In particular, boys' knowledge results need to be raised.”

The stance rests on the quoted commitment in the party's own documents; the actual vote deviated. Click the quote to verify it in the document.

The plan anchors the school's value-based work in the ethics maintained by Christian tradition and places education in the school together with parents, while politics should resist the temptation to unnecessarily interfere. A state centre for norm-critical pedagogy that disseminates methods goes beyond that division of roles. The plan's requirement that demeaning treatment be vigorously opposed and that differences between girls and boys be noted speaks partly in the opposite direction.

• school's education in Christian ethicsdecisive»All skolverksamhet ska i enlighet med den etik« (party programme ↗)“All school activities should in accordance with the ethics”
• education together with parents»med föräldrarna, fostra eleverna till ansvarsfulla samhällsmedborgare. Under förutsättning att skolorna har« (party programme ↗)“with parents, educate students to be responsible citizens. Provided that the schools have”
• politics should not interfere»Politiker måste motstå frestelsen att i onödan« (party programme ↗)“Politicians must resist the temptation to unnecessarily”
• oppose demeaning treatment»olikheter är förhållningssätt som ska främjas. Mobbning och annan kränkande behandling måste kraftfullt« (party programme ↗)“differences are approaches that shall be promoted. Bullying and other demeaning treatment must vigorously”

The programme opposes identity politics' collectivism, where the individual is judged based on gender and group membership rather than their actions. The plan's school policy is to do away with fluffy education and restore knowledge-based schooling with clear knowledge requirements and measurable factual knowledge. A national center for norm-critical pedagogy therefore lies outside and partly in conflict with the plan.

• nej till identitetspolitikdecisive»Denna identitetspolitikens kollektivism strider mot« (party programme ↗)“This identity politics' collectivism contradicts”
• kunskapsskolan före pedagogiska projekt»Vi ska göra upp med flumskolan och återupprätta kunskapsskolan« (2022 manifesto ↗)“We shall do away with fluffy education and restore knowledge-based schooling”
• mätbara faktakunskaper»Fokusera på mätbara faktakunskaper, med inspiration från Finlands läroplan« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Focus on measurable factual knowledge, inspired by Finland's curriculum”
• tydliga kunskapskrav»Den svenska skolan ska ställa tydliga kunskapskrav och« (party programme ↗)“Swedish schools should set clear knowledge requirements and”

The plan explicitly distances itself from norm-critical pedagogy and gender pedagogy and wants to stop the gender experiments and unrigorous schooling. A national centre that spreads norm-critical pedagogy to all children is thereby directly counter to the plan's commitment to a knowledge-focused school with proven pedagogy. The plan addresses the content of the curriculum, which is the committee's reason.

• rejected norm-critical pedagogydecisive»En pedagogik som präglas av flum, normkritik och elevansvar får svårast följder för de som istället behöver lära sig om normer och tillhandahållas tydlig struktur och kunskap i skolan, som de inte får från annat håll.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“A pedagogy characterized by unrigorous teaching, norm-critical thinking and student responsibility has the most difficult consequences for those who instead need to learn about norms and be provided with clear structure and knowledge in school, which they don't get from elsewhere.”
• no to gender pedagogy»Genuspedagogik som den ser ut idag ska inte användas eftersom den i hög grad är inriktad på utsuddande av könstillhörighetsskillnader.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Gender pedagogy as it currently exists should not be used because it is to a large extent aimed at blurring differences in gender identity.”
• stop gender experiments»Det viktigaste är att sätta stopp för genusexperimenten och flumskolan.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The most important thing is to stop the gender experiments and unrigorous schooling.”
• no experiments on children»Avsluta de politiska experimenten på Sveriges barn och unga« (2022 manifesto ↗)“End the political experiments on Sweden's children and youth”

The stance rests on the quoted commitment in the party's own documents; the actual vote deviated. Click the quote to verify it in the document.