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Re:Clear backpacks, monitored emails: U.S. students under co... by ryanmercer on Monday December 02, 2019 @11:59AM (#21684229)
Gender has nothing to do with limiting what children can carry, or conceal, coming and going from the school building.

In Pakistan the gender segregation is almost certainly a religious thing given Islam is the religion of 96% of the country. Segregation by gender is also found in masjids/mosques, this is a normal part of Islamic culture.

Comparing a religious custom in a predominately Islamic country to clear backpacks in American schools is wholly irrelevant.

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Re:Clear backpacks, monitored emails: U.S. students under co... by selimthegrim on Wednesday December 04, 2019 @10:24AM (#21702899)
The point was they’re not trusted to goof off between classes unsupervised - that fraternization is the motivation is secondary. Also thanks for lazily generalizing about Islamic countries
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Re:Clear backpacks, monitored emails: U.S. students under co... by UnFleshedOne on Monday December 02, 2019 @01:55PM (#21685518)
Just give it another few hundred years and clear backpacks and other stuff will be part of american culture/religion.
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