ICSE Class 3 social science textbook teaches students about changing gender roles. Pic goes viral
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The now-viral picture features a page from an ICSE social science textbook for Class 3 students. The lesson titled “Changing Roles of Girls and Boys” described the different roles girls and boys are expected to play both inside and outside the house.
Nowadays, the world has opened up and people are discussing a variety of different topics that were less talked about. You must be thinking why we are talking about this all of a sudden. So, a picture of a textbook page featuring a lesson dedicated to challenging gender roles has surfaced on social media. The image was posted on Facebook by entrepreneur Mamta Sharma Das and has gone viral online with delighted reactions from netizens.
The now-viral picture features a page from an ICSE social science textbook for Class 3 students. The lesson titled “Changing Roles of Girls and Boys” described the different roles girls and boys are expected to play both inside and outside the house. It also explained how the roles played by men and women in a society are changing.
The image along with the chapter showed a girl with coloured hair and a boy playing football outside.
“In class three social science book. Sigh! The world is changing for good,” reads the caption of the post.
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After being shared online, the post went viral with netizens hailing the decision to teach more such gender-challenging lessons to students.
