Children as young as seven could be 'mixed berry gender-fluid muffins', sex education pamphlet says

13 March 2023, 10:23

Staff have been asked to play a variety of games including the “mixed-muffin gender berry challenge”
Staff have been asked to play a variety of games including the “mixed-muffin gender berry challenge”. Picture: Alamy

By Emma Soteriou

Children as young as seven could be “mixed berry gender fluid muffins”, teachers have been told in a sex education pamphlet.

Listen to this article

Loading audio...

A 170-page "Agenda" guide, promoted to all schools by the welsh government, claims that biological sex “is not just ‘male’ and 'female’”.

It adds that some “want to change our gender pronouns (eg. from he to she) or want to be ‘agender’”.

The pamphlet, obtained by the Telegraph, is aimed at seven to 18-year-olds and was produced by Cardiff University academics in partnership with the Welsh government, the Children's Commissioner for Wales and charities.

It comes after it was revealed that pupils in some secondary schools have been told there are 100 genders, which has led to Rishi Sunak ordering an urgent review into the matter.

Read more: School suspends sex education as independent review launched after drag queen 'told 11-year-olds there are 73 genders'

Read more: 'Baby drag act' cancels sold-out show blaming 'trolling and unfair media coverage' following furious online backlash

Blueberry muffins represent stereotypes of masculinity
Blueberry muffins represent stereotypes of masculinity. Picture: Alamy

One section on gender identity recommends teachers play the “mixed-muffin gender berry challenge” to learn about “how you can't assume someone’s gender by how they look”.

The game consists of making batches of blueberry muffins to represent stereotypes of masculinity, raspberry muffins to represent stereotypes of femininity, and mixed muffins “to represent gender fluidity”.

Teachers are then asked to break open the muffins and stand alongside a corresponding coloured balloon in a room.

However, there are only blue and pink balloons, with no mixed balloons.

It is intended to give staff a taste of “what it felt like to go to a gender-coded corner that they might not identify with” and “what it feels like to be given a gender you might not choose”.

Raspberry muffins represent stereotypes of femininity
Raspberry muffins represent stereotypes of femininity. Picture: Alamy

Another game recommendation is "gender-snap pairs", where teachers "decide which sex-switching or gender-bending worlds you want to explore" to "crack open a little bit of those rigid gender binaries".

In addition to the practical suggestions, staff are also urged to research "species that challenged traditional gender roles", such as seahorses and slipper snails.

Laura Anne Jones, Wales’s shadow education minister, told the paper: “The materials being pushed and approved by the Labour Welsh government are highly inappropriate and not at all age-appropriate for our children.

“The images and suggested teachings are not based on biological fact... Whether it be sex education or self ID, this Labour government in Wales is determined to push gender ideology, against the wishes of the Welsh public.”

Seahorses challenge "traditional gender roles"
Seahorses challenge "traditional gender roles". Picture: Alamy

A Welsh Government spokesman said they had not commissioned the resource, adding: “Any resources that schools use must be in line with the legal requirements and they must be developmentally appropriate. It must also be factual and neutral.

“We have also encouraged schools to discuss their proposals on Relationship Sex Education teaching with parents and carers in an engaged and constructive way, we know that many parents have found this approach useful.”

A Department for Education spokesman said: “It is incredibly important that we take the time to get the guidance right, and the education secretary is working closely with the women and equalities minister to produce a draft for consultation before final publication later this year."

More Latest News

See more More Latest News

Doyle rammed the stolen car into the police officer.

Moment teenage car thief rams police officer off motorbike during chase, leaving PC seriously hurt

From the world's richest man to a 'vaccine sceptic': Trump picks his radical right-wing cabinet.

From the world's richest man to a 'vaccine sceptic': Trump picks his radical right-wing cabinet

Exclusive
Sadiq Khan said Donald Trump should be given 'the benefit of the doubt'

'Let's give Donald Trump the benefit of the doubt,' Sadiq Khan tells LBC after war of words with president-elect

Exclusive
Sadiq Khan said: "I want to thank NX121 and all the other firearms officers" in London

Sadiq Khan thanks police officer who shot dead gangster Chris Kaba and says armed officers 'deserve our support'

Footage of the turbulence onboard the flight has been posted online

Horror moment screaming air passengers lifted out of seats in extreme turbulence as plane forced to turn back

Two typhoon jets tracked the Russian aircraft.

RAF fighter jets scrambled to monitor Russian military aircraft detected near UK airspace

Javier Milei met with Donald Trump

Chainsaw-toting Argentina president Javier Milei becomes first foreign leader to meet Trump since election

Davina McCall has revealed she's undergoing brain surgery today to remove a benign  tumour.

Davina McCall going ‘off grid’ as she is undergoing brain surgery after finding ‘very rare’ tumour

People enjoying a walk during snow falling

Snow to hit UK tomorrow as Brits set to shiver in -2C Arctic blast

England fans reported a 'heavy-handed' approach from Greek police.

FA launches investigation as England fans report 'heavy-handed policing and tear gas' before Greece clash

Prince William was met with boos as he left Ulster University on Thursday.

Prince William booed by 'pro-Palestine' protestors during Belfast visit

The grandmother said she was hauled off a flight after a row over a sandwich

Grandmother, 79, 'hauled off a Jet2 flight by armed officers for refusing to pay £9 for a frozen tuna bap'

Exclusive
Sam Eljamel's victims have called for justice

'There has to be a day of reckoning': Patients left disabled and injured by rogue surgeon demand extradition from Libya

Residents are moved out of the nursing home where least 10 people have died in a fire in Zaragoza, Spain, Friday, Nov. 15, 2024. (AP Photo/Ferran Mallol )

At least ten dead and more injured in fire at Spanish nursing home

Exclusive
Feargal Sharkey and LBC tested the River Colwill

UK's biggest water company fails three environmental tests carried out by Feargal Sharkey and LBC

Rachel Reeves confirmed the tax hike in her autumn Budget

Rachel Reeves 'not satisfied' as UK growth slows between July and September