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A mum has been left feeling 'disgusted' after her six-year-old daughter was cast as "someone's wife" in a school nativity play. She blasted the school for being 'so backward' and is considering discussing it with the headteacher. On Mumsnet, she vented: "My daughter has been cast as 'someone's wife' in the nativity play - the 'Innkeeper's wife' to be precise. This is not OK!
"Normally I am pretty relaxed about all things school, and I certainly feel sorry for the teachers' workloads, but come on people. No woman should be identified by her relationship to a man? Surely. I'm itching to call them out on this. Itching. This is how casual everyday feminism gets perpetuated by people not calling people out on this stuff. It just bothers me that in the core learning place for our kids, this stuff just goes on with no one batting an eyelid." While some agreed with her, others thought she was "overreacting" because the play is set over 2000 years ago.
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One user said: "I am itching to tell you that you are being unbelievably ridiculous." Another added: "I don't get the issue here I'm afraid. The play is set over 2000 years ago when women were somebody's wife." Meanwhile, some people said she should "count herself lucky" that her little one has a human role in the play. One person shared: "It's not so bad - my son was usually livestock."
Another user cheekily suggested: "I agree with you. She should be referred to as the Innkeeper's significant other. If not, insist your daughter is recast as a sheep." A fifth user chimed in: "I don't see the problem either. Your daughter has an actual role and is not one of the many sheep or angels."
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