Fandom High School

Maddie was fanning herself and wiping at her eyes constantly as the class began, so Syvvie took point.

"Well. It looks like we've made it to our last class."

Maddie blew her nose.

"You guys have been great. Mad and I couldn't have asked for a better bunch of students. Thank you. But let's get on with it. Now, our culture is based very much on a patriarchican society. That means the men were in charge."

"For a loooong time,"

"That's right. And a lot of our society was shaped by this fact. But what if it had been the other way around? What if the women had been in charge from the start? How would it be different? Now, maybe some of you came from places where women got to be charge, then you get to help the rest of us out. What would society be like, as a whole, if Mad and I were in charge, say? Would there be less war? More? What would be considered the most important personality traits? Would we still have SUVs? Think about it, talk about it, do whatever you want,"

"As long as you're willing to get up and do it."

"That's right. Have fun, people!"

[ooc: Last class! *sniffles*]

"People, people, students, kids, and furry wild things that are also students!" Maddie clapped her hands. "Settle down, settle in, lets get this boat on the tarmac, here!"

Yes, she did this whether or not the students were making any noise. Or if they were even there. She possibly did this in her spare time at home.

"Okay, now." She resettled her glasses on her nose. "We're going to be working on something very important, today. Something that will really help your understanding of who you are as a person and how gender roles affect your day to day lives. Isn't that right, Syvvie?"

"I think you just want to play dress up. . . ."

"Oh, hush, you." Maddie grinned. "Right. So. These last few weeks, you've talked about how your feel about your gender, about what society expects of each of the genders, and last week, about how you might be different if you were a different gender. Well! This week, we're going to find out!"

"Sort of."

"Yes, sort of, we're not going to turn you all into boys and girls from being girls and boys, we can't do that. But! We do want you to try out some of the gender roles of the opposite sex, right? We have clothes here, and everything! So! Come on, then! Get dressed up! There's plenty of room to change, and I promise, all the clothing is freshly cleaned." She gestured to some rows of changing screens and racks of clothing. A lot of it seemed to be from the fifties and sixties . . . there were some seventies leisure suits in there, even, and yes, some modern clothing as well. "Girls, try out being a boy. Boys? Let's see how it is to be a girl. Undergarment changes are entirely optional, but if you want the full experience . . . stuff 'em."

"And have fun."

"That's right, that's right, how could I forget, that's a rule! Have fun with this, boys and girls and animals. We have wigs and hats, even! Who doesn't like wigs, I mean, really? Oh! Oh! And before I forget! We have an assignment for you, this week! I know, I know, homework, it stinks, it really does, but this is fun homework! I want you all to pick a day this week and spend that day pretending to be the opposite gender. Try to be social while you're at it, see how people react. It's a learning experience. Get to see how all those transvestitutes do it, and all the things they have to put up with. Okay! Chop chop! Let's go!"

[ooc: OCD coming is up. Clothing available on the racks is completely moddable.]

Madeline seemed to be stuck in "giggling like crazy" mode at the start of class, so for once Sylvia was the one to do all the talking.

"Sit down, sit down, let's get started, shall we? Today we've got a special treat for you: some friends of ours from our own Women's Studies courses, Holly and Molly, have agreed to come and perform their performance art piece 'Sister Woman Sister'. So try to humor them, alright?

With that, she stepped back, and two women wearing "wife-beater" tank tops strode to the front of the class. The first one spoke:

"Welcome, students. My name is Holly and my partner Molly and I would like to thank Madeline and Sylvia for inviting us here today to perform for you." Holly gestured to Molly, who held a pair of bongos.

"We'd like to start with an original tune. . . ."

Sister Woman Sister, NWS version

Sister Woman Sister, work safe version

When the performance was done with, Sylvia stepped back up, applauding bemusedly. "Thank you Holly, thank you Molly. You know, I've seen you do that a dozen times now, and I still don't know what the hell you're talking about. Well." She turned to the students. "Holly and Molly will be here to answer any questions you may have. If you're not asking them questions, I'd like you all to pair up and plan your own performance art pieces about gender. Maybe we'll even perform 'em next week. Who knows?"

[ooc: links are, well, what they're labeled. The NWS version is the original. Both links are to backdated posts. Holly and Molly are here with admin permission. OCD on its way! is up, yay!]

Madeline twitched her lips and adjusted her glasses as she looked over the gathered students, counting them silently in her head. "All right, all right, is everyone here? Are we all met, as some guy once said? Good, good, welcome to Women and Gender Studies! Now, let's get started. . . ."

( And they do. Eventually. It takes a little while, though )

[OOC: OCD is up, have-at ye! I promise, they'll be moderately less babbly in classes to come.]