A lot of importance is given to early education, and an individuals’ behaviour after school reflects on the ways the child has been taught. The Schools lay the foundation for how we behave as adults.
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But then, there have been instances of textbooks landing in controversy over the content they provide. Now, yet another textbook a Class XII CBSE textbook titled Health and Physical Education Textbook has landed in controversy because of the way it describes the ‘perfect female body’.
Physical Education Book, 12th standard. pic.twitter.com/wpruZPBuXC
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According to the textbook titled ‘Health And Physical Education’, the best ‘size’ for a female is 36-24-36. The book goes on to reason that Miss World and Miss University beauty pageants also take this body shape into consideration while judging the contestants.
“Exercise makes figure beautiful”. The shocking contents of the book do not end there, it further reminds us that “the 36-24-36 figure does not come up by chance.”
Advocating that the so-called perfect body shape can be attained “through regular and various types of exercise.”
The book also cares to bother why ‘females are not able to run properly’ because ‘bones of hips of females are wider’ and ‘knees are slightly apart.’
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