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STOCKHOLM — At an ocher-color preschool along a lane in Stockholm’s Old Town, the teachers avoid the pronouns “him” and “her,” instead calling their 115 toddlers simply “friends.” Masculine and feminine references are taboo, often replaced by the pronoun “hen,” an artificial and genderless word that most Swedes avoid but is popular in some gay and feminist circles.

In the little library, with its throw pillows where children sit to be read to, there are few classic fairy tales, like “Cinderella” or “Snow White,” with their heavy male and female stereotypes, but there are many stories that deal with single parents, adopted children or same-sex couples.

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/14/wo...nes.html?_r=2&

Originally Posted by ganbaru

Is there much burqas in the street of Dubai ?
I though than it was found mostly in Afghanistan and Saudi Arabia.

well it less than in Afghanistan and Saudi Arabia but still plenty.