Remove Carol Ann Duffy's 'Feminine Gospels' from Exam Board Specifications

Rejected 18 signatures

What the petition asks

I wish for Carol Ann Duffy's 'Feminine Gospels' to be removed from Exam Board Specifications in light of mental health awareness and how her messages fail to translate to the youth of today.

Particularly consider her poem 'The Diet' which focuses on two eating disorders: Anorexia and Bulimia. The text is triggering and harmful for the 16 year olds whom must read and study it at length.The poem is distasteful as it does not translate well to the youth of today who deal with eating disorders on a scale like no other generation before. The book being named 'Feminine Gospels' suggests that eating disorders only affect women when in fact 25% of the 3.4 million UK sufferers are male.

Why it was rejected

It asked for something that is not the responsibility of the UK Government or Parliament.

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Timeline

11 Jan 2021	Petition opened for signatures
21 Jan 2021	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 18

Status Rejected

Rejected 21 Jan 2021

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