British Schoolchildren Being Taught Absolutely Bonkers Theory About Joan of Arc

We're all familiar with the story of Jeanne d'Arc - Joan of Arc to us Anglophones. Now the patron saint of France, Joan was a young woman - barely more than a girl - who led armies during the Hundred Years War. She took part in the siege of Orleans in 1428/29, when she was only 16 years of age, and her arrival was said to have inspired the besieged French troops to throw off the British siege. This was, at the time, said to have been the fulfillment of an old prophecy about an armored maiden who would save France.

There's a lot more to it, of course, but I'm not here to write about the history. Today, in the United Kingdom, the schools are erasing Joan of Arc's status as a brave young woman; school children now are being taught that she was "non-binary."

Yes, really.

Secondary school children in the UK are being taught that Joan of Arc may have been 'non-binary'.
The 'Who We Are' anthology, published by Collins, features a lesson plan which contains a biography of the French heroine which states 'Joan of Arc (1412-31) is today considered by some to have been non-binary.'
The wording has caused fury among some in the academic community, with one professor calling it 'insulting' and a women's rights campaigner calling it 'another ridiculous example of attempting to rewrite history.'

It is, indeed, an attempt to rewrite history. It is an attempt to erase Joan of Arc's femininity and the remarkable deeds she did, not only as a teenager leading an army in the 1400s, but as a teenaged girl. This is insulting to the memory of Joan of Arc, and it's insulting to France and its history. Now, there's a long history of Britain and France tossing insults at each other, but this isn't just an insult; it's an utterly absurd abandonment of any semblance of reality.

"Non-binary," of course, wasn't even a concept in the 1400s. One noted scholar of French history has already weighed in, as has a women's rights advocate:

'Joan of Arc fought as a woman and died as a woman,' Robert Tombs, professor emeritus of French history at the University of Cambridge, told The Telegraph.
'To call her something else is insulting to her and indirectly to all women who are brave enough to risk their lives for their beliefs – as if women are incapable of heroism.'
'This is yet another ridiculous example of attempting to rewrite history and erase strong, rebellious female characters from our past,' Carolyn Brown, of the Women's Rights Network, added.
She called it 'another example of the junk science of queer theory being visited on children' and claimed non-binary was a 'nonsense term'.

This crap likely started in 2022, when the Globe Theater put on a play entitled "I, Joan" which presented Joan of Arc as "non-binary."

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History is replete with examples of tough, determined women, some of whom were even involved in armed conflict, from Joan of Arc to Anne Bonney. But stupidity like this effectively erases their place in history, reducing them to fictional avatars for a reality-denying social agenda. Once again, Clark's Law of Social Issues Degradation applies: "Every social movement will continue until it reaches absurdity." This is well beyond absurdity. It's deliberate dishonesty in support of an agenda that, likewise, denies reality. Joan of Arc was a woman, in fact a girl, and her courage and determination were legendary. She was a military leader at a time when a woman, much less a teenaged girl, wouldn't have been thought capable of such. She was burned at the stake before turning 20, in part due to this; one of the charges against her was that she had blasphemed by wearing men's clothing.

Catholic or not, French or not, Joan of Arc was someone we should admire for what she was: An incredibly brave young woman who inspired thousands. And she was a young woman, nothing else but. This is a fact - and it's a sad statement in the British education system that she has been reduced to a symbol for a fundamentally reality-denying agenda.

We aren't putting up with this kind of absurdity here in the United States, but there are plenty of folks on the left who would love to see this kind of thing taught to your kids. Help us bring this kind of stupidity to light while staying on top of this and every other issue by signing up for RedState VIP. Use promo code FIGHT to get 60% off your membership.