EXPOSED: How High School Gender Studies is Pushing Communist Indoctrination

And likely violating Donald Trump's executive orders.

Mar 18, 2025

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Public schools are still pushing radical leftist ideology under the guise of gender studies—but is this even legal under Trump’s Executive Order 14190?

This information is taken from the socialist educating periodical Rethinking Schools, which trains good leftist teachers how to radicalize students to the far left.

A gender studies course at Harvest Collegiate High School in New York City, called Engendering Gender, is an indoctrination into anti-capitalist ideology. It trains students to see the world entirely through the lens of oppression, patriarchy, and power struggles, teaching them that everything around them is part of a rigged system that must be dismantled. Instead of fostering independent thought, this course conditions students to believe that capitalism is to blame for all inequity and that the only solution is tearing down existing institutions and replacing it with Marxism.

Teaching Kids to See Oppression Everywhere

The course was created after a group of students complained about sexual harassment at school. Instead of addressing the issue with real solutions—like enforcing discipline policies or promoting personal responsibility—the school introduced a feminist and gender ideology course that teaches kids to divide the world into oppressors and oppressed.

The entire course is built around three leading questions:

How do social norms and institutions reinforce patriarchy?
Do gender stereotypes limit self-expression?
How does patriarchy contribute to homophobia and transphobia?

These questions don’t encourage critical thinking—they steer students toward a predetermined conclusion: that all social structures are designed to uphold oppression and must be dismantled. This is classic Marxist ideology, which asserts that society is defined by class struggle, but in this case, the traditional worker-capitalist dynamic has been replaced with identity groups. By teaching students to analyze everything through oppression narratives, the course conditions them to reject free-market principles, individual agency, and meritocracy, instead pushing them toward collectivist solutions that align with Marxist redistribution of power and resources.

Embedding Anti-Capitalist Thought Through "Education"

A major part of this course is defining terms like oppression, discrimination, and stereotypes. But instead of presenting these topics in an objective way, students are trained to believe that oppression is the foundation of all social structures and that capitalism is its primary enforcer.

One student-defined oppression as:

"Harm being done to one group by another group. One group is privileged while the other doesn’t receive the same beneficial opportunities. Oppression reduces the potential for oppressed groups to be fully human. Institutions (laws/government, schools) are put in place that allow oppression to exist."

This isn’t just a bad definition—it’s a Communist worldview. It teaches students that inequity is always a result of power imbalances enforced by economic and social systems, not personal effort, market forces, or cultural differences. By framing oppression as an unbreakable cycle, it primes students to believe that capitalism itself is the problem and that wealth, success, and free markets are forms of exploitation.

Turning Literature Into Political Messaging

The course uses books, music, and pop culture not to encourage deep analysis, but to reinforce leftist political narratives. Instead of learning how to interpret different perspectives, students are pushed to apply a Marxist-feminist framework to everything they read, hear, or watch.

Here’s what they’re studying:

The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo – used to teach “internalized oppression.”
Beyoncé’s If I Were a Boy – analyzed for its “subversion” of gender norms.
Gillette’s infamous anti-masculinity ad – presented as an example of how men must “do better.”
A Cosmopolitan video about transgender children – reinforcing gender ideology and breaking down “cisnormativity.”

Every one of these examples is hand-picked to push a narrative that the world is oppressive and that dismantling existing structures is the only path forward. The goal is to make students internalize this worldview, ensuring that their first instinct is to seek "social justice" rather than question whether these ideas hold up to scrutiny.

The End Goal: Training the Next Generation of Activists

The course doesn’t stop at discussion—it actively trains students to become leftist activists. Their final projects include:

Writing children’s books about feminism.
Creating social media activism pages.
Designing “awareness” campaigns to fight patriarchal oppression.

The course is explicitly designed to push students toward activism that aligns with a far-left political agenda, rather than equipping them with the tools to analyze issues independently.

Is This Even Legal?

This information is from an article a few years ago. But if this course is still taught today, it likely violates federal law, particularly Executive Order 14190, signed by President Donald Trump on January 29, 2025. This order, titled "Ending Radical Indoctrination in K-12 Schooling," explicitly prohibits K-12 schools from teaching gender ideology, critical race theory, or other anti-American, subversive content that frames society as inherently oppressive. Under this order, schools found in violation risk losing federal funding, and educators who push radical gender ideology onto minors could face legal consequences.

Since Engendering Gender promotes the idea that the U.S. is built on systemic oppression and that traditional institutions—including capitalism—must be dismantled, it aligns directly with the type of teachings that Executive Order 14190 aims to eliminate. By conditioning students to believe that inequity is a product of systemic oppression rather than individual agency or market forces, this curriculum acts as a gateway into full-scale Marxist thought—framing capitalism as an inherently exploitative system that must be abolished.

What Parents Can Do

This is happening in public schools all across America under the disguise of gender studies, social justice, and critical theory. The goal is not to educate but to radicalize.

Here’s what parents can do:

Expose these programs. Share this information and demand transparency.
Demand accountability. Contact school boards and lawmakers to push back.
Support alternatives. Advocate for classical education that promotes critical thinking and objective history.
Get involved. Review classroom materials and challenge activist teachers.

The radical left knows that if they can control the minds of the next generation, they can reshape society in their image. The question is—will parents and communities fight back before it’s too late?

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