Today in a landmark decision, the Bush administration has granted the flexibility for public schools to offer certain classes to only a particular gender.

Obviously this has created controversy, primarly from feminist groups who think that boys should be taking the same cooking classes that the girls have to take. Not surprisingly, I don’t see any of them complaining that the girls won’t have to pump iron with the football team.

As a byproduct, this solves some of the concerns that many people had about sex education. Since it appears we’re stuck with it, we can at least tailor the curiculum to the appropriate gender now. I see no advantage to teaching a girl about condoms when she doesn’t have the equipment to wear one. Likewise, there isn’t much reason to teach a boy about the pill since he will never become pregnant.

I can’t help but wonder if this is a glimpse of some of the early cultural exchanges that take place when two cultures intermingle as we have with Afganistan and the middle east, who until a few years ago divided the education between genders. Despite their faults, the Taliban were pioneers in educating boys and girls with gender-appropriate studies.

In summary, I will say that although many people will see this as a step back in some regards, I think the results will speak for themselves. I predict this to be a great success for everyone .