«There are these two young fish swimming along and they happen to meet an older fish swimming the other way, who nods at them and says “Morning, boys. How's the water?” And the two young fish swim on for a bit, and then eventually one of them looks over at the other and goes “What the hell is water?”».

The famous quote from This Is Water of David Foster Wallace is the starting point from which analyze the structural gender discrimination that we can not always recognize or be aware of. Its structural form is due to how our culture normalized it through the course of human history but also how it found (and finds) different ways to express itself: the witch hunt, advertisement, textbooks, the economic violence, misogynistic movements like Incels or Men’s Rights Activism, love myths, and so on.

Are the school projects to the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women sufficient? How Is the Water? points the attention on how we are absorbed in a systemic violence presenting an educational path made of theoretical texts and activities covering the school calendar to be integrated into daily teaching. An intersectional point of view to share with the class about stereotypes, conflicts and power dynamics.