The feminist campus as antiwoman

Submitted by Mastodon on Wed, 2013-06-05 21:30

Article here. Excerpt:

'AS NEW college graduates across America — nearly 6 out of 10 of them female — collect their diplomas, this is a good time to ponder what today’s university teaches young women, and men, about gender and society. Many generations of feminists fought for equal education, starting in an era when it was widely believed that higher learning for women was not just unnecessary but harmful. It is a battle that, by any standard, has been a brilliant success. But some feminist ideologues seem determined to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory.
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The academy is a place to discuss and explore ideas — which makes the intellectual corruption of campus feminism especially unfortunate. Unlike many conservatives, I believe there are still important ideas and issues to explore when it comes to gender equality, from work-family balance to attitudes toward sexuality to stereotyped media images. But for such discussion to be productive, it must be free of dogma, committed to fact, and open to different sides of complex issues. And it must be willing to recognize that not all gender-based biases disadvantage women, or are perpetuated by men.'

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That's what Cathy is missing, perhaps, in trying to figure out just WTF is happening here. (Well, maybe she knows but has written this article a bit rhetorically.) In order for feminism to propagate its agenda, it must claim that women and girls are victims. Therefore, special and maybe extraordinary measures must be taken to either protect them or right or counterbalance systemic wrongs done to them.

In short, as long as there's men to be persecuted and money to be made by WST profs, it'll go on and on...

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Submitted by Matt on Thu, 2013-06-06 00:58