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Besides, while ending (or at least reducing) violence of any kind is a worthy goal, isn't there something sexist and paternalistic about the exclusive focus on women? ''Dare we ask,'' Dodson writes, ''why so many feminists think women have cornered the market on being victimized by violence? Will we sound too insensitive in mentioning the violence caused by poverty, hunger, and wars that affect women, men, and children of both genders?''
Yes, Ms. Dodson gets the point. We're all human, and that's what matters in the end. That's why I like her. (PS She also does workshops on male genitalia.)
"Female men's activist" is not an oxymoron.
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My wife, as I often remark, is a Women's Studies graduate student. She boycotted the Monologues because of the "Snorcher" business, otherwise known as "the good rape scene". Being a woman of actual principle, she thought it totally inappropriate to support such a work. In spite of the constant urging of a close friend in the department (which struck me as...well, creepy), she stood up to the pressure and declined to go.
Word spread quickly. Yesterday (that's Monday) morning in one of her classes, a particularly vindictive member of her class made an issue of it, in front of everyone. Her precise words were, "So , I heard about your little boycott. What was that about?" A dead hush fell over the room as an entire room full of astonished, perplexed, and outraged young feminist neophites turned toward her to scowl. She explained exactly why she had chosen to avoid the play, and no one said another word. They just didn't have an answer.
She has been ostracized for this sort of thing by her department heads and fellow students, and her grades are beginning to suffer for it. She attends a southern university not known to be a mecca of political correctness, but even there, she is faced with the constant pressure to conform to their academic and intellectual orthodoxy, or face excommunication.
So whenever some bubbly young women's studies student says, "Oh, it's not like that at MY school," ask her if she actually has had the courage to find out.
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She has been ostracized for this sort of thing by her department heads and fellow students, and her grades are beginning to suffer for it.
I believe you've mentioned that she chose to get a degree in women's studies in order to get high grades. She might consider the possibility that she'd get higher grades in math or physics than as an honest, women's studies major.
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Yeah, well, I warned her numerous times. So far she's been able to pad her GPA nicely, but this semester everything changed overnight (she's taking a course from the head of the department and, like I said, word spreads quickly). Her honestly, like you say, is getting her in hot water. She'll be gone at the end of this semester, though (whew!) and on to bigger and brighter programs. She's learning a hard lesson, though.
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She'll be gone at the end of this semester, though (whew!) and on to bigger and brighter programs. She's learning a hard lesson, though.
I'm glad for both of you that she'll be moving on soon. As for her hard earned lesson, I'll bet she's also gained some impressive insight into the workings of the anti-male movement.
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You'd better believe it! She's coming to terms with it, though. She's figuring out the cost of allowing hypocritical extremists like Eve Ensler proclaim themselves the "voice" of the women's movement.
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by Anonymous User on Tuesday February 19, @09:38AM EST (#3)
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Cathy Young is awesome!
I can't believe 'The Globe' printed the article.
CJ
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