Monday, October 04, 2004
Oh shut up already
I posted this on Begum,, but thought I'd mention it here, as well. Wells College, traditionally an all-female school, is now enrolling male students. There's an uproar on the campus about this. But why? Why should there be such opposition? There's no justifiable answer, really. Tradition? Nope. This is like The Citadel having a problem accepting female cadets. In both cases, one has to wonder why a person would throw themselves into such a hostile environment. But that wonder is quickly supplanted by the more pressing trouble of why that environment needs to treat the opposite sex with such hostility in the first place.
"Coeducation Silences Women"
What? It does? Are we in the dark ages?
Opponents say they want to preserve the college's 136-year tradition as a school for women, and worry men may dominate the classroom if they are admitted.
That's right, I forgot about that. Wait, wha? Umm, I don't know about any of you, but at no co-ed institution I ever attended were the classrooms specifically dominated by men, forcing all the women to be silent.
To the exclusionary protesters at shitty little Wells College, I say this: The enrollment of men at your school will not result in revoking your right to vote, nor your right to be treated equally. You will not be forced to drop out of school and run around the house barefoot and pregnant. You will not have to revoke your drivers license, nor will you have to cover your body from head to toe so that all your flesh is hidden. Know what you will have to do? Learn to deal with men. It's strange, I know, but there's a whole world out there in which men are present. I get the sad feeling that the nay-sayers in this instance are cloaking their cries in the name of "feminism." I hope that's not the case. Get over the myopia.
If you're a female and you're offended by my comments, I'd really like to hear why. Because the opposition on this issue, honestly, is just ignorant.
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"Coeducation Silences Women"
What? It does? Are we in the dark ages?
Opponents say they want to preserve the college's 136-year tradition as a school for women, and worry men may dominate the classroom if they are admitted.
That's right, I forgot about that. Wait, wha? Umm, I don't know about any of you, but at no co-ed institution I ever attended were the classrooms specifically dominated by men, forcing all the women to be silent.
To the exclusionary protesters at shitty little Wells College, I say this: The enrollment of men at your school will not result in revoking your right to vote, nor your right to be treated equally. You will not be forced to drop out of school and run around the house barefoot and pregnant. You will not have to revoke your drivers license, nor will you have to cover your body from head to toe so that all your flesh is hidden. Know what you will have to do? Learn to deal with men. It's strange, I know, but there's a whole world out there in which men are present. I get the sad feeling that the nay-sayers in this instance are cloaking their cries in the name of "feminism." I hope that's not the case. Get over the myopia.
If you're a female and you're offended by my comments, I'd really like to hear why. Because the opposition on this issue, honestly, is just ignorant.
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