Posted on 05/07/2018 11:56:37 AM PDT by reaganaut1
The supposedly academic discipline of Women’s Studies is “an arm of the women’s movement,” according to philosopher Christina Hoff Sommers. And that movement is political; political activism is at least as fundamental to women’s studies as its academic components.
As it says in the National Women’s Studies Association’s Constitution, the underlying goal of women’s studies departments is that of “transform[ing] the world” to one “free of oppression.” One can argue whether that goal is overly ambitious; it is hard, however, to argue that it is not political.
One area where this politicized agenda reveals itself in full is the euphemistically named “experiential learning” programs run by campus women’s centers (usually affiliated with women’s studies departments). Not only do women’s centers approach issues in terms of a specific ideology, they also mobilize students to put that ideology into practice.
Such blatant activism is not how academic units at public universities are supposed to conduct themselves. The purpose of education at public universities (and in some cases, private) is not to advance ideologies; rather, it is to instill students with the capabilities to come to their own conclusions through properly academic methodologies.
And it appears that women’s centers and programs within the UNC system often fall short of that purpose. At the University of North Carolina at Charlotte (UNCC), for example, there is a program entitled: “Gen-X: Where Academics Meets Activism.” Students admitted to the program function as a “community” where they usually live in the same housing and attend the same classes. Gen-X students focus on “social justice and activism work” and are required to take a class on “Gender, Activism, and Leadership.”
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What’s the difference between Women’s studies and prenology?
The foundation of all they do is a pure hatred of masculinity. They try to destroy it at every chance.
Christina Hoff Sommers is good. She often teams up with Camille Paglia on You Tube. Worth watching them together.
I think killing a baby to a Feminist is a byproduct of hatred of men. Any woman who won't think twice to murder their unborn is mentally ill and unfit to be in any capacity to govern people. Feminist Politics has diseased Western Civilization. They hate the white Christian masculinity, hold abortion sacred but import Muslim Colonists. That will not end well.
What’s the difference between Women’s studies and prenology?
Prenology is a hands on kind of thing...
All the “women’s studies” I need to witness are the current occupiers of “defense minister” of the kumbaya countries of the E.U..
They are sure doing such a great job defending their countries from invasion, are they not?
Lol
Absolutely correct. It also goes back to their hatred of America and capitalism. With other leftists, they have worked to destroy every pillar of American strength and their current targets are guns and white men. They have been very successful so far, the future is not bright for us if they continue their winning ways.
Abortion is a woman murdering a man’s baby.
They don’t stop to think they may have aborted the person who could have cured cancer or heart disease or whatever. The only thing important is they have the power of life or death for their child.
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