Posted on 03/22/2024 10:56:17 PM PDT by nickcarraway
A UC Berkeley professor is being pilloried after telling students to “get out of the Bay Area” if they want a girlfriend.
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“If you want a girlfriend, get out of the Bay Area. Almost everywhere else on the planet is better for that. I’m not kidding at all. You’ll be shocked by the stark differences in behavior of women in places where women are plentiful versus their behavior within artillery distance of San Jose and San Francisco.”
Shewchuk’s comments were in response to a student who was asking for advice about finding work in the Bay Area and dating in the area, the Daily Cal reported. Screenshots of the post and the discussion surrounding it circulated through several social media outlets, including Reddit and X.
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Having lived in the Bay Area for a ton of years, I could agree with this.
The professor wasn’t wrong. What kind of mate you want dictates where you should go to find one.
You’re going to find a wife with solid country skills in the city, most of the time. You have to hit the small towns and country if you want that. Or if you want a wife who is a football fan, you don’t look in a museum for her, most of the time. You hit areas where football is popular.
Was he making a conservative point or a leftist point? I’m confused.
It would be more conservative than liberal, because liberals tend to believe that everybody is the same, so to look elsewhere for what you want away from the liberal is an afront to the liberal.
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Heaven forbid women would be “hurt” by his words. It’s gotten so no one can tolerate a single bad feeling anymore. Women are wonderful but they’re also a pain in the ass. I feel Lucille Ball’s character in her television program was exaggerated but accurate.
I appreciate his phrasing.
Dear “They”,
If you wants a girlfriend, man up and start using masculine pronouns.
Or feminine ones. Who knows what Bay Area women are into these days.
Can you guess from the school official's response ? Or even just from the fact that someone was offended.
Montez said university officials believe the original post by Shewchuk, who has taught at the university since 1998, was offensive.. ..The comment was hurtful and threatening to students — particularly women — in his class and beyond,” she said. “We strive to foster a supportive, inclusive environment for all our students, and we invite everyone to continue to engage with us as we work to improve the climate for our community.”
-PJ
Liberals don’t think everyone is the same. They freaking love diversity.... Unless you disagree with them.
He was making a truthful statement to a kid looking for some good advice.
I rode a bus from Fort Ord to San Fransisco to Montana, a guy going to Sacramento grabbed my knee. Didn’t turn out for him very well..
Heard about the hippie girls and free love but never found them...
This may be true now, but it definitely wasn’t, once upon a time. In the 80s-90s there were hordes of young women in SF, and it seemed that all of them were looking for guys. The sex ratio was very skewed.
Hmm.
“Heard about the hippie girls and free love but never found them...”
I found lots. Most were unattractive pests though, but some weren’t. Tip - coat&tie and a decent haircut will make any woman look, all else being equal, no matter how tie-died the chick.
I’d just be going thru at the Greyhound bus terminal at Market and Mission Streets, I think, was always in uniform, had a few altercations when they wanted to spit on me..would kick the shit out of the guys and I guess the girls were afraid of me but I’d never hit a girl...
The fact that this professor was forced to apologize in order to keep his job, and a female professor “felt threatened” just from hearing his option, illustrates his point. Having a sense of humor vs immediate panic makes for a more balanced individual.
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