Posted on 05/13/2018 4:13:37 PM PDT by TaxPayer2000
A student has stripped down to her bra and underwear during her thesis presentation in protest against her professor's comments that her choice of clothing was inappropriate.
Letitia Chai, a senior student at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, took off her clothes during her presentation, which was filmed on Facebook live, to stand up against "oppressive beliefs and discrimination".
Ms Chai organised the protest after her teacher allegedly questioned her choice of clothing during a test run of her thesis presentation and told her: "Your shorts are too short".
Describing the incident in a Facebook post, Chai wrote: "She proceeded to tell me in front of my whole class that I was inviting the male gaze away from the content of my presentation and onto my body."
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"Needless to say, I was shook," Ms Chai wrote.
After she left the classroom, her teacher came out to talk to her and according to Ms Chai, she asked her what her mother would think of her outfit.
"What would my mom think? My mom is a feminist, gender, sexuality studies professor. She has dedicated her life to the empowerment of people in all gender identities. So, I think my mother would [be] fine with my shorts," ...
When asked what she was going to do, Ms Chai replied: "I'm going to give the best damn speech of my life."
Writing on Facebook, Ms Chai invited others to support her on the day of her actual presentation and asked people to "strip down" to their underwear with her during her 15-minute address.
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She told the audience of several dozens that this was a call for "solidarity" with students like her who had been asked to "question themselves about their appearances for the comfort of others".
(Excerpt) Read more at yahoo.com ...
You have seen the best and the worst that America has been through and what it once was and has become. I will be a half century young in a few years and hardly recognize this country from what it was when I was in my teens. I believe mankind and Womankind are de-evolving and America is shrinking.
Please—Do us a favor and put your clothes back on.
Present yourself professionally if you want to be taken seriously. Her teacher is trying to convey this lesson to her but she is not too bright.
I agree! Happy Mother’s Day and may the LORD bless you, me, and our wonderful sons!
I worked in a small company and we hired a very pretty mid 20s girl with a fantastic figure. Who started wearing low scoop tee shirts and blouses open almost to her navel. She was rather bright and did good work, so it was surprising she was so stupid in the attire department. After a few weeks, her boss took her aside and explained the situation to her. She immediately began dressing in more demure, office-appropriate professional attire.
Most of the male workers were, of course, really PO’d at her boss for clueing her in.
Ms Chai needs to end the American diet and get back to eating like her ancestors. Too much nourishment there.
That’s the eternal question, isn’t it? Related - why are liberals so obtuse and immune to the empirical outcomes of societal experiments all over the world? Why are some people so lazy and stupid that they never amount to anything? Why do some people turn to crime? Why must people always fault and scapegoat others for their shortcomings and failures?
Human nature can be just plain weird and perverse.
It was such a simple lesson the prof was delivering, wasn’t it? But no...she won’t listen to any authority figure, no matter how good or practical the advice. Sounds like a typical 13 year old.
Thanks for your reply but I think #25 is more on the mark. Academia is where she’ll put down her roots.. Remember that’s where terrorists have made their homes - Ayers and his wife Dohrn and Angela Davis and others...No qualifications needed - just be a dunce who hates the United States and show up!
“She will do fine and eventually ride her mommies coat tails up the Ivory Tower.”
Good chance of this. Academics has become a bad joke.
I hope she fails the class.
I think Laz would hit it.
Some of these things can go silly the other way though. He never would have been bagging in that suit or even anything looking close to it.
In the meantime this gal could have civilly said “thank you, I have considered your comments, and will present myself in light of my consideration.” A stink wasn’t necessary either.
And if so, then what would have been wrong with short pants on this gal. It would look equally unpleasing, so the eyes would go on her thesis presentation, despite her professor’s fears.
People ought to be able to disagree without being snots about it.
And the kid is a nutcase.
This is my "not at all surprised" face ...
So, where is the requisite Ithica Is The City of Evil gif?
This picture is the perfect summary of today’s college kids. Should be memed for years to come. This person will be remembered with Trigglypuff as the icons of a generation.
The Streak, but too chicken to do it all the way. And so she looks like a Walmart ad, done badly.
And so anyhow the shorts would have been okay. She isn’t even a looker. A sight, yes. Not a looker.
I’d throw mattress girl in there for the trifecta.
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