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Resolved, That Women's Studies is Not a Legitimate Academic Discipline" (Yale to Explode Monday)
Yale Political Union Website ^

Posted on 01/26/2002 12:06:52 AM PST by Doctor Raoul

Christina Hoff Sommers
Resident Scholar, American Enterprise Institute
Author of Who Stole Feminism: How Women have Betrayed Women

Monday, January 28, 7:30 PM


"Resolved, That Women's Studies is Not a Legitimate Academic Discipline"

Christina Hoff Sommers is the W.H. Brady Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute and Chairman of the Independent Women's Forum National Advisory Board. 

She is author of the recently released book The War Against Boys: How Misguided Feminism Is Harming Our Young Men. She specializes in ethics and contemporary moral theory and has published many scholarly articles in such journals as the Journal of Philosophy and the New England Journal of Medicine. Sommers is editor of a popular textbook in moral philosophy entitled Vice and Virtue In Everyday Life that is used in college ethics courses around the country. Sommers became known to the wider public as the author of Who Stole Feminism?: How Women Have Betrayed Women

She is best known for her writings on two subjects: moral education in the schools, and feminism and American culture. Her articles have appeared in the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Boston Globe, USA Today, the National Review, the New Republic, the Weekly Standard, the Chicago Tribune, and the Times Literary Supplement. 

Sommers has appeared on Nightline, ABC's World News Tonight, CBS Evening News, Crossfire, Eye To Eye, 20/20, Inside Politics, Equal Time, Politically Incorrect, and the Oprah Winfrey Show to discuss such issues as the future of feminism and gender bias in the schools. Profiles of her have appeared in the Boston Globe, the Washington Post, the San Francisco Chronicle, the Philadelphia Inquirer, and the London Times.

Sommers earned her B.A. at New York University where she graduated Phi Beta Kappa in 1971. She received her Ph.D. in Philosophy at Brandeis University in 1979. She has been a professor of philosophy at Clark University since 1980. 


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To: Doctor Raoul
Christina Hoff Sommers is the lady who liberal Professor Jade Wade told to "Shut the f-ck up, bitch" at a government conference.

Whoa...source?

221 posted on 01/26/2002 6:41:40 PM PST by L.N. Smithee
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To: Doctor Raoul
Never mind, Doc -- I found a citation, thanks to Jim and John and "View Replies."
222 posted on 01/26/2002 6:43:55 PM PST by L.N. Smithee
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To: L.N. Smithee
Fordham is home to this vulgar clown "Professor" Wade.
Sounds like a nice place to send your kids to college, no?
223 posted on 01/26/2002 6:48:38 PM PST by Lancey Howard
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To: L.N. Smithee
See posts #11 and #13 for the full story, if you haven't read it yet.
Keep a bag handy.
224 posted on 01/26/2002 6:51:23 PM PST by Lancey Howard
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To: Lancey Howard
There must be an effort to at least minimize the damage they can do until a way can be found to dump them or chase them away.

My suggestion for the most legal and least politically damaging method which the President can take to quickly resolve this issue. He goes to their offices, takes out a gun, and blows them away. He then signs a Presidential pardon of himself.

This is arguably legal, and would get the quick solution to this problem that you so desire. I am of the opinion that this may result in a certain amount of political fallout, don't you think?/sarcasm.

225 posted on 01/26/2002 8:41:14 PM PST by Lucius Cornelius Sulla
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To: Sueann
we have a whole generation of "home schooled" conservative children about to hit the colleges of America - STAND BACK

Why would you homeschool a kid for all that time and then send them away to college where it's worse than it is in any public high school as far as sex, drugs, and bad influences? Especially when the child has been sheltered from it all.

226 posted on 01/26/2002 9:10:28 PM PST by FITZ
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To: ppaul
Many undergraduates have vocally supported the war effort in these pages, and I have heard that a solid, if silent, majority of the College realizes that terrorism must be crushed.

For those who agree with me, I want to say this:

Please, if the scholar's life fits you, enter the academy and oppose the leftists who disdain America, who fail to realize the privilege of dissent that they can only have in a society such as ours, and who advocate a policy of appeasement to terror in the name of scholarly sophistication. Raise your voice in opposition to the tenured elites who control the terms of scholarly debate.

Well this approach is certainly better than my first inclination:

To burn these academic nests of traitors to the ground and see every Marxist pseudo-sophisticated, intellectually-fraudulant professor dangling from a rope.

Yes, it's a much better approach than what I had in mind.

227 posted on 01/26/2002 9:13:48 PM PST by Euro-American Scum
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To: FreedomPoster
The "ten million deer rifle army" (operating in units of one or two) is the greatest latent military force ever not tested.....yet.

(+)


228 posted on 01/26/2002 9:29:48 PM PST by Travis McGee
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To: Travis McGee
Will the deer hunter army be a feature of your novel? And does it follow along the lines of "Unintended Consequenses" (which I thought a good read)? Seen some post yesterday about you writing a fiction piece and had to ask these questions.
229 posted on 01/26/2002 9:47:15 PM PST by junta
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To: Lancey Howard
Has Fordham had the shame and the integrity to unload this idiot yet?

NO!

230 posted on 01/26/2002 11:57:40 PM PST by kcvl
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To: Sueann
Thanks for the reply. I'm in the middle of working on something important right now, but I'll get back to you later with some comments on your reply. I think this is an important issue in our society, with many ramifications beyond the surface-level news reported by the media. Have a great day.

Best Regards,
defenderSD
Newport Beach, CA

231 posted on 01/27/2002 5:27:54 AM PST by defenderSD
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To: L.N. Smithee
I know you got the cite, but there's no harm in linking the site. Here's a link to the National Review article that broke this story:

Silencing Sommers

232 posted on 01/27/2002 7:11:43 AM PST by Harrison Bergeron
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To: Euro-American Scum
To burn these academic nests of traitors to the ground and see every Marxist pseudo-sophisticated, intellectually-fraudulant professor dangling from a rope.

While that would grant me a certain measure of satisfaction in justice done, I'm doing the next best thing.

Our almost 15 year old twins are learning to be philsophers, warriors and spiritually sovereign individuals. They're being trained to stand up and fight for their convictions. They're being trained to look evil in the eye, spit in its face and dare it to bring it on.

In recent times, they've refused to sign 'tolerance pledges', they've complained about a MLK 'rally' wherein the students were encouraged to feel like victims (side note: there was no such victimfest this year). They love to shoot and are pretty damn good at it. They're stright-A students to boot.

Their mom and I are so proud of them. They'll carry the battle to the enemy.

233 posted on 01/27/2002 7:37:33 AM PST by Noumenon
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To: Noumenon
Our almost 15 year old twins are learning to be philsophers, warriors and spiritually sovereign individuals. They're being trained to stand up and fight for their convictions. They're being trained to look evil in the eye, spit in its face and dare it to bring it on.

God bless you for having the spine to raise them to be people of integrity and good character.

In recent times, they've refused to sign 'tolerance pledges', they've complained about a MLK 'rally' wherein the students were encouraged to feel like victims (side note: there was no such victimfest this year). They love to shoot and are pretty damn good at it. They're stright-A students to boot.

I could almost cry. May they light the fire for what could very well turn out to be the third American Revolution.

234 posted on 01/27/2002 1:12:36 PM PST by Euro-American Scum
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To: Your Vast Superior; dakmar; khepera
I want to know why any red blooded American male would want to stop men from studying women in college.

Wait, that's not what this is about?

Nevermind.

235 posted on 01/28/2002 6:28:25 AM PST by ArGee
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To: ArGee
Does this mean we gotta quit lookin?
236 posted on 01/28/2002 6:40:22 AM PST by Khepera
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To: Doctor Raoul
I have time. Think I should go??
237 posted on 01/28/2002 6:42:22 AM PST by RaceBannon
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To: Doctor Raoul
Doctor!! I just called Yale for directions!!

It is at the corner of College and Grove Street, room SSS114.

Tape recorders are allowed!!

And, this is the best part, they know it is being advertised on free republic.com!! They asked me where I heard of it from, I responded "A Conservative WEB site, and they said, "FREEREPUBLIC.COM? Oh, Yeah, we know it's there!"

238 posted on 01/28/2002 6:53:31 AM PST by RaceBannon
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To: RaceBannon;Dutchy; LongsforReagan; nancetc; #1CTYankee; .303 Brit; 2nd amendment mama; 2Trievers...
See post #238
239 posted on 01/28/2002 7:04:27 AM PST by RaceBannon
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