[Steve_Seattle]

"American society tells men, but especially white men, that their opinions have merit and that their voice is valuable . . . "

Really? Where's his evidence for that? I attended Catholic schools back in the 50's and 60's, and there was never any suggestion that boys' views were regarded more highly than those of girls. No teacher ever said, "The opinions of white males are more valid than those of anyone else."

In fact, for the first two years of high school, the classes were sex-segregated to avoid some of the foolishness that goes on at that age, and the girls would therefore be the only voices heard in those classes. Many of the girls went on to professional careers, and this was nearly fifty years ago.

[Veto!]

I attended Catholic schools back in the 50's and 60's, and there was never any suggestion that boys' views were regarded more highly than those of girls.

I went to Catholic schools then too. In my experience, I was ignored at best or totally invalidated at worst...one Jesuit actually stomped into the classroom with test results, furious that I had the highest grade on a particularly difficult if not impossible test. This horrible attitude toward the mere girl that I was caused me to drop out of school....