Feminist Steroid Scandal in Academia: Time to Pull the Feeding Tube-(campus libs out of control)

"When he started talking about innate differences in aptitude between men and women, I just couldn't breathe." - Nancy Hopkins (MIT biology professor)

"We live in strange, strange times . . . An entire era - call it the "New Deal-Great Society Epoch" - is drawing to its inevitable conclusion. And those who draw power and wealth from the decaying Welfare State are marshalling their forces for a life-and-death defensive struggle." - Rush Limbaugh

Strange indeed! The Society of Professional Journalists, at their recent convention, took a vote on the proposition "Journalists should cover both sides of an issue" and this proposition failed (true to the tradition of Pravda and the Third Reich)! And it only gets "curiouser and curiouser" when checking out the "vital signs" of Academia and the judicial system.

When a judge's mind is made up, he does not want to be bothered with listening to 'both sides' of a case any more than our "Professional Journalists." Terri Schindler can testify to that! And while it took decades for the courts to get the concept of "one man, one vote" right, the "Mainstream Courts" now believe in the concept that "One vote by one Judge" can trump all of the people, all of the time. "Never mind state constitutions or what the U.S. Constitution says about the state constitutions; we've just going to do it our way, and you can like it or lump it!"

As for our learned "public servants" in the colleges and universities, they testify out of their own mouths that they do not want to hear both sides, and they will even hold their breath until they turn blue in the attempt to "shield" their young Comrades from having to be confused by the "other side" of the story. They don't even say 2 + 2 = 5; they just say, "The answer is 5 and you don't even need to know the rest of the equation!" With 90 to 95 percent of the professors on the liberal side - admittedly! - who's going to challenge them? The answer will always be "5"!

Just for the record, Harvard President Larry Summers - concluding the speech that made Miss Hopkins breathless and "physically ill" - said: "I will have served my purpose if I have provoked thought on this question and provoked the marshalling of evidence to contradict what I have said."

But Nooooooooo! On certain select issues, there is now such a thing as too much "academic freedom," too much thought, and too much information - if it upsets the emotionally-based Conventional "Wisdoms" of the college Establishment. What is really desired is an emphasis on issues and information that can be controlled and manipulated! The college feminazis are flexing their steroid-enhanced muscles!

The "Coalition for an Anti-Sexist Harvard" [CASH] recently marched on a faculty meeting chanting, "Racist, sexist, anti-gay! Larry Summers, you must pay!" It's time for the taxpayers to pull the feeding tube to these robot/student organizations and their wealthy "professors"!

Imagine the chutzpuh of someone wondering if the two genders are born "different!"

The very thought that the genders are different sometimes leaves me breathless too - and I'm not even on the same side of the argument as Miss Hopkins! But let's take a deep breath and think for a change:

I'm not going to make the mistake Reggie White made by throwing out too many good examples of fact-based stereotypes all at once, but let's focus on just one example:

Ask ten men "Which way is north?" and then ask ten women which way north is. An easy majority of men will be able to tell you, and a large majority of women will say "I don't know" and/or look at you as if it's a stupid question. Just provoking thought, you know, but could this possibly have something significant to say about women's aptitude and/or interest in math and science?

Just as various ethnicities, nationalities, and "Professions" have their "quirks" (for lack of a better word), they also have their "strengths" (for lack of a better word); likewise the genders!

That the genders react differently to the same circumstances is inarguable. A front-page headline in the March 20, 05 Chicago Tribune reads: "Female GIs hard hit by war syndrome; VA study hopes to find out why"! According to the story, GI Janes from the Iraq war are suffering much more from post-traumatic stress disorder than GI Joes. One female who served behind the lines said that long hours of duty and appalling living conditions broke her spirit. Meanwhile, there are male amputees who can't wait to get back to Iraq. Breath-taking, isn't it?

I would surmise that the VA "study" may find that, by nature, females are better at nurturing than "warrioring," but for me to suggest that would be a gross offense to someone out there somewhere, so I won't even suggest it! I didn't do it.

An unapologetic disclaimer - to that someone out there who only wants to hear one side and might be offended by this column:

You may say that it's easy for me to theorize and be glib when "you've never suffered sexism or racism or anti-gay ism" yourself. Well, just a cotton-pickin' minute there.

My ethnic roots are in the Swedish Vikings who are mercilessly bullied by the Norwegian Vikings (while the Norsk Vikings sailed west, the Swedish Vikes retraced their roots back along European rivers to deal in commerce toward the south and east). Anyway, I think the Swedish conservatives all came to America, and that the Norwegian liberals all came to America - which makes it all the worse.

My father and I were grabbing a bite to eat one day in a diner in a nearby "Norwegian" town. After one of the locals at the counter chatted with us for awhile, he asked my dad what our name was and, when my dad told him, the old Norwegian thought for a minute and then he says, "Is that Norwegian or Swede?"

My dad said 'Swede' and the old man thought for a minute again, and then he says, "Well, there are a few good Swedes"! My dad and I laughed, but he was dead serious, and thought he was being generous to a fault. Point is: "racism" and other forms of "oppression" are all relative.

The GI Jane who thought that her living conditions in Iraq were "appalling" just hadn't seen enough of the world. Academics who cry wolf about "academic freedom" every time someone breaks out of their strait jacket - and expresses himself in a way that is contrary to the speech codes of the Establishment - haven't seen enough of real totalitarianism to know what they're talking about.

Judges who kiss off whole states or whole regions will have no one to blame but themselves for the rising tide of resentment. Academic institutions that accept the false premise of "sexism" or "racism," dumbing down the curricula and apologizing for "potential" offenses, will have no one to blame but themselves when the taxpayer revolt comes.

It's time to pull the feeding tubes (Pell Grants, etc.). The male students are already starting to abandon traditional four-year institutions for other forms of education. "Co-eds" far outnumber the male students.

And feminists who get so emotionally wrought over hearing a politically incorrect theory (biology teacher or no biology teacher) will have no one to blame but themselves if they "can't breathe" and turn blue.

Given the competitive and somewhat adversarial nature of science, I would say overly sensitive and emotionally weak "feminists" like these have no business even thinking about a science career. In fact, maybe they should just stay home, where they're safe and their feelings won't be hurt.

Ask ten men "Which way is north?" and then ask ten women which way north is. An easy majority of men will be able to tell you, and a large majority of women will say "I don't know"

I know where north is. The other directions, too. It's so much easier to say "Get off Exit 24 and head east," than "Get off Exit 24 and turn--um, let me think a minute--left--no, right--let's see, since I'm right handed, it must be--but if you're coming from the other direction, it's left."

LOL....I have a woman friend who doesn't even know LEFT from RIGHT, let alone north from south....literally.....claims she wasn't born with the "gene".....when you ride with her you have to point which way to turn.

A friend of mine has a problem with the left, right thing too. I caught her using a little trick she uses to er, counteract against the missing gene. Make an "L" with your index finger & thumb. The "L"eft hand will make an "L", while on the right hand the "letter" is backwards.

For the record, when I give directions, I give them in N, S, E & W, plus include whether a turn is to the right or left. Generally, I know which way it which, unless I've gotten myself totally turned around & lost. When that happens, my X chromosome tells me to stop somewhere to ask to look at a map, so I can figure out where I am & the best way to get where I'm looking to go. ;o)

The Norsk Vikings were bullied by the Danish Vikings, so I think the Norwegians had a rightful b!tch with the Swedes for messing in Danish territory & giving the Danes cause to launch their boats towards the north.

The kids are headed for chefs' and auto mechanics' schools in Phoenix (both three year programs). Parents figure it's a lot more cost effective than 4 years at universities learning political correctness plus the additional 4 years or so required to shake the BS out of their heads afterwards. I don't know about the schools you mention.

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