Academia needs to be fumigated. All little Ward Churchills must be exposed and FIRED!
What I could never really fathom is how a lot of women who consider themselves strong feminsists (like Nancy over here, of people I have encountered in my life), and yet wilt and recoil as a response to just a few spoken words.
I recall that another progressive woman at the Larry Summers event talked about how she 'literally' got sick to her stomach. Wow, that's one tough woman, I'd say!
You've come a long way, baby.
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I couldn't agree more. Academia is an abysmal mess, an unbelievable mess.
But how are you going to fix it when they are all turning out clones of themselves from graduate programs, and hiring clones of themselves as new colleagues?
I've seen departments put into receivership they were so lousy, and the committees brought in to do the hiring for them STILL couldn't manage to hire anyone decent. That happened at Harvard, it happened at Columbia, it happened at Duke after Stanley Fish left and the new guys made things even worse. I don't see this changing any time soon.
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Men are baling out of academia. I know two Asian families whose #1 sons are opting for first class technical schools as opposed to college. A few years ago any track except college would have been unacceptable. I think these smart, hard working folks do a lot more hard thinking about the future than your ordinary Joe/Jane Hooplehead and have adjusted their priorities accordingly.
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."
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.