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Student presents thesis in underwear after professor says her 'shorts are too short'
Yahoo! ^ | Sat, May 12, 2018 | Chloe Farand

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".

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: New York
KEYWORDS: 1moretime; chat; cornell; letitiachai; newyork
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To: Thank You Rush
I’m in my 80’s, a female ...

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.

61 posted on 05/13/2018 5:46:03 PM PDT by shanover (...To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them.-S.Adams)
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To: TaxPayer2000

Please—Do us a favor and put your clothes back on.


62 posted on 05/13/2018 5:46:08 PM PDT by SharpRightTurn (Chuck Schumer--giving pond scum everywhere a bad name.)
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To: Sacajaweau

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.


63 posted on 05/13/2018 5:47:13 PM PDT by LeoTDB69
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To: CaptainK

I agree! Happy Mother’s Day and may the LORD bless you, me, and our wonderful sons!


64 posted on 05/13/2018 5:48:56 PM PDT by VikingMom (I may not know what the future holds but I know Who holds the future!)
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To: VikingMom

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.


65 posted on 05/13/2018 5:49:02 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: TaxPayer2000

Ms Chai needs to end the American diet and get back to eating like her ancestors. Too much nourishment there.


66 posted on 05/13/2018 5:50:00 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: Thank You Rush

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.


67 posted on 05/13/2018 5:53:33 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: LeoTDB69

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.


68 posted on 05/13/2018 5:58:34 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: BBell

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!


69 posted on 05/13/2018 6:09:17 PM PDT by Thank You Rush
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To: BBell

“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.


70 posted on 05/13/2018 6:15:05 PM PDT by neverevergiveup
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To: TaxPayer2000

I hope she fails the class.


71 posted on 05/13/2018 6:18:03 PM PDT by SoFloFreeper
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To: Eddie01

I think Laz would hit it.


72 posted on 05/13/2018 6:44:35 PM PDT by wjcsux (The hyperventilating of the left means we are winning! (Tagline courtesy of Laz.))
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To: TaxPayer2000
Having read some of her work, she should demand a refund from Cornell.
73 posted on 05/13/2018 6:45:21 PM PDT by fungoking (Tis a pleasure to live in the 0zarks)
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To: VikingMom

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.


74 posted on 05/13/2018 7:02:28 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Tryin' hard to win the No-Bull Prize.)
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To: Fai Mao

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.


75 posted on 05/13/2018 7:07:19 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Tryin' hard to win the No-Bull Prize.)
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To: TaxPayer2000
My mom is a feminist, gender, sexuality studies professor.

And the kid is a nutcase.

This is my "not at all surprised" face ...

76 posted on 05/13/2018 7:07:22 PM PDT by NorthMountain (... the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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To: TaxPayer2000; All

So, where is the requisite Ithica Is The City of Evil gif?


77 posted on 05/13/2018 7:10:05 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Tryin' hard to win the No-Bull Prize.)
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To: TaxPayer2000

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.


78 posted on 05/13/2018 7:19:10 PM PDT by Some Fat Guy in L.A. (Still bitterly clinging to rational thought despite it's unfashionability)
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To: Some Fat Guy in L.A.

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.


79 posted on 05/13/2018 7:22:28 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Tryin' hard to win the No-Bull Prize.)
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To: Some Fat Guy in L.A.

I’d throw mattress girl in there for the trifecta.


80 posted on 05/13/2018 7:22:31 PM PDT by crosdaddy
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