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This is a discussion on Why no Male Studies? within the General News anti misandry forums, part of the General category; Written by Daniel de Vise for The Washington Post: Why no Male Studies? Lots of colleges have Women's Studies departments. ...

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    Why no Male Studies?


    Written by Daniel de Vise for The Washington Post:

    Why no Male Studies?

    Lots of colleges have Women's Studies departments. Some pursue Gender Studies. What about Men's Studies?

    I was just alerted to a web site that announces the following:

    A gathering of academicians drawn from a range of disciplines will meet on April 7, 2010, at Wagner College, Staten Island, New York, to examine the declining state of the male, stemming from cataclysmic changes in today's culture, environment and global economy.

    At first I wondered if it was a joke. Evidently it is not.

    The colloquium will be led by Lionel Tiger, an anthropology professor at Rutgers University.

    (Lionel Tiger? Wait, maybe it is a joke. Oh, no, I guess not.)

    It appears that a group of scholars want to open a serious discussion of the challenges facing men in today's society -- inability to go to college being one -- as well as the phenomenon of misandry, the hatred of males, a term I confess I had not heard before today.

    Women's Studies departments seem to have arisen in the 1970s as part of a wave of feminism and feminist theory, with gender equity the underlying goal. Men's Studies? Well, the assumption has been that men are the group in power. Most of what is studied in universities is, in essence, men's studies.

    The group promoting Male Studies suggests that there is need for a study of "the male human being," and of such sub-topics as the deterioration of boys' educational attainment, the prevalence of certain psychological disorders in boys and men and the "remarkable" rate of suicide among males, according to the web site.
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    Re: Why no Male Studies?

    The Huffington Post has also published a piece about Male Studies. As well as being a great publicity coup for this new academic discipline, these two articles both include the word 'misandry' - thus ensuring that the word will find its way into more people's vocabularies.
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    Re: Why no Male Studies?

    The feminists' responses in the articles are very telling:

    These "men's rights advocates" are the same misogynists and right wing conservatives who believe women have too many rights and should return to their 'rightful' place back in the home. Folks are entitled to their opinions, but they are not entitled to argue facts! These folks willfully disregard gender gaps in politics, business, higher education administration, faculty promotion, hiring, and tenure, a gender wage gap, and rampant violence against women here and around the world. Please do not give this conference and movement credibility, because they deserve none.
    Also, another trend with MRA orgs is they never post information about their funding or the creators of their websites. They hide behind the anonymity of the internet to spew hateful, biased diatribes against feminism. -Danielle Geong
    Oh yes we are the evil empire that is SO well funded and want to hide our identities for fear of being found out by legitimate authorities that would shurely have us in jail for "hate speach."

    And of course there is the ever predictable:

    If anyone bothered to research what is actually taught in gender and women's studies courses, they would already know that they cover how ideas and rules about masculinity hurt men.



    This is realy great though. Coverage of the MRM in the Washington Post is a good sign and the number of coments placed on the story will ensure that our activities will be covered and our message spread thoughout the media. The MRA comments there are, of course, very good and they outnumber the pro feminist ones. Very signifigant!
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    Re: Why no Male Studies?

    Ha, just wait until you will have male studies, just like the whiteness studies are. I wonder how feminists can be this stupid. I would support male studies and I'd just control the curricula and make it about shaming men. Hey, it worked with whiteness studies, why not with male studies?

    And just as minorities, women seem to dislike statistics and genetics too. Who cares about brain size differences, IQ differences, different skills and the list goes on forever.

    I'm always amused by the power argument. These idiots make me feel like I need to move to Mars or some other planet. But again, then the Mexicans would claim it as their spiritual homeland or something and want to come there once it won't be a shithole anymore and the infrastructure, schools, hospitals and so on will be in place. lol

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    Re: Why no Male Studies?

    Oh, and I forgot... Danielle Georg needs to become my slave and cook and iron for me. She puts too much shame on that first name that is part of my name too and needs to make up for her stupidity. lol

    Marxist liberal fundamentalists... pffts. It's funny how they get pissed when you play this word game with them.


 

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