Students, how much sexism have you suffered at your school?

Lawtonfogle · 2012-02-26T16:29:08+00:00

The only sexism I experienced, from a school, was in my freshman year of college. All of the male freshmen had to watch a video about sexual harassment and rape. The basic gist of the video was "all of you are potentially rapists and unless she's screaming her approval the whole time, any sexual activity, consensual or otherwise is actually rape. Also, if she's had any alcohol that night, it's automatically rape, even if she drank it all enthusiastically and voluntarily and she initiates sexual activity. Also, if she regrets the sexual encounter afterwards, it's rape, even if she was for it at the time.".

The video was put out by CIRCAW (Campus Initiative to Reduce Crime Against Women). The person who showed it was a total bitch who just condescendingly deflected/dodged/ignored/insulted any questions or concerns at the end of the video.

The general consensus at the end of it, by the freshmen who watched it, was that the video was 110% bullshit.

TheGentlemanZombie · 2012-02-26T17:44:22+00:00

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nignag · 2012-02-26T06:42:32+00:00

The sad thing is; they can actually post this in papers and people will be proud of it. This kind of stuff is eaten up by the people who grant money to the universities. "Oh this university decided to fund a women's team over a men's? They are enlightened and gender-friendly!"

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G-O · 2012-02-26T10:59:15+00:00

How much sexism have I suffered at school and how did you become an MRA could both be titles for pretty much the same story for myself.

False Rape rumors. I went to a small private christian college (about 200 students) so the community was very small, every one knew each other and gossip could spread fast. One female student had a dream in which I was a rapist. Because of this dream, she thought it was her duty to warn the female population of the college about me. The majority of people didn't take this dream warning seriously but I felt people treated me differently afterwards.

I was studying to be a youth pastor. To enter my senior year in my major I have to go through a panel interview with the professors of my major. During this time it is made clear that because I am male and an introvert I would not be conducive to a career in this field. I was accepted, but strongly encouraged to contemplate and consider other options.

During a ceremony where academic awards and merit scholarships were given, all of the recipients except one were women. The overtly feminist professor made a short speech at the end championing how far women have come, and shaming the male students to stop with the video games and movies.

A sociology, adolescent development, counseling and family systems classes were all taught in a way that portrayed men as perpetrators, women as victims. I actually asked the question in class "It looks like men are responsible for a lot of problems?" My professor replied "yeah, I guess so." I had two of these classes during my last semester. I had another panel interview for my graduation acceptance where once again being male and an introvert were brought up as negatives for my future. I lost interest, failed those two classes. Those two classes are the only things between me and my B.A.

Lawtonfogle · 2012-02-26T13:08:22+00:00

During a human sexuality course we had a section on how pornography was a misogynist tool full of woman-hating that promoted violence and exploitation; and that it lead to domestic violence, rape, pedophilia, etc. perpetrated by men. All the men were portrayed as being sex-crazed lunatics, while the women were all helpless.

Not even 10 minutes later we are introduced to the idea that having a collection of sex toys, engaging in orgies, and female-centric pornography is liberating and healthy for women to engage in, as it breaks them free of the bondage of the past. Women were shown as being positively empowered while the men were seen as sex objects or only being obstacles to women achieving their goals.

A few other guys and I lost our mind and we voiced our opinions also. We got the standard, "you don't have the right to say what is healthy for a woman, you're just a bunch of men."

Oh, really? Well, how about you refrain from telling me what MY rights are because I am a man, and give an unbiased presentation to the class!

GOMTvT · 2012-02-26T13:25:55+00:00

None. Ever. I seriously can't think of a single time I have dealt with any sort of discrimination based on sex in school.

themountaingoat · 2012-02-26T16:15:07+00:00

A teacher at my high school once read over the announcements "six out of 10 women are abused by their husbands, and two of those women will be killed."

pcarvious · 2012-02-26T09:38:33+00:00

Middle of one of my classes the professor told me to shut up and stop spouting bullshit after bringing up the Annotated bibliography on DV.

Edit to clarify: I mean literally on the classroom projector.

DoctorStorm · 2012-02-26T13:50:28+00:00

I watched several women with half as much drive and intelligence get their Ph.D.s more quickly than I did. It isn't just the celerity at which they obtained their doctorates, it's also the fact that they received their doctorates.

This is far from being a flimsy, subjective opinion. Look at their research, observe where their research is being published, observe the quality of those journals and conferences, observe the frequency at which they publish, and observe how heavily cited their publications become. It's fairly simple to determine the worth and significance of any doctoral candidate.

I watched women skate through grad school with no viable research, no significant publications, and no genuine interest in continuing research after graduation - all because STEM fields are blatantly pandering to women at this point, especially at the college level. While there was bias from both genders, I observed this more often when the student and major professor were both females.

This was a minor annoyance to me, but I honestly think women in academia should be more concerned about this trend as it severely discounts the strength, intelligence, and hard work of those women who do commit to quality research and are accepted into the major journals and conferences. It's only a matter of time before these female doctorates are so watered down that no one takes any of them seriously in either academia or the private sector - and that's a damn shame.

drinkthebleach · 2012-02-26T07:10:38+00:00

That's.. insane. Track is a huge sport. I doubt they'll even be able to find enough people to fill a fencing club, even if it was co-ed.

Lawtonfogle · 2012-02-26T18:02:27+00:00

Mostly just didn't have access to the scholarships that females and minorities would have had. I don't have a problem with someone coming for a poorer background than me getting more help, but when a female or minority gets a full ride for being valedictorian, but white males do not, it does seem a bit unfair. As a side note, being the first in my family to get a college degree I was technically in a minority group as far as the college was concerned. Which meant I got a ton of emails for minority only scholarships. The problem being that the 'first generation' minority is very poor recognized, none of the scholarships considered me a minority. I might not have been so bad had my inbox not been constantly filled with applications for scholarships that I need not apply.

But as to day to day classes, I didn't experience much sexism at all. I'll even admit that I saw some student to student sexism against the few females in our computer science class (I knew about 50% of them and was good friends with about 25%, which is to say 2 of them, out of a class of size of high 30s.

On the other hand, in some of my psychology/sociology classes I was near solo male, but about the only time I can ever remember my gender being brought up was the one time I got into a debate with the stereotypical lesbian feminist, the topic being is it better to be a white male or filthy rich. To be fair, I knew a few other lesbian feminist and one FTM who was dating a lesbian, and they were all great people who held their own in a debate and did some rationally. It might also help that when we discussed hegemonic masculinity in class, our teacher covered both the negative effects on females and the negative effects on males.

2012-02-27T10:14:26+00:00

I had to take a few psychology classes for my major.

The actual "Psychology" classes weren't too bad, but the human development and gender studies classes were 100% grade A anti-male propaganda.

Fortunately I'd learned by that point that it doesn't matter what you believe in college. Your grade only depends on what the professor believes. So you answer according to what they want to hear.

roland3337 · 2012-02-26T21:33:00+00:00

I see this a lot in my field. Far too many examples to list, but here is one that comes from one of the text books that I use:

"Overt sexism is blatant unequal and unfair treatment of women." (p. 107 of the text that I use). The blatant bias is that men cannot be victims of sexism. They can only be perpetrators. Its complete bullshit that I often take time to shine a light on when I teach.

That can be risky, since feminist thinking so dominates what I do. But I always tell students: Seek education, not indoctrination.

Unconfidence · 2012-02-26T07:14:10+00:00

From the school? None. From the students, a bit.

JockeVXO · 2012-02-26T20:32:07+00:00

I'd divide it into three different categories:

*Different treatment from teachers (not all though, most teachers ranged from godd to excellent).

*Different standards (P.E., perhaps not a big issue in a school setting, but later in life).

*Inaccuracies being taught, both historical and present-day.

And one extra: Different grading, I can't tell for certain that this happened, because we didn't sit down and compare every single test result, but it has been shown that boys receive lesser grades than girls for the same results if teachers know the sex of the student (once again, not all teachers).

LT-Riot · 2012-02-26T20:11:36+00:00

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LookatmeIamapollo · 2012-02-26T12:00:29+00:00

do you even lift?

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