Christina Hoff Sommers: Is academic philosophy a "safe space" for women?

ralphswanson · 2016-07-22T06:30:57+00:00

Great as always. We need whistle-blower that expose the constant lying that is the foundation of feminism because it is embraced by academia.

JackGetsIt · 2016-07-22T15:08:26+00:00

CHS is a national treasure.

CircularReason · 2016-08-26T18:16:12+00:00

If you want to see liberal privilege in action, see the comments where I posted this video in /r/AcademicPhilosophy! Fun times.

https://www.reddit.com/r/AcademicPhilosophy/comments/4u0yoi/christina_hoff_sommers_is_academic_philosophy_a/

CircularReason · 2016-08-26T18:19:40+00:00

I teach philosophy at two universities currently, one public, the other private. Each has about 25% female majors and professors.

There are plenty of female philosophy majors who are happy and never complain about the department or discipline being "unsafe." There are plenty of female professors who are happy with their jobs -- although they are indoctrinated to complain about gender bias -- who keep on doing it.

AND YET... somehow the mere statistical fact that self-aware, autonomous, empowered, modern women voluntarily choose not to major in philosophy is taken as evidence of a deep and abiding problem with my field. Perhaps, instead of shaming females for pursuing philosophy about 3x less than males, feminists should be praising the autonomy of those who choose to pursue other careers, or no career at all.

Title	Christina Hoff Sommers: Is academic philosophy a "safe space" for women?
Author	XTHROWYAWAYZ
Upvotes	29
Comments	4
Date	July 22, 2016 3:50 AM UTC (9 years ago)
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