Feminist Philosophy Class Was 'Indoctrination,' Says Columbia Student

TheToadShroom · 2018-02-08T10:05:26+00:00

Not only did his professor fail to explore alternative views, but Hughes said his professor also ridiculed students who held dissenting viewpoints and suggested that they were evil, citing an in-class debate the professor facilitated on whether biological sex differences exist.

Same thing happened with me. Took a general feminist class, and challenged the idea that women historically held no "control". I brought a number of passages from Darwin's Descent of Man, as well as some ancient religious/philosophic texts, in a attempt to paint a different picture of women as a "gatekeeper for evolution" - and hence in control of human development itself.

Literally I was cursed at by some female students, sneered at - but they never actually even tried to refute any of my claims.

It's horrible in those classes. It's not indoctrination - it's strait up brainwashing.

Flavius_Stilicho476 · 2018-02-08T14:12:27+00:00

I dropped my feminist theory class and transferred to a new "interdisciplinary studies" course after I was ridiculed for questioning the notion that all skyscrapers are phallic symbols of the patriarchy and that to further "gender equity" new buildings should be built in the shapes of bowls underground. I was literally laughed at when I tried to mention the costs of building an equivalent capacity underground structure and related engineering problems--apparently concepts like "efficiency" "profit" "objective scientific facts" are all part of the patriarchy.

I said--we are in a liberal arts institution of higher learning and you want me to accept that the scientific method and quest for objective truth---which is emblazoned in the masonry above the library---don't exist and are all part of the patriarchy?

I was told: Yes.

I responded: I am out....Enjoy your cult religion

I was then brought up on disciplinary charges which I fought for the rest of the semester and were dropped. At least some faculty saw the irony in prosecuting someone for "failing to adhere to and respect university values" when I was championing the motto on the school library.

v574v · 2018-02-08T13:32:28+00:00

If it's not open to criticism it's not philosophy or a theory - it's a sacrosanct doctrine demanding a leap of faith - also called religion.

Even 2+2=4 is open to criticism.

Kyle_Fischer · 2018-02-08T14:52:11+00:00

It would be awesome if someone took a feminist driven agenda class and recorded each and every class. Then, they could put it on Youtube in it's entirety, so everyone could hear it. Of course, there could be a guide with time hacks for the important stuff along with transcripts. It would be a huge endeavor that would require a lot of time, but it would be nice to hear how men are discriminated against for voicing a view different than that of the professor and/or students.

It's one thing to read a transcript or a description of the event. You can't really hear the nastiness in the tone of the written word and a description is through the lens of the narrator. It's another thing to hear a recording and make the conclusions yourself.

BBQ_ur_booty · 2018-02-08T17:09:54+00:00

I had a similar experience in a class titled "gender and society". The only perspective ever given credence was the feminist perspective. Although it isn't all bad because it was the most efficient route for me to altogether reject feminism.

lostapwbm · 2018-02-08T19:51:40+00:00

I can give you feminist philosophy in five minutes.

Women and Men are two separate and distinct classes.
Women, as a class, are oppressed.
Men, as a class, are oppressors.
Men oppress Women through a system of invisible and near total control over all aspects of civilization known as 'The Patriarchy.'
Because Men have implemented a system of total control (The Patriarchy) Women can, and should, implement their own system of total control, known as Feminism.

The-beat-man · 2018-02-08T15:29:38+00:00

if you are still attending these indoctrination camps you are part of the problem your fees are paying the salaries of these people. stop attending them go to other alternatives like vocational skills training. when less students attend they will get less revenues to fund these indoctrination session

Grubnar · 2018-02-08T15:49:40+00:00

Duh!

gdengine · 2018-02-08T15:14:32+00:00

Not only did his professor fail to explore alternative views, but Hughes said his professor also ridiculed students who held dissenting viewpoints and suggested that they were evil, citing an in-class debate the professor facilitated on whether biological sex differences exist.

At the same time, insisting that a feminist class explore alternative views is sort of along the same lines as expecting a biology class to explore "alternative creation views". If I show up to a physics class and insist on forcing the professor into a debate on whether or not the universe we all live in is a simulation or not, I am likely to be ignored. Personally, I took a philosophy/stats course once where the professor brought up one of those ghost hunters shows as an example of how one can mislead an audience...and some girl in the class wanted to go on and on about how much merit there was and how "legit" the science on the TV show was...he was having none of it, and I suspect that somewhere that girl wrote some blog post about closed minded philosophy professors. Point being, ideas are open to criticism, but there is a time and most importantly, place for them. We have one side of this story, and frankly, we know that a lot of feminists and anti-feminists have a sort of hyperbolic nature to them.

DoubleWatson · 2018-02-08T16:30:18+00:00

This was not my experience. I took a feminist class and found it to be rather enlightening and mind opening.

We can work together on all of our issues.

Feminist Philosophy Class Was 'Indoctrination,' Says Columbia Student

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