I agree with Hayley on this. Most of what we do is ingrained within us,
and we can be sexist/ racist/ whatever without even meaning too. A friend
of mine related a great example to me recently. He had just finished a
lecture on how teachers tend to favor men by asking more detailed
questiuons of them, being more challenging to them, etc. While dismissing
women with an "ok" when they respond to a question. He then asked the
class a question, a woman answered, and he replied to her-- "ok". He
immediately realized what he had done, and said "I probably shouldn't have
said that..." This may have demonstrated to the class the deep-rootedness
of the problem, however. By the way, I found out that some women's
schools have male teachers- is this strange? How do the class dynamics
change?
-Miguel
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Miguel Ordorica
Washington State Univ.
Dept. of Sociology
Wilson 206
(509) 335-4595 (msg.)
(509) 332-4442 (hme)
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On Mon, 1 Mar 1999, Hayley Lynch wrote:
>
>
>
> And as we see in our study of feminism, even the most well-meaning and
> professional professors are inherently sexist. When faced with a class
> of men and women, they favor the men. It's a sad truth, but a truth
> nonetheless. It would be nice if the world was perfect, and good,
> professional professors practiced equality all of the time. But it just
> doesn't happen. There is a subtle sexism in our society that is so
> normal people don't even see it. But for me and for other feminists,
> professionalism doesn't mask that sexism. We're all guilty, even the
> most well-meaning professor.
>
> Hayley
> >Well Randi, you are right--everyone is different. I agree
> >with you wholeheartedly that there are certainly plenty of teachers out
> >there who are willing and able to teach both sexes and not be
> distracted
> >by either sex. I always thought that when I train people I do just
> >that-I dont distinguish between who is male, who is female-I call that
> >professionalism.
> >
> >But as you said, each to one's own,
> >
> >Bertina
> >[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >
> >On Mon, 1 Mar 1999, Randi Zimmerman (CAS) wrote:
> >
> >> If you want to read the whole article, the cut and paste really
> works!
> >> Sorry I seem so thrilled, it was my first time.
> >>
> >> If you don't want to go to the whole article, I just want to add one
> >> thing. Mary Daly specifically does not want men in her classrooms,
> she
> >> doesn't refuse to teach men. Any man who wants what she has to offer
> can
> >> and has taken independent studies with her. She feels that if
> anything
> >> the men get more of her time than the women do. Daly believes that
> men
> >> detract from what she has to share with women in the classroom
> setting.
> >> Yes, maybe this sounds a lot like "men can't think about physics when
> >> women are in the room", but this is not the same as profs who deny
> their
> >> expertise to students based on their gender.
> >>
> >> On a personal note, I believe that we have enough teachers and
> students in
> >> the world to insure that various styles of learning be available.
> What
> >> works for one person, may or may not work for another. Why the
> search for
> >> one truth?
> >>
> >> Randi Zimmerman
> >>
> >> "In the process of infinate beginnings, even immortality is mortal."
> >> -- Trinh T. Minh-ha
> >>
> >>
> >> Here's an article recommended to you by Linda McAlister
> >> from The Boston Globe Online [ http://www.boston.com/globe ]
> >> ____________________________________________________________
> >>
> >> The following story appeared in The Globe Online:
> >> Date: 02/25/99
> >> Headline: At BC, class divisions
> >> Story Intro:
> >> After 25 years of teaching women-only classes at Boston College,
> Mary Daly, a renowned radical feminist philosopher with a history of
> sparking controversy, received an ultimatum from college administrators:
> Accept male students or stop teaching.
> >> ____________________________________________________________
> >>
> >> If you're interested in the rest of this story point your
> >> web browser to:
> >>
> http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/056/metro/At_BC__class_divisions+.shtml
> >> (You can easily copy and paste the URL above into the
> >> location line of your browser.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
>
>
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