I identify as left of center, not conservative, though my colleagues and students in women's studies tend not to see any distinction between "liberal" and "conservative." I've said in a post here in Persuasion what this study finds: that there is a gendered dimension to the phenomenon of social justice trumping facts and free inquiry in …
I identify as left of center, not conservative, though my colleagues and students in women's studies tend not to see any distinction between "liberal" and "conservative." I've said in a post here in Persuasion what this study finds: that there is a gendered dimension to the phenomenon of social justice trumping facts and free inquiry in the academy ("American female academics had a more pronounced preference than male academics for dismissal"). In women's studies, we tend to think that patterns related to gender--in this case, what we used to call "sex"--are significant and should be analyzed. So let's not ignore that pattern here.
I see why those in the community who aren't academics might get tired of talking about this subject. One response to your understandable boredom with what seems like "our" academic navel gazing is that these academics are training, and the universities are disgorging, large numbers of students with these values every year. In many respects, these folks constitute a mirror image of the right-wing conspiracist immunity to facts and liberal democratic values. One bright spot: they don't tend to own guns.
I identify as left of center, not conservative, though my colleagues and students in women's studies tend not to see any distinction between "liberal" and "conservative." I've said in a post here in Persuasion what this study finds: that there is a gendered dimension to the phenomenon of social justice trumping facts and free inquiry in the academy ("American female academics had a more pronounced preference than male academics for dismissal"). In women's studies, we tend to think that patterns related to gender--in this case, what we used to call "sex"--are significant and should be analyzed. So let's not ignore that pattern here.
I see why those in the community who aren't academics might get tired of talking about this subject. One response to your understandable boredom with what seems like "our" academic navel gazing is that these academics are training, and the universities are disgorging, large numbers of students with these values every year. In many respects, these folks constitute a mirror image of the right-wing conspiracist immunity to facts and liberal democratic values. One bright spot: they don't tend to own guns.