Re: FW: "Daly De-Tenured"

Judy Diamondstone (diamonju who-is-at rci.rutgers.edu)
3 Aug 1999 22:11:13 -0000

While I do think that the issue re: BC is over de-tenuring -- I think the
practices for tenuring and detenuring there, from what I've heard, need some
public oversight -- this note is in response to the concern of some that
the rights of male students were being denied. It is still, apparently, very
difficult for those who have not had their rights systematically denied in
public arenas -- not always EXPLICITLY denied, and this is important - the
denial is 'built in' to social conventions -- to imagine the importance of a
safe haven. The issue is about _ power relations_. Rights, denial of rights
etc. mean in context. This is not intended as a defense of Daly's class (why
not consider gender-orientation?) but as a response to the one-size-fits-all
condemnation of it.
Judy

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