Is the need for safe haven (whether this be for religious groups, gays,
women, or whatever) the responsibility of a public university's curriculum
(i.e., academic affairs) or rather its student services? Does BC offer, as
do many other institutions of post-secondary instruction, various sites and
services that do provide safe haven or were Mary Daly's classes the only
such haven for women at the college?
Paul H. Dillon
Paul H. Dillon
-----Original Message-----
From: Judy Diamondstone <diamonju who-is-at rci.rutgers.edu>
To: xmca who-is-at weber.ucsd.edu <xmca@weber.ucsd.edu>
Date: Tuesday, August 03, 1999 4:25 PM
Subject: Re: FW: "Daly De-Tenured"
>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
>
>
>Judith Diamondstone (732) 932-7496 Ext. 352
>Graduate School of Education
>Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey
>10 Seminary Place
>New Brunswick, NJ 08901-1183
>
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