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...three decades since, Daly has written seven books in the field of feminist theology and philosophy and a dictionary for "wicked women." And, true to form, she has remained at he center of several self-generated controversies sparked by inflammatory comments on the shortcomings of the male gender...
...lately, the catcalls on both sides of the jungle gym have become louder, more insistent and more difficult to ignore. Faced with a resurgent interest in Title IX of the 1972 Education Amendments (which mandates gender equality in all academic situations) the administration can no longer distance themselves from the situation, as they did when similar complaints arose in 1979 and 1989. Consequently, Boston College has issued an ultimatum to Daly: teach men and women together, or don't teach...
Single-sex courses have absolutely no place at co-educational institutions, be they universities or graduate schools, the ultimate goal of the movement to integrate women at the level of higher education was to create an environment where both sexes could learn together without regard for gender. If Daly feels this goal has not yet been achieved, how exactly will an all-female course on feminism help to further the cause of women? On that basic level, doesn't it make more sense to teach the virtues of feminism to the men who are supposedly serving as "oppressors...
...considering the federal statute for a minute, it is evident Daly's ideal classroom for "Introduction to Feminist Ethics" has not a legal leg to stand upon. Title IX was designed to promote gender equality in education; and while in 1972 the intention was to prevent discrimination against women, it by no means should be used to tip the scales in the other direction for no apparent reason. Perhaps if Boston College had a class entitled "Achieving Manhood: A Celebration of the Male Gender" that turned away female students because they were considered a corrupting influence on debate at large...
...class such as the one Daly proposed would be entirely appropriate. The difference lies in remaining faithful to fundamental philosophy, in not making exceptions for one sex that are not made for the other. A single-sex institution is by definition choosing to exclude one or the other gender, and that decision is buttressed by every action the institution makes. Whether or not the individual agrees with this philosophy, there is no real argument because the intent is clear from the very beginning; an applicant knowingly accepts or rejects it by choosing the institutions...