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...Craig Lerner's ignorant and offensive comparison (March 16) of Gay and Lesbian Studies to "Zen Basketweaving" begins an editorial which exhibits the same close-minded and faulty thought he criticizes...
...Lerner's objections focus on the central course of the Women's Studies concentration, "Classics of Feminist Theory." The only works classic to Lerner are those written by Western men. If by classical what Lerner means is those works traditionally studied by white men in Europe and in the United States, he is right. Until recently, texts written by women have not been studied in those communities, nor has the work of the majority of the world's population. It is a significant step that universities in the United States are beginning to recognize the limits of their traditional range...
...Lerner fails to support the fundamental premise of his argument: that Women's Studies is not a legitimate discipline. Instead, he limits himself to arguing that feminist texts are not "classics." And by his definitions, Lerner deprives Harvard of many legitimate disciplines which constitue the Universityh's intellectual wealth...
...would be interesting to learn what illustirous and classical field of study Lerner chose that could teach it students to produce such "thought...
...Lerner lived flamboyantly, buying an eight-bath Manhattan town house, vacationing in a rented villa on the Riviera, moving to London in his final years, partygoing everywhere. He wed eight times, to women ranging from actresses in his shows to a Newsweek reporter who interviewed him, fathered three daughters and a son. His divorces were sometimes messy, and he blamed the settlements for his financial problems: at his death, the Internal Revenue Service was seeking $1.4 million in back taxes and penalties...