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...Women's studies is draining the life out of America's best women students," Paglia said. She called women's studies scholars "incompetent in terms of intellectual history," accusing them of selectively reading history to create am exaggerated myth of an oppressive, patriarchal system...
...Paglia also proposed, among other things, that universities undertake serious study of popular culture, require courses in the history of mass media and teach literature of the remote past, especially that of ancient religious traditions...
...Paglia was introduced by Kenan Professor of Government Harvey C. Mansfield '53, who agreed with her view of a declining American university system...
Mansfield called Paglia a "savior" and said that she can cure the ills of the modern American university. "She's above and beyond the trend," he said...
...Female. Hmm... Maybe this "F" should stand for "feminist." LWFs compose the monolithic block of feminists responsible for issues like the date rape "crisis." As feminists Camille Paglia and Katie Roiphe '90 point out, these white, upper-middle-class females betray true feminism with their narrow focus on peripheral issues like date rape...