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The clash over microchips also went far beyond commercial concerns in pitting two vastly different cultures against each other. After more than 130 years of contact with the West, Japan is hard-working, thrifty, highly organized but still relatively insular in its world view. On the other hand, free-wheeling...
Hesitant as I am to intrude into the battle between the sexes, pitting Cynthia V. Hooper against Craig S. Lerner ("Women's Studies," March 23 and March 16, respectively), I will nonetheless venture into this dangerous territory. I do so only reluctantly, compelled by the strength of Miss Hooper's...
The writer deigns to allow that, "If students wish to study feminist 'thought' that's fine. It's good for a laugh." "Pitting feminist classics against genuine classics," he continues, "is like pitting yipping pups against lions."
It is not surprising that the designers of Women's Studies neglected to include the genuine classics. Pitting feminist classics against genuine classics is like pitting yipping pups against lions.
And if activism means activism for its own sake, Mr. Joseph, as your commentary dangerously suggests, then it is best left alone. Pitting students against students is not the answer.