Word: syllabus
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According to the syllabus, for instance, in its fifth meeting, the course discusses menstruation: “We will discuss the social and cultural stigmatization of women’s menstrual cycles and the concept of women’s genitals as ‘dirty.’” If the FemSex gang is implying that stigmatization of menstruation exists at Harvard—that female undergraduates are shunned for five days or so each month—then I guess I’ve missed the red tents inside the Yard. Alternatively, if FemSex facilitators...
...another meeting outlined by the course syllabus, FemSex strives to help members become intimate with their genitals by encouraging them to look inside themselves with speculums and then report back. The experience of looking at her girlish parts aims to leave the student with a new sense of ownership over her genitalia. I suppose not all of us read Deenie as preteen girls—you know, that Judy Blume book that taught us it was okay that we touch ourselves—but did a Harvard undergraduate really need a roomful of other women to facilitate her revelation...
Judging from the syllabus and last week’s meeting, a woman thinking of taking FemSex would do better to spend her time and $15 course fee elsewhere. For instance, she might work on finding a boyfriend who wishes to bring her sexual pleasure in “female terms”—that shouldn’t be too hard, given how progressive most modern Harvard men are. Alternatively, visiting a psychiatrist to try to pinpoint the reason she feels the need to talk about her menstrual cycle with people she runs into on the street...
...Teenage Soul” nestled between two Tolstoys on the bookshelf of a seemingly normal friend, it hit me.At some point in recent years, self-help books have become mainstream. In fact, a large proportion of students at Harvard have presumably read at least one, since the syllabus for Psychology 1504: Positive Psychology included “The Six Pillars of Self-Esteem”.When did the American public become so reliant upon the advice of others? Actually, it’s not just the Americans. In England the Somerset County Council has introduced a new program in which...
...class called “Sex” doesn’t mean you’ll get any. 3)You learn that starting next week, the professor will take lecture attendance using PRS clickers and ensure lecture participation using cattle prods.. 4) Upon closer inspection of the syllabus, you realize that you do not recognize the characters in which the syllabus is written. 5) On Friday morning, your professor announces his intention to wage a private war against grade inflation. 6) On Monday morning, your professor announces his intention to wage a private war against your...