Thread:User talk:WaitingforGodot/Thoughts/reply (5)

If you were talking about a Gender Equity class, or a "skills center" workshop - I'm all with you. But as i understand it (and i'm not actually sure I *do* understand the issue) this was a position put in place specifically to address women's issues about equity in the political system of the university. If this writer is correct, over 50% of the students are women, but less than 20% of the governing Boards are women. A position such as this insures women's voices are heard, until a slightly better balance is reached.

I don't think you say "it must be 50%", but above 40% surly, is a sign that women are, in that school specifically, being heard.

Again, I might be missing the point of this committee. But as long as the focus is "trying to empower women on campus", then until they are empowered, it's not really "interesting" to include male issues, as they aren't yet really all that subjugated in the sense of power or control on campus.

To the extent this position is just trying to talk about the variety of inequality on campus, then fine, it makes sense to include all gender inequality. But I get the sense it's not an "education" position, but a position there to insure an under represented minority is actually represented.