‘Female-Only’ Programs in Education Are Coming Under Increasing Scrutiny
“The federal department’s Office for Civil Rights has opened more than 90 investigations of the programs to date”
You can’t say you want ‘equality’ and then advance programs for women only. More and more people are noticing this reality.
From Real Clear Investigations:
The Growing Backlash Against Female-Only School Programs
Coding camps for girls. Scholarships for women only. Grants for female faculty. Mentorships for women and “femme-identified” undergrads.
Such same-sex exclusive perks are a staple of academia’s mission to achieve an equitable society. Some colleges go further and offer women’s only hours at the campus gym, weight room and swimming pool.
Created to counter sexual harassment and discrimination, these programs are now being reviewed by the Trump administration’s Department of Education. The federal department’s Office for Civil Rights has opened more than 90 investigations of the programs to date, in all 12 of the office’s regional branches nationwide, and the total grows nearly every week as complaints are reviewed and accepted for investigation.
The complaints started off as a trickle, lodged mostly by men who found the programs offensive, and have come fast and furious in the past few years. Nearly 300 complaints now await resolution.
The charges of anti-male discrimination may soon balloon as advocates expand their campaign to K-12 schools that receive federal funding and are subject to federal regulatory compliance and Title IX oversight. In April, the Office for Civil Rights opened an investigation against New York City’s Department of Education, based on a Title IX complaint that public schools are hosting single-sex Girls Who Code after-school camps. One advocate predicts this could lead to hundreds more complaints against public school districts.
“It’s now a new era of civil rights for all, and not the past practice of civil rights for some,” said Mark J. Perry, a University of Michigan professor of finance and business economics who has filed 129 complaints against universities since 2016. He said female success in academia is so “overwhelming” that the notion that women face disadvantages is “outdated.”
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I went to a women’s college. Loved that freedom. Wish that others could see the value and experience that.
But I also want the same for men. Let there be men’s colleges and clubs and stuff. We are different, and sometimes we ALL need a safe place to unwind and be with others who understand our experiences.
Unfortunately, we are living in a society that is becoming increasingly intolerant of… well, just about everything. You can’t have a club that excludes anyone for any reason these days…or someone will be donning a mask and beating you with a baseball bat for your dangerous ideology.