University of Pennsylvania Offers Writing Course Called ‘Abolish the Family’
“will look at the history of family abolition and its threads through various other movements, examine variations in cultural models of family, and imagine new models of collective care together”
This is apparently a popular slogan in the feminist movement. Do the folks who run Penn know how it sounds to most people?
The College Fix reports:
‘Abolish the Family’: UPenn writing course touts feminist slogan
The University of Pennsylvania is offering a writing course this semester called “Abolish the Family,” touting a common feminist slogan and philosophy.
“In this seminar, we will look at the history of family abolition and its threads through various other movements, examine variations in cultural models of family, and imagine new models of collective care together,” the course description states.
The class description also states that “when we examine the narrative of the ideal family, it is often portrayed as a site of unconditional love and care. However, families can also be sites of pain, trauma, and uneven distributions of labor.”
“In fact, many people turn away from biological families and toward ‘chosen’ families when in need of care, love, and understanding,” it reads.
“Abolish the Family” is listed as one of the Critical Writing Seminars at Penn’s Marks Family Center for Excellence in Writing. The course is taught by Professor Melanie Kapadia.
Students “will look at the history of family abolition and its threads through various other movements, examine variations in cultural models of family, and imagine new models of collective care together,” the course description states.
Kapadia did not respond to repeated requests from The College Fix seeking comment.
The Fix also reached out twice by email and once by phone to Penn’s director of media relations Ron Ozio and twice by email to Interim Marks Family Senior Director and Director of the Critical Writing Program Matthew Osborn. Neither responded.
While Penn’s course may look at the family in a negative light, Gary Schneeberger at Focus on the Family told The College Fix that the family “is the building block of a civilized and compassionate society.”
Family reveals “God’s character like nothing else in creation,” said Schneeberger, an assistant to the president for media relations at the Christian, pro-family organization.
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yeah b/c plastic / rubber ones must be soooo much better
f the feminazis
Bizarre. Just bizarre.. Another formerly reputable school self-destructing. Just for the heck of it!
Right. In vitro fertilization, artificial wombs,incubators, and prison cells. Leftism’s vision for the future.
But Aldous Huxley told us that 90 years ago.
“Abolish The Faculty.”
Broken record here just to remind: For every one BatShit Crazy Story that we happen to find out about, there are countless others.
To do right by your family, to do right for yourself, we must accept that American colleges and universities are no longer healthy places any more.
It’s ok. Times change.
There is some truth that the family can be a very painful and warped place,
But that is because of the evil in the world that twists and corrupts what is good
The remedy is not to abolish it, but to promote that which is good
But the family only functions to the degree that the Creator of the family inhabits it and gives it life.