Award for the person most participating in her own oppression this week...
...goes to Barnard College senior Lisa Lewis for her lovely anti-Title IX diatribe . I was going to let this editorial slide because I have a few ethical qualms about calling out college students (who are not actually taking my classes anyway and even then I try to be didactic and tactful about it as it is a place of learning). But Lewis used the term femi-nazis and thus all bets are off. The problem started when I thought Lewis and I were on the same page. Since the passing of NCAA president Myles Brand, I have been more than a little concerned about who his replacement will be. So is Lewis. But for very different reasons. Lewis believes the next leader of the NCAA needs to be in touch with the world we live in-- a world in which women now exceed men in college admissions and so she comes to this conclusion: Legislation of the 20th century, like Title IX, needs to be reevaluated in the light of the world we live in. I don't what they are teaching young women at Barnard these days,...