“ The real value of a single-sex education isn’t in removing men entirely, but removing people who disrespect women. That does create a situation that’s isn’t much like the ‘real world,’ but I know that I wouldn’t have the same commitment to women’s issues or understanding of the subtle ways sexism works if I didn’t have a glimpse of what life looks like without it. I started Wellesley as one of those girls who doesn’t really consider herself a feminist and ended up, well, here. ”
Margaret Hartmann ’06 in Jezebel. Read the story here. (via wellesleymag)
BRAVO!!!
Although I will add that sometimes it’s women who disrespect other women by saying things like “there are too many women and I don’t like catty environments” (this assumes that all women are catty or at the very least can’t deal with each other with maturity) or “I wish there were men here so that discussions in class would be more interesting” (which obviously is a huge insult to women’s intellectual abilities and ignorance of the huge diversity of opinion possible in a room full of women). Or, you know, things like calling other girls “sluts,” “prissy,” “fat,” “ugly,” etc. But I agree, that a women’s college is a generally safer, more socially conscious environment than a comparable co-ed school. In part because at a women’s college it’s easier to spot the hypocrisy in these kinds of statements; statements that are fortunately not so common (at least at Wellesley).
(via mangocupcakes)
