questioning gender privilege

[helenic]

whatifoundthere has put together a fascinating poll about privilege and gender. The poll is intended to help her think about how to teach gender to her undergraduates, but the questions and comments are extremely thought-provoking in their own right. If I've ever had an argument or debate with you in which gender privilege or male privilege was mentioned, I'd recommend you take a look at this post, because it approaches the issue far, far more sensitively and clearly than I've ever been able to. Go, fill out the poll, help whatifoundthere with her thinking about how to teach this, and do some thinking yourself. :)

The comments on the previous post introducing the gender privilege topic are also well worth reading.

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[simont]

The comments on the previous post introducing the gender privilege topic are also well worth reading.

(... though they'll be friends-locked to some of us, unfortunately.)

[whatifoundthere.livejournal.com]

Sorry about that. The poll came about in response to some frustrating experiences I had in the classroom, and I make a point of friendslocking any post where I talk about work. It doesn't mean I'm not interested in hearing from a wide variety of people, though :)