Any sexism?

WestCoastCali17
Wed, 12 Mar 2014 04:14:22 +0000

Seems like you are looking for a problem. If you look hard enough, you can find something you do not like. Something you consider sexist. Something you find condescending. Lots of people think the rectors in the girls dorms are stricter than the rectors in the guys dorms. There. If you are looking for a reason to complain, you have it. If you are looking for a reason not to go to ND, it should be because you like another school more not because you found a reason to call ND sexist.

I, too, think ND is an “awesome place overall”. At the same time, it is also imperfect in various ways for various people. What annoys me may be something you support. The campus needs to be big enough and diverse enough for both of us and I think it is.

Rather than complaining that Football 101 is condescending, maybe you could teach the class to show the sport can be fun for men and women spectators. You could explain that going to football games is a tradition for your family shared among mom, dad, brothers and sisters. You could teach the foreign girl on your hall the rules and make her your football buddy and take her to a tailgate party with your mom and dad. Before you graduate, maybe you will visit her home and she will teach you about rugby or cricket or hockey.

Go with what you like, let go of what you dislike. You will have fun here.