Camille Paglia sees a connection between society's attempt to paper over the biological distinction between men and women and the collapse of Western civilization.
The elite do not go into the military. They have an illusion that people are basically kind. If they are just nice and benevolent to everyone, others will be nice too. They literally do not have sense of evil.
Women do not realize how vulnerable they are by what they are doing on the street (referring to sexy clothes). The world is full of potential attacks and potential disasters.
Primary school education is a crock. It's oppressive to anyone with physical energy, especially guys. Primary education does everything in its power to turn boys into neuters. One in 5 high school age boys have been diagnosed with ADHD. Boys get worse grades than girls and are less likely to go to college.
Ms. Paglia sees the tacit elevation of female values---such as sensitivity, socialization, and cooperation--- as the main aim of teachers rather than fostering creative energy and teaching hard geographical and historical facts.
The way gender is being taught in the universities --- in a very anti-male way, it's all about neutralization of maleness. The result is Upper-middle class men who are intimidated and can't say anything.
Politically correct, inadequate education , along with the decline of America's brawny industrial base, leaves many men with no models of manhood.
College is utterly meaningless right now. It has no core curriculum and people end up saddled with huge debts. What's driving the push toward universal college is "social snobbery on the part of a lot of upper-middle class families who want the sticker in the [car] window."
Ms. Paglia has a vision of "equal opportunity feminism" that demands a level playing field without demanding special quotas or protections for women. The women's movement should abandon the "nanny state"mentality.
Ms. Paglia says if the women's movement wants to be taken seriously again, it should take serious matters, like rape in India and honor killings in the Muslim world that are more of an outrage than some woman going on a date on the Brown University campus.
SOURCE: Wall Street Journal, 12/28/13 page A 13
http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702303997604579240022857012920
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