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SlowlyReading's avatar

As a longtime reader and fan of The Masculinist, I've often wondered: what would an ideal Gender Studies 101 syllabus look like? Gender Studies is actually an important subject, that has unfortunately been colonized by progressive ideology. It would be fantastic if Aaron could post a model syllabus for this subject, useful for college students who are being fed the usual pack of lies. A few ideas: Ivan Illich, Gender. Abigail Favale, The Genesis of Gender: A Christian Theory. Camille Paglia, Sexual Personae. Leon Podles, The Church Impotent. Scott Yenor, The Recovery of Family Life: Exposing the Limits of Modern Ideologies. Bradford Wilcox. Alastair Roberts. A two-semester version of the class could cover: 1. An honest presentation of the biology and social science that are usually twisted by progressives and 2. The philosophical and theological questions - "what is a man? what is a woman?" - that are ignored entirely by progressives.

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Lysander Spooner's avatar

I think another thing worth exploring is the parallel (at least I see one) between what you observe with the church giving men false information on relationships and women and the observations of a red pilled feminist Louise Perry (as expressed in this episode of Subversive with Alex Kaschuta https://odysee.com/@kaschuta:f/louise-perry-sex,-reimagined:b). For example, Perry is critical of the sexual revolution and what it has told women about what they should want, saying it has mainly benefited high status males (at least in the short run - or I would say in the flesh). More generally, according to popular conceptions saying that women should restrict themselves in any way sexually is tantamount to regression and oppression, even if it would unambiguously benefit women. A parallel I see is that certain truths aren't supposed to be spoken (or are outright denied) to the detriment of men and women, and it would be interesting to see the Venn diagram of internet subcultures that recognize this.

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