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Originally posted by Bloodslick
That quote is what I was referring to. You don't have to go to the accident scene to know there was a five car pileup because of communication. You don't have to have your arm cut off to get an idea of how sucky a situation it is because of empathy. As far as being scared by anti-male sentiments, tactics and demonstrations goes, I don't think it's about fear. I think it's about anger and resentment. Why would I go to a function where I knew the majority of attendees were ready to scream angrily at me as I entered the door? Even if I didn't know at first, walking in to find that was the case would almost certainly drive me away.
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I agree with you that social injustice is often fought back, inappropriately, with more social injustice. As if racism or sexism could be "counterbalanced" with more racism and sexism, but from the other side. As such, I wouldn't attend such a function either.
It's just that I've never been to such a function, I've never heard of such a function, and I suspect that people who are crying "anti-male" are really getting defensive about something else - the challenge to their political or religious beliefs, perhaps? I don't know. "Anti-male" is not something that I've had experience with, and I attend what might be the single most liberal university in the northeast. Anti-chauvinism? Anti-gender-discrimination? Anti-date-rape? Sure. But let's not confuse them with "you're unwelcome here because you're a man." People who are of collegiate age should be able to distinguish between awareness and accusation.
Furthermore, I find it difficult to believe that this hypothetical "anti-male sentiment" should be substantial enough a part of college life to turn people away. There's so much more to do and to think about, and it's
very easy to avoid political confrontation on even the most vocal campuses. Whether or not anti-male sentiment exists, it's not The Reason that less men are attending university.