Thursday, May 26, 2016

College cancels 'Men in Literature' course, says it's too focused on men

College cancels 'Men in Literature' course, says it's too focused on men - The College Fix:
"A “Men in Literature” course taught successfully for eight years at Springfield College has now been canceled after campus officials complained the class was too focused on men.
The popular humanities department-approved course was taught by Dr. Dennis Gouws.
Campus leaders, prior to axing the course, accused the scholar of turning the English class into something of a men’s gender studies class.
In return, Gouws changed the curriculum to appease campus leaders’ concerns — to no avail.
...Perhaps not coincidentally, Herzog and Gouws fractious interactions predate the “Men in Literature” situation.
Herzog had previously denied a request for sabbatical leave for Dr. Gouws in 2014, and had also reprimanded him in an e-mail for missing a “sexual harassment prevention” training to which he had already been excused, the report also said.
What’s more, when Gouws had put up a poster in 2013 bringing awareness to false rape accusations, college officials reported a complaint about the posters contributing to a “hostile environment.”
Dean Herzog then declared the group behind the poster, A Voice for Men, a hate group. 
She cited the Southern Poverty Law Center, an organization famous for labeling many groups that aren’t sufficiently liberal “hate groups.”...

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