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[waterspyder]

I just had a metaphorical argument with my philosophy prof about polyamory.
He equated it to quantity over quality and so the argument is that the polyamorous lover would rather eat 12 hot dogs for dinner rather than a well cooked steak dinner.

I think this was the first time he's had a student ask "But you're still goign to get tired of eating steak dinner every night. What if you could have steak dinner some nights, chicken cordon bleu on other nights and a good glazed ham on others. You would appreciate the other meals more when you had them wouldn't you?"

To which he replied "That's not what the author is saying"

I'm really sick of him using that answer rather than arguing a line of logic.

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[feli-valkyria.livejournal.com]

"I know a lot of women in BDSM who had been abused in the past, but let's think about this. I think the most recent statistic of sexual abuse is that 1 in 3 women by the time they are 30 have been sexually assaulted in some way."

BINGO! The statistics for abused women are already high enough so of course you're going to find a high percentage of just about anything for abused women... saying "all women who have been abused are into bdsm" can not be factual because there are abused women who don't do it at all and there are women who have never been abused who do it too... one really has to be careful with statistics... I've been told that statistics are a lie ;) ... it's too bad that statement isn't true enough for us not to have to learn statistics for most courses, lol...

Hmmm... it is true that in some foreign countries the quality of education is much more exceptional, so I say it is to our advantage if we hire a professor from a minority group as long as s/he meets the position's qualifications ...

I can't remember the numbers but there are low percentages of women with teaching positions in educational faculties, especially with those with tenure ... I don't think the problem is the number of women applying however. I already know many university administrations are quite patriarchal and thus can block opportunities for qualified women professors to teach, so I think that 40% is an admirable goal ...

[waterspyder.livejournal.com]

I think part of the problem lies with tenured professors like the one in charge of this class.

[feli-valkyria.livejournal.com]

yes, especially if they make it to 'head of the department'... who I think tends to do the hiring