I feel like you're saying "well, if you identify as a woman, you're in--unless you ever identified and/or were forcibly identified by others as a man, even if you currently identify and/or have always identified as a woman, in part or in whole. If you identify as a man, you're out--unless you ever identified and/or were identified by others as a woman, even if you currently identify and/or have always identified as a man, in part or in whole."
In that case, I think I'm being unclear.
I think people should be admitted if they meet any of the following criteria (assuming, of course, that they qualify for admission in other ways as well):
-currently identify as women, in whole or in part -have in the past identified as women, in whole or in part, for educational purposes -have in the past been forcibly identified by others as women, in whole or in part, for educational purposes
I believe people should only be excluded from Bryn Mawr on a gender basis if they do not, and never have, identified as women in any part or whole, and never been identified by others as women in any part or whole, for educational purposes. My reasoning is that Bryn Mawr, as you put it, can't be everything to everyone. BMC's purpose is to address the educational issues that affect women. If someone has been sufficiently identified as a woman, in whole or in part, to have experienced those issues, they belong at Bryn Mawr. If not, they would not receive any benefit from the specialization offered by Bryn Mawr, and should therefore go somewhere else (like our theoretical awesome college dedicated to the ending of the gender binary).
Therefore, for example, I totally think we should admit genderqueer inclusive men, but not necessarily genderqueer exclusive men. I think we should admit both FTM and MTF persons.
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19/4/11 02:01 (UTC)In that case, I think I'm being unclear.
I think people should be admitted if they meet any of the following criteria (assuming, of course, that they qualify for admission in other ways as well):
-currently identify as women, in whole or in part
-have in the past identified as women, in whole or in part, for educational purposes
-have in the past been forcibly identified by others as women, in whole or in part, for educational purposes
I believe people should only be excluded from Bryn Mawr on a gender basis if they do not, and never have, identified as women in any part or whole, and never been identified by others as women in any part or whole, for educational purposes. My reasoning is that Bryn Mawr, as you put it, can't be everything to everyone. BMC's purpose is to address the educational issues that affect women. If someone has been sufficiently identified as a woman, in whole or in part, to have experienced those issues, they belong at Bryn Mawr. If not, they would not receive any benefit from the specialization offered by Bryn Mawr, and should therefore go somewhere else (like our theoretical awesome college dedicated to the ending of the gender binary).
Therefore, for example, I totally think we should admit genderqueer inclusive men, but not necessarily genderqueer exclusive men. I think we should admit both FTM and MTF persons.