I see very little difference between this attitude and the attitude of the Maine legislators who want to (somehow, they're really not sure how) bar people who don't appear to meet some kind of necessarily arbitrary standard of gender presentation (they're not really sure what standard) from using a gendered resource (in the case of Maine, gendered bathrooms).
The main difference I see is that the Maine legislators haven't really thought the thing through and are getting confused in trying to, and are admitting that they're openly biased; the colleges seem to really be heavily invested in subtlety and deny their biases rather than investing in the same honesty they espouse and try and instill in their students. I find that disappointing and beneath them.
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28/4/11 18:17 (UTC)The main difference I see is that the Maine legislators haven't really thought the thing through and are getting confused in trying to, and are admitting that they're openly biased; the colleges seem to really be heavily invested in subtlety and deny their biases rather than investing in the same honesty they espouse and try and instill in their students. I find that disappointing and beneath them.