Jan Kerkhoven, a
Stanford
doctoral student in education, was excluded from a class in feminist
methodology after proposing a project that included both men and women
as subjects of research. Kerkhoven, who believes repression of women
is linked to "dehumanization," was excluded for being "not
sufficiently committed to a gender outlook on social reality."
Kerkhoven is male.
The exclusion sparked lunch meetings of the feminist studies
department, talking about "how to deal with uncooperative and
disruptive male students." "I definitely wasn't a disruptive
student," Kerkhoven replied.
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