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Wednesday 18 October 2017

Women's and gender studies and more serious matters


"If civilization had been left in female hands, we would still be living in grass huts." - Professor Camille Paglia


I spotted this video of Professor Camille Paglia on Twitter @YeyoZa explaining why women's and gender studies departments should be defunded. I found it rather amusing after all the feminist claptrap which has infected the Anglican Church over recent years.

The so-called glass ceiling in the secular world was broken years ago. There is no shortage of women presenters, commentators, interviewers, interviewees, etc, etc, etc but still Women And The Church (WATCH) and their allies whinged on, insisting that the church followed to set an example! So the stained glass ceiling has been shattered, as has the Anglican Church in Great Britain with further decline shown in the latest report.

For people who follow the downward spiral of the Church in Wales, the name of the Archdeacon of Llandaff will spring to mind. She torpedoed any meaningful alternative provision with her phony Code of Practice and is now a leading light in MAE Cymru, the WATCH sister organisation in Wales.  MAE Cymru stands for ‘Merched a’r Eglwys’ (‘women and the church’). Their priority is parity dressed up as equality to ensure that merit plays no further part in the selection process.

The  bishop of St Davids and the bishop of Llandaff are happily obliging with their first appointments, the first female Dean of St Davids and the bishop of Llandaff's new female chaplain. Both bishops are keen on advancing LGBTQI+ issues leading to more confusion especially among the young and vulnerable as the traditional male role model ceases to exist.

Reported in the GuardianMore than 60 children a day calling Childline with suicidal thoughts. Figures from Childline represent a 15% increase on the previous year. They list four main HELP categories: Sexuality,  Peer pressureFaith and religious bullying, and Sexual abuse.

Social networking provides opportunities for contact undreamed of by a generation which recalls the age of the Telegram as the deliverer of urgent, often unwelcome, news. Today children can be in contact with anyone anywhere in the world and there are plenty of predators eager to exploit any opportunity leading children, literally, to expose themselves creating a vulnerability to be exploited.

Quite often children are much smarter than their parents when it comes to IT. They have tablets to aid their school work and smartphones to keep in touch, but with whom? The Xbox and similar consoles provide further opportunities for exploitation by the unscrupulous with parents often unable to keep tabs on all the electronic opportunities which many parents do not understand or ignore so long as their children are occupied.
 
Added to this, image, particularly among girls has reached crisis proportions. I often find it incongruous listening to an overpaid, excessively made-up presenter reporting on women struggling to feed their children. No heavy make-up with plucked and painted eyebrows for them. They are the grim reality, the victims in a society obsessed with image. So much so that if a boy prefers to be seen as a girl or vice versa he/she is actively encouraged while ignoring the well documented dangers suggesting a re-run of the problems complained of by Professor Paglia.

I see from the Telegraph in that the latest twist in the transgender debate is about to engulf the Monks of Mt Athos who fear that a new law will allow people to change their gender letting women into their all-male sanctuary.

Amidst all this so-called equality, inequality has become more marked. Just try joining a women's group as a man if you doubt it. Where will it end?

Postscript [19.10.2017]

'Heartbreaking' rise in self-harm among young teenage girls
Self-harm among young teenage girls rose nearly 70 per cent after 2011, due partly to “extreme” obsession with social media compared to boys, a new study has found. Full report here.

4 comments:

  1. May be the Dean of Llandaff was attending a gender studies lecture, last night? It would possibly account for his absence - again - from Evensong (solemn for the feast of St Luke). Less than 20 people present. Most were parents of the girl choristers (who are very welcome, of course). But few others who had specifically come to keep the feast. Perhaps they are following the Dean's example, and staying away from worship has become the norm?

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    1. Maybe after his several sermons encouraging "subversives" to "get out" of the Cathedral, the Dean has simply decided that if you can't beat 'em, join 'em! The "subversives" probably attend more services at Llandaff than he does.

      Grumbles on the Green report there's nothing unusual about the Dean being AWOL for weekday services. I'm curious to know if Capon might be found elsewhere on selected Tuesday mornings:
      https://www.rogersjones.co.uk/en/past-sales

      and whether his upcoming week off also includes a trip to Colwyn Bay on Tuesday 31st Oct:
      https://www.rogersjones.co.uk/en/calendar

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    2. Rest assured Silent if he sets foot in Abergele Road, Colwyn Bay then the Ancient Briton will be the first to hear of it and a full inventory of his purchases will be supplied together with the hammer prices.

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    3. Under the heading of "more serious matters" this could so easily be Llandaff.

      https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/oct/19/tourist-killed-by-falling-masonry-in-famous-florence-church
      "A 52-year-old tourist from Spain has been killed by falling masonry in one of Florence’s most famous churches, the Basilica di Santa Croce.
      The fatal accident at the church where Michelangelo, Galileo Galilei and Niccolo Machiavelli are buried raised questions about the state of Italy’s many ageing and fragile monuments."

      The fact that the Quinquennial report and the full costs of required repairs identified therein remain undisclosed to the public continues to suggest an on-going cover up.
      Until another tourist gets killed.

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