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Women’s issues and female oppression will be the topic of the next Reeder Scholars discussion, April 24 at 8:45 p.m. at 225 Reeder Street. Dessert will be served.
The debate will be hosted by Reeder Scholars Lia Mandaglio ’08 (Annandale, N.J.), a psychology major, and Caitlin Kelly ’08 (Cutchogue, N.Y.), a biology major.
They will focus on women’s issues that are often neglected in mainstream American culture, such as, the legalization of prostitution, depictions of women in American popular culture, and “stay-at-home motherhood.” The discussion will draw connections between these issues and what role they play in female identity development.
“We will attempt to challenge cultural assumptions about women and brainstorm other ways in which females suffer from and can overcome oppression,” says Kelly.
Named for its Reeder Street residence, the Reeder Scholars program borrows its basic structure from the McKelvy House Scholars program – regularly holding discussions open to the campus and organizing activities both on and off campus – but its students are determined that the program have its own distinguishing characteristics.
Past Discussions
March 3 – New Religious Movements
Feb.26 – Faith and Reason
Jan. 29 — Farm Sanctuary’s Peaceable Kingdom
Nov. 29 — Music and Society
Nov.15 – Discussion
Nov. 1 – Gender Differences
Oct. 25 – Sex
Oct. 18 – Human Animal
Oct. 11 – Guilt
Sept. 27 – Consumer Behavior
Sept. 20 – Human Nature
Sept. 13 – Food as a Cultural Identity
Sept. 3 – Offensiveness and Media