Cornell student strips to present senior thesis (interview, speech, school)

[The Dark Enlightenment]

“Strip, everybody!” said Letitia Chai ’18, as she stepped up to give her college scholar senior thesis presentation in a conference room in the Physical Sciences Building. Immediately after, 28 of the 44 people there slowly started to remove their clothes.
Chai led the demonstration Saturday morning after a clash with a professor earlier in the week, where the professor allegedly questioned her choice of clothing for a trial run of her thesis presentation on rehabilitation for displaced people and refugees.
...according to Chai, the incident worsened after [Professor] Maggor came out of the theater. She asked Chai what her mother would think of Chai’s clothing decision, to which Chai responded, “My mom is a feminist, gender and sexuality studies professor. She’s fine with my shorts.”

The poor oppressed young woman.

The evil patriarchal professor.

[prospectheightsresident]

Student Presents Thesis In Underwear After Professor Questions Choice of Clothing | The Cornell Daily Sun

[momonkey]

Originally Posted by prospectheightsresident

Student Presents Thesis In Underwear After Professor Questions Choice of Clothing | The Cornell Daily Sun

Asserting one's right to be an idiot is not empowerment.

[The Dark Enlightenment]

Originally Posted by prospectheightsresident

Student Presents Thesis In Underwear After Professor Questions Choice of Clothing | The Cornell Daily Sun

Thanks. I meant to include that link.

[Salmonburgher]

The poor oppressed girl.

She's attending an excellent and expensive school. She's traveled all over the world. She's interned with exiled Tibetans.

And she feels that she is oppressed?

[xray731]

OMG - so many on Facebook supporting her - feminists' minds are skewed - the girl is a wack job and I'd be embarrassed if she was my daughter. Presentation of a thesis is like going to an important job interview - you dress to impress but neutral so as not to divert the employer's attention away from what you are saying. She needs to go back to the Tibetans.

[pknopp]

Interesting.......so her argument is that she can impress people with her speech no matter what she is wearing. Seems to me an interesting thesis in itself.

[Salmonburgher]

Girls are really, really dumb.

You know all the guys supporting her just wanna see her in her gutchies (underwear).

But, if a guy had suggested that she give her perfomance in her gutchies, there would have been condemnation and cries of "toxic masculinity"!

You can't make this stuff up...

[moneill]

Originally Posted by Salmonburgher

Girls are really, really dumb.

You know all the guys supporting her just wanna see her in her gutchies (underwear).

But, if a guy had suggested that she give her perfomance in her gutchies, there would have been condemnation and cries of "toxic masculinity"!

You can't make this stuff up...

What a stupid argument.

Guys see more at the beach than what most women wear as gutchies (who uses that word).

And more importantly, the woman CHOSE to make her statement in that way and it is very different than being TOLD to make her statement that way.

And if you don't get the not so subtle difference -- that speaks to your character not hers.

[Salmonburgher]

Originally Posted by moneill

What a stupid argument.

As I made no argument, your statement above is... stupid.