Sometimes I wonder about our education system…
Even in Texas…
Cars are a ‘signifier of status’ and ‘power,’ professor says
A transportation professor at Texas A&M University said that “car culture” and “toxic masculinity” are intertwined.
Professor Tara Goddard teaches urban planning and landscape architecture at TAMU.
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Goddard cited Cornell University philosopher Kate Mann’s views on toxic masculinity and misogyny to define how she uses the word. Mann, according to Goddard, views statements such as “men should be the provider” and “men should be strong” as forms of toxic masculinity.
She also cited Virginia Tech professor Cara Daggett’s research on “petro-masculinity.”
Full article, HERE at the College Fix.
I note that she ‘teaches’ urban planning… I can’t help but wonder how she expects the food to get from the farm/ranch to her ‘urban’ location, or how people are supposed to work the farm/ranch.
I don’t know about y’all, but I’ve seen plenty of young ladies driving big trucks, hauling horses, and doing rodeo by themselves. And I’ve also seen a few ‘little old ladies’ driving F-350s/Chevy 3500 covered in mud to the grocery store around here…
But it’s always ‘our’ (read males) fault that we like trucks… Sigh…
h/t Stretch
Tara Goddard’s educational history indicates she’s a granola transplant that did all of her education in California or Portland Oregon. Where she teaches is about 90-ish miles northwest of Houston (a Democrat enclave.)
Another snippet from the article: { Goddard said she hopes to research “gendered” views on speed limits and how to use technology to limit cars and stop them from speeding. She also wants to look at retraining “upper management folks”
at a department of transportation to make sure they see their own biases. }
Excuse me Ma’am… *holds out a red sphere* You seem to have dropped your clown nose.
IMO, it is more a class divider. When I was in high school way back when, the well to do kids drove to school while the rest of us rode the school bus. Even when I had my driver’s license, I only got to drive when I had football practice or some other event that prevented me riding the bus.
Toxic Masculinity is a term made up by women who NO ONE wants to have sexual relationships with. Clearly a misandrist.
It’s the ramblings of a university professor. If they had sense, they’d ban together and kick a mud hole in the butts of those spouting such nonsense. Unfortunately, most don’t, and people paying good money to hear them pontificate on their ignorance makes less sense.
Well, I’m a-standing on a corner
In Winslow, Arizona
Such a fine sight to see
It’s a girl, my Lord
In a flat-bed Ford
Slowin’ down to take a look at me.
So much for toxic masculinity.
Y’know, there’s a statue at that corner honoring that stanza(?) of the song!
She teaches at Texas A&M?
What I remember from my youth is, when dating a ranch raised girl, don’t put your hands where they are not welcomed.
If it’s not a bought and paid for study to try to shore up upcoming anti gas car regulations, I’ll eat my left shoe.
For people like her, food magically appears at the grocery store.
it’s a sign that there is a lack of originality in academia when they have to keep rehashing the same toxic masculinity garbage.
Sigh… Getting real tired of “feminist” idiots…
Had a snarky comment about her teaching at an ag school because she likes sitting in crap, but that would be an insult to the real Aggies.
All- Good points, and agreed! MC- Probably… sigh
No worse than the professor at FSU who faked a study on racism.
Frauds. All frauds. They should be scourged from the halls of education and forced into the real world to work as laborers or anything not attached to the education system.
The envy that those who achieve nothing, have for those who get stuff done.
If it were left to feminists, we would still be living in grass huts.
……. Starving.
A feminist is a woman living in a society made safe, comfortable and prosperous by the blood, sweat and inspiration of men… whining about “male privilege”
Urban planning is a bit of a crock discipline in other ways.
Civil Engineering projects last a substantial time, so it would make sense to place them and manage them so that you maximised return over the useful life. Thus we get attempts at urban planning.
Where are the problems? 1. We cannot predict populations that far in advance with any degree of reliability. 2. It is mighty hard to control populations. 3. Population preferences can shift hard, fast.
In fact, efforts to control in collaboration with the urban plan, can shift behaviors to kill the basis of the urban plan.
I have seen many professors who seemed reasonable and sane. I am not surprised to find hearsay of another one who is /not/.
I think anyone who is, based on history and the state it is in, expecting that a university is still good may be in for a surprise. I suspect that I may be catastrophizing.
I have many thoughts on the future of tertiary education, they can be heated, and if I am not wrong there is a great opportunity in significantly disrupting the status quo.
Beans- Yeah, saw this this morning…
Peter- True
Bob- Concur!!!