TW for homophobia“Spare me the diversity seminars”: A sampling of Tom Cotton’s col

TW for homophobia“Spare me the diversity seminars”: A sampling of Tom Cotton’s college columns “Particularly cringeworthy — right from the lede, which began, “Men are simple creatures. It doesn’t take much to please us” — is Cotton’s October 1997 column on what women really want. Anecdotally — based on conversations with a small sample of Harvard women — Cotton concluded that women’s “greatest fear in life” is being left by their husbands. Taking this as the gospel truth, Cotton advocated reform of no-fault divorce laws, lauding a law written by then-Louisiana state Rep. Tony Perkins (now president of the right-wing Family Research Council) providing for “covenant marriages,” whereby spouses could only divorce if there was fault. Such innovative approaches, along with the patriarchal prescriptions of groups like the conservative Promise Keepers organization, would allow women to fulfill their “deepest hopes.” As for those women whose deepest hopes consist of escaping loveless marriages or reclaiming personal autonomy: tough luck, apparently.While Cotton at least offered a condescending and misguided approach to address what he believed to be women’s chief concerns, he was not particularly interested in those of Harvard’s LGBT community. After vandals defaced Dunster House in April 1997 — with homophobic epithets like “FAGGOT!” and “FAG” and “PUSSY!” written on the building — many on campus sought a dialogue on the animus experienced by LGBT students. Not Cotton. To his mind, spraying “FAGGOT!” on the exterior of a residence hall constituted a simple property crime, nothing more; there were no larger conversations to be conducted.“Spare me the diversity seminars and the consciousness-raising seminars,” Cotton wrote. “Just take care of the criminals.”Read the full piece hereHey Cotton!Thanks in advance! -- source link

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