Running Diary- 10.11.07

1:33:30 PM- Today’s topic, gender equality.

1:33:46 PM- Our lunch time speaker begged us all not to go into criminal law. It’s always a good day when you can disappoint someone before you’ve finished lunch.

1:35:14 PM- Today’s class will focus a lot on Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Always a bad sign. Ruthie, like many a Clinton appointee, has never actually read the constitution.

1:41:43 PM- We’ve spent the past several minutes talking about Justice O’Connor. I feel it worth mentioning that Dallin Oaks was passed over for nomination to the Supreme Court in favor of O’Connor. Great moments in legal histroy

1:43:43 PM- Prof. has posed the question “Are men and women equal? How are they different?”

1:45:11 PM- Caleb is getting picked on. Tough nuts Caleb.

1:45:22 PM- Caleb responds, “Boys have a Penis, Girls have a vagina.”

1:46:00 PM- Another student says “Emotionally.” Oh boy. This should be fun.

1:47:37 PM- Apparently, women are better at teamwork. I guess no one in class have ever heard of the A-team. No women on that team, and they were the best team ever.

1:50:40 PM- This seems like an ideal time to point out that the A-team needs to be made into a Movie, starring George Clooney, Ving Rhames, Matt Damon as Face, and Owen Wilson as Murdock. How has this not happened?

1:52:37 PM- We’re now talking about how women express themselves differently than men. So far no one has mentioned that they cry more.

1:53:37 PM- Still no mention of the crying.

1:54:50 PM- Apparently women will have a lower salary than men. My bank account is very grateful for my Y chromosome right now.

1:55:46 PM- Still nothing about the crying.

1:57:59 PM- Prof. asks, "Why are there less women as physicists at top universities?"

1:58:26 PM- We are told there are no wrong answers here. However, there are answers that will earn you public scorn in the class.

2:00:13 PM- Half hour into class and the estrogen is flowing.

2:01:12 PM- A student commits blasphemy and invokes Richard Feynman in a genderist argument. Worse still, she mispronounced his name.

2:04:59 PM- Double Blasphemy, Someone invoked Malcolm Gladwell. Two of my heroes have been mocked in under 5 minutes.

2:05:45 PM- Someone in the class has the balls to say that this is bull. The person with the biggest balls in the class is a girl in the back row. Way to go unknown girl.

2:06:37 PM- Prof. responds “A lot of people with PhD’s disagree with you.” Wow, way to be open minded, Prof. Way to encourage students to form opinions and share them. Truly a great moment in higher education.

2:13:44 PM- We’ve moved on to original intent and the constitution. Does the 14^th amendment apply to women? I’m going to go out on a limb here and say the founding fathers were all feminists.

2:15:04 PM- Wikipedia reveals that Patrick Henry kept his wife chained up in the basement. So much for the feminist theory.

2:16:27 PM- Prof. is hammering home the “Founders didn’t care about women” thing. Hello, I so already knew that, I read wikipedia.

2:20:34 PM- We’re now conceptualizing Gender Equality. Apparently that means we talk about how men are bastards.

2:21:53 PM- We’re talking about a case where women were not allowed to become lawyers, this should be fun.

2:24:32 PM- 55 mintues into class and every man in the room feels uncomfortable. Great moments in higher education.

2:26:01 PM- Prof. opines that women want to be treated the same as men. I agree, and that is why I’m going to start slapping women on the butt after soccer games. It’s my duty as an advocate of equal rights.

2:40:01 PM- We still haven’t discussed the facts of any cases. We’ve talked about some holdings and why they were sexist.

2:41:25 PM- Prof. asks “How many women have been President?” Apparently Jimmy Carter doesn’t count.

2:42:23 PM- Prof points out that no women have served as governor or senator from Nevada. There’s nothing I can write here that won’t get me in trouble.

2:44:33 PM- The estrogen in this room is so thick you could cut it with a knife. After class I may have to go kill something and eat it, just to restore my sense of manliness.

2:47:30 PM- Prof. promises to end in seven minutes. Thank heaven for minor miracles.

2:48:15 PM- Apparently the court does not consider discrimination against pregnant women to be a gender issue. Great moments in Legal History.

2:49:51 PM- Now talking about a case where a man wanted to go to a women’s only nursing school. Dude, wherever you are, surrender your man card.

2:51:42 PM- Apparently University of Nevada Reno started as an all male school. Judging by its football team it has gone all the way in the other direction.

2:54:22 PM- Class is over before we could talk about the important case Prof. wanted to talk about. Great moments in time management.