Curio Critique # 4: Women studying in a Men’s Only University!
| Sl. No. | Curio Book Title | Year of Publication |
|---|---|---|
| 4 | Journal of Education- A Monthly Record And Review January to December 1897 Vol. XIX | 1897 |
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A letter to the editor of The Journal of Education expressed apprehension about women acquiring a degree from Cambridge University in the following words: “Cambridge is a university founded for men and however much it may benefit women to have membership of this University, if that will injure men’s interests it ought to be opposed...”
Related References
Women have excelled in several fields and today The Cambridge University website has a special page “The Meaning of Success: Insights From Women at Cambridge”
Interestingly enough women have excelled in sports too. For instance, the Cambridge University Women’s Rugby Football team created history by beating Oxford University 52-0. For details please view:
The apprehension of the writer of the letter to the editor of the Journal, a century ago is beginning to bear a kind of foreboding. An article in the Daily Mail Online (24 May 2014) has a bizarre title: ‘Why do my fellow female students join The Harlots and dress in tiny pink hotpants’... and has a rather unpalatable image of female students at Cambridge licking ice-cream off the bodies of male students in a raucous drinking game!
Curio Quest
How have women fared in universities? Can equality of the sexes and student rights be properly balanced?