[Civsoc-mw] Andrea Long Chu on Her Debut Book, ‘Females’

[Adamson S. Muula]

I will respond MB because wrt (with respect to) the recent social media
issues regarding lecturers at UNIMA-University of Malawi. The recent
stories were framed for God knows what reasons. The College of Medicine has
instituted an investigation on the matter and one hopes that the findings
of such investigations. My understanding now is that none of the "accused"
has been summoned yet. My understanding is that all of the accused want to
appear before the inquiry as they believe they were all framed.
I would add that due to the seriousness of the allegations, other CSOs and
governmental agencies do their own inquiries to come to a complete
conclusion.

You may know I was mentioned. I do not set exams and have no marks to give.
The allegations wrt marks were therefore absurd as there are no marks to
trade. I assure you that the inquiry will come up with nothing. This is not
to say that these things may not be happening within the wider
institutions. I just do not know.

adamson

On Fri, 25 Oct 2019 at 20:46, Maybach Woyee <mbchwoyee5 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Stories of sexual harassment are rampant in Malawi, why? I am very
> disappointed to hear about Police harassing women in Nsundwe likewise
> lecturers at University of Malawi demanding sexual favors for Mark's with
> young girls. This is pathetic
>
> On Thu, 24 Oct. 2019, 07:39 Adamson S. Muula, <amuula at medcol.mw> wrote:
>
>> Sounds reasonable to me/ and if anything, everyone starts of pretty much
>> as a female when forming in the womb!
>>
>> On Thu, 24 Oct 2019 at 04:51, Tony Thontholani <tonytontho at yahoo.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> In her first book, *Females*, out later this month, she posits a new
>>> theory about gender and sexuality, starting with the contention that
>>> “everyone is female.” (“I get criticized for projecting a lot,” she says
>>> dryly.) In Chu’s usage, female is a “universal existential condition,”
>>> defined by submitting to someone else’s desires. For example, even if you
>>> conceive of yourself as an alpha male who likes to top in bed, the desire
>>> to dominate is ultimately its own form of submission. “A top,” says Chu,
>>> “is just a bottom folded into another shape.” So why does she insist on
>>> calling a universal condition “female”? “Because everyone already does,”
>>> she writes. Women are the “select delegates” of this state of being.
>>>
>>>
>>> https://www.vulture.com/2019/10/andrea-long-chu-on-her-debut-book-females.html
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