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

[Maybach Woyee]

Thanks for the clarification Prof Muula. These stories just like Nsundwe
Police sexual harassment cases need thorough investigations

On Mon, 28 Oct. 2019, 13:42 Adamson S. Muula, <amuula at medcol.mw> wrote:

> 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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