When Women Become Men At Wellesley Summary

After reading the passage “When Women Become Men at Wellesley,” by Ruth Padawer I came to conclusion that transgender students should be allowed to get an education in a same-sex institution like Wellesley College because these students are or were identified as women once in their lifetime. In institutions like these is what they require to be accepted to their education system, something to proof that they are a woman; if that is a problem title IX is there to be used for the help against gender discrimination. Although same-sex institution lose their identity by admitting women in the transition of becoming a man, these campuses offer equality for all the students. But sometimes they can run in conflicts like one Timothy came across while …show more content…
The ‘Campaign to Abstain’ argument was simple: Of all the people at a multiethnic women’s college who could hold the school’s ‘diversity’ seat, the least fitting one was a white man” (1). Women identifying themselves as men can be stopped by a college mission statement, for example, “[w]e’re first and foremost committed to being a women’s college” (9). The school president of Mount Holyoke said regarding to the main purpose of women institutions annunciation; to be stronger without mens influence by avoiding conflicts with them. With this is mind, the anonymous person who started to influence others by facebook page pointing out the reason why women colleges exist; to keep away from men ruling positions and let women have freedom. This fights Timothy, a trans man running for a ruling position which sets him back because of what he identifies himself. However, Padawer explains how a campus based on same-sex education has become a place of equality after the instance of timothy, that includes others who identify themselves as a man born a woman, “[a]t Wellesley, Smith, Mount Holyoke and others, they and …show more content…
At many schools, they have also taken leadership positions long filled by women: resident advisers on dorm floors, heads of student groups and members of college government. At Wellesley, one transmasculine student was a dorm president. At Mills College, a women’s school in California, even the president of student government identifies as male” (2). Equality is performed by the fact that same-sex institutions have let trans-men take positions usually taken by students who were born women. This makes same-sex institutions “a place where gender could be reimagined” (Padawer 5). But although most same-sex colleges have not become clear about their stances on transgender issues the latest news have come from Mount Holyoke College that, “[i]t would admit all academically qualified students regardless of their anatomy or self-proclaimed gender, except for those biologically male at birth who still identify as male. In a list that reflects just how much traditional notions of gender have been upended, Mount Holyoke said eligible candidates now include anyone born biologically female, whether identified as woman, man, neither or