Item Information
Title
"Survival Notes: Dangerous People Loose on Campus," A Handbook for Women, Fall 1971
Description
"Survival Notes: Dangerous People Loose on Campus," A Handbook for Women, Fall 1971. Performed by Elizabeth Corley Megel.
Creator
PlayMaker’s Repertory Company in collaboration with the University Archives at Louis Round Wilson Library
Date
2021
Language
English
Identifier
https://exhibits.lib.unc.edu/items/show/7588
Transcription
A Handbook for Women, Fall 1971
Survival Notes: Dangerous People Loose on Campus
Orientation counselors and housemothers who tell you about "acceptable" places here for proper young ladies to be seen, (If viewed correctly, this can be helpful; anything not mentioned is bound to be good.)
Professors who:
Grade you up for sitting in the front row.
Refuse to call on female students, and when they do, don't take their comments seriously.
Make comments to you, in person or on your written work, that criticize you personally as a woman, and go beyond academics.
Employ different criteria for evaluating their male and female students: Did he write a good exam? Does she have a nice smile?
Patronize you and treat you like a child.
Adopt the old "lay for an A” policy.
Ignore the existence/relevance/significance of women in their subject matter: Were there no women in American history from 1860 to the present?
Advisors who:
Encourage you to take easy courses because you don't really need to learn here.
Discourage you from majoring or taking courses in "male preserves" such as science or math.
Disapprove of your thesis or dissertation topic because it focuses on the "insignificant" topic of women.
Anyone, including yourself, who says:
"Intelligent women are emasculating." "Your credentials are fine, but can you type?"
"Don't worry your pretty head about school."
"A smart women never shows her brains."
"You're not like other women; you're bright."
DON'T TAKE IT PERSONALLY; IT HAPPENS ALL THE TIME.
Survival Notes: Dangerous People Loose on Campus
Orientation counselors and housemothers who tell you about "acceptable" places here for proper young ladies to be seen, (If viewed correctly, this can be helpful; anything not mentioned is bound to be good.)
Professors who:
Grade you up for sitting in the front row.
Refuse to call on female students, and when they do, don't take their comments seriously.
Make comments to you, in person or on your written work, that criticize you personally as a woman, and go beyond academics.
Employ different criteria for evaluating their male and female students: Did he write a good exam? Does she have a nice smile?
Patronize you and treat you like a child.
Adopt the old "lay for an A” policy.
Ignore the existence/relevance/significance of women in their subject matter: Were there no women in American history from 1860 to the present?
Advisors who:
Encourage you to take easy courses because you don't really need to learn here.
Discourage you from majoring or taking courses in "male preserves" such as science or math.
Disapprove of your thesis or dissertation topic because it focuses on the "insignificant" topic of women.
Anyone, including yourself, who says:
"Intelligent women are emasculating." "Your credentials are fine, but can you type?"
"Don't worry your pretty head about school."
"A smart women never shows her brains."
"You're not like other women; you're bright."
DON'T TAKE IT PERSONALLY; IT HAPPENS ALL THE TIME.