Spring 2006

Friday Discussions

January 27:  Raunch Culture: Empowering or Demeaning to Women?

January 3:  Abortion: Is There a Middle Ground?

February 10:  Freedom to Marry: The Last Civil Rights Battle?
*Co- Sponsored with Students for Marriage Equality*

February 17:  Is F&M Really Diverse? What the Numbers Don't Tell Us
*Co-Sponsored with Race Matters, Black Student Union, Mi Gente Latina*

February 24:  Coming to America: Is it Time to Slam the Door Shut on Immigration?

March 4:  Honor Killings, Polygamy, Female Circumcision: Cultural Traditions or Human Rights Violations?

March 10:  Is Poverty Gendered? Women Worldwide are the Poorest of the Poor
 *Co-sponsored with International Studies and Office of International Programs*

March 24:  Forgotten Women: What Did They Do and Why Didn't They Get Credit?
 *Co-sponsored with Women and Gender Studies*

March 31:  Chivalry: Is it Dead and Do We Care?

April 7:  Genocide: How Does it Happen and How Can We Stop it?
 *Co-sponsored with Hillel*

April 14:  TBA

April 21:  Female Conservatives: Traitors to the Cause, or Do They Have a Point?