First there was women’s studies. Now there’s … men’s studies? Or did two Columbia University alums get a little too carried away?

The two male alumni sued the university, claiming the women’s studies program violated the rights of males by:

• “aiding the establishment of the religion of feminism,” and
• training “feminist storm-troopers” to demean and abridge the rights of men.

A men’s studies program was needed at the school to teach men how to “recognize and handle the power females often use to manipulate them,” they insisted.

Not so fast, the court said.

To go ahead with the suit, the men had to show they suffered a real, concrete harm. But they weren’t really injured by the women’s studies program, the court concluded. The result? Their claims were slated for dismissal.

Cite: Den Hollander v. Institute for Research on Women & Gender at Columbia University

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