Anyone else find it ironic that “women” are still referred to as “minorities”?

I visited Pepperdine last Friday and many professors, deans, and students spoke to me and my potential future classmates. I mention the particular school because I don’t know if this is representative of other law schools. I have often thought of the time when, post-law school, I have the opportunity to apply to law firms and look at the number of women working there as related to the number of women who are partners. So while at Pepperdine, I purposely took note that the majority of the people in the audience were women but the majority of the people presenting were not.

This is not a scientific study but it is also not a “well, five of the ten people in my row were women and 4 of the ten people who presented were women”. Generally speaking, as I looked around, I saw about one woman for every man present in the audience. An associate dean was the MC for the first half, and she was a woman. Every other member of staff introduced, discussed, or present was a man. Until, of course, the career councillor and the housing coordinator appeared. I find this very telling.

Here are two articles worth your time about why women should not be accepted into graduate programs for Spanish Literature and Medicine. And why the reasoning behind that kind of statement is absolute bullshit.