To St. Mary’s College

[Michie]

It was recently announced that in June 2023, the Catholic, historically women’s college St. Mary’s in South Bend, Indiana, made a change to its admissions policy:

Saint Mary’s College is a Catholic women’s college. Saint Mary’s considers admission for undergraduate applicants whose sex is female or who consistently live and identify as women.

I have no connection to St. Mary’s, nor have I ever been a part of an all female institution. I was never even a Girl Scout. But as a woman, an observer of issues impacting women, both in the present and historically, of matters related to education and the Catholic world, I’m moved to comment.

There are a number of angles from which I could begin to explore this – most of which I’ve covered in my commentary of gender issues over the years – but here, I’ll be more limited. I won’t be commenting on – nor should my words be taken to comment on:

• Any individual’s situation or feelings about their situation
• Any individual or group’s mental or emotional state
• The motivations individuals might have for seeking admission to the college under this new policy
• The relationship of sex and “gender.”
• The already apparent consequences of gender self-identification on women
• The impact of males, including males seeking to identify as female – on female-only spaces, whether that be athletics, domestic violence shelters, medical facilities, political or advocacy organizations or interest and hobby groups
• How St. Mary’s oft-repeated claims about the benefits of an all-female environment are subverted by this policy
• Religion. No, not even religion.

Instead, what I’m challenging you about concerns one simple question:

What does this policy say to women about their identity and personhood?

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To St. Mary’s College

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[Michie]

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[RileyG]

Too bad they aren't faithful to Church's teaching..a woman is a woman, not what one "identifies" as. Period.

 

[Jesse Dornfeld]

Sad times. Especially that the justification for this was based on Pope Francis' words.

 

[Michie]

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[RileyG]

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This saddens me. How far our world has become.

 

[Michie]

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