While working as a Court Advocate for a battered women's shelter in the early 1990s, I was forced to confront an uncomfortable truth. Feminism, my one true love, had a dangerously punitive side. As I watched prosecutors use the language of my grassroots movement, I realized that the pendulum had swung way too far to the other side. Women could easily report domestic abuse but once the report was made, they lost all control over the proceedings. First lesson for all political organizers: be careful what you ask for. Second lesson, listen to your opponents. Third, use constitutional principles to stay on track.
Besides teaching undergraduates, I've also developed a series Debating Our Rights on the first ten amendments that brings civil discussions on contentious issues to public libraries and colleges. My opinions on Title IX have been published in Inside Higher Ed, Washington Post, aired on NEPR, and lauded on Breitbart.
Meg was hired by Marlboro College in 1999.
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- Department Marlboro Institute for Liberal Arts & Interdisciplinary Studies
- Since 2020