This letter concerns Monday’s article by Susan Kehoe titled “Women’s studies courses receive criticism”. Kehoe cites an article released by The Independent Women’s Forum that described women’s studies courses at the university level as “overly liberal and political”. Unfortunately (and typical of what is deemed “journalism” these days), she failed to explain that The Independent Woman’s Forum (IWF) is a right leaning organization that only calls itself “independent” for the sake of its own agenda.
The IWF has consistently right leaning platforms on nearly all of the issues facing both women and men in our society. Since their inception, this organization has consistently ridiculed NOW, NARAL, and other legitimate women’s political organizations- calling them “self proclaimed feminist organizations” and “out of the mainstream”. Kehoe writes her article with the pretense that the IWF’s “findings” were scientific and academic in nature. One need only check out the IWF’s website to see that this is not the case (www.iwf.org).
Phil GoldbergGraduate student
