12. Despite obsession w sex, gender, etc., we believe morality involves overcoming bodily inclination/desires, which everyone is free to do.
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23. The reax w Pence is disproportionate, even given the intensity of partisan rancor at the moment.
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24. So what's really at stake? I think secular libs intuitively understand their Kantian outlook is being challenged by Pence's behavior.
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false equivalence. A business lunch with a colleague and an in office meeting with student not same
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That's the difference. Open door office hours helps women. But some jobs require private meetings (e.g., Chief of Staff).
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Are you kidding? You think restricting where/when he meets with women isn't discriminatory against any woman that may want to work with him?
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This arrangement is requested of all professors, not men exclusively. And it's not an appropriate or accurate analogy.
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The analogy is, women can't attend your office hours at all because you can't be alone with them.
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No, they're to protect *all* students from *all* profs, because both are sometimes bad actors, regardless of genders. Totally different.
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If Pence was never alone with *anyone* but his wife, that's a quirk, but nothing to get angry over. But it's harmfully gendered, instead.
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this comparison tells the tale and puts the lie to this analysis. most wouldn't debate that some circs exist where privacy is unwise.
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thus objection is not about fundamental philosophical question, it's about idea that all interactions are comparable to teacher/student
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