(Daily Caller)—An English course at the U.S. Naval Academy teaches officer candidates left-wing theories of gender and sexuality, along with elements of Critical Race Theory, according to syllabi obtained by the Daily Caller News Foundation.
The course description for HE 374, Topics In Gender & Sexuality in Literature, begins by tracing the history of gender and sexuality studies from its origin in the women’s studies discipline rooted in the Second Wave Feminism of the 1970’s and 1980’s, according to a syllabus the DCNF obtained via a Freedom of Information Act request. However, the English major course broadens to include studies for future U.S. Navy officers on LGBTQ studies, race, class and concepts informed by Critical Race Theory, which defines people groups in terms of oppressor and oppressed, the syllabus shows.
“Most of the faculty, students, and topics of study in early Women’s Studies programs were limited by being White, middleclass, women,” the female instructor, whose name is redacted but who appears to have served as Dean of the School of Humanities and Social Sciences during that semester, wrote in the course description.
“In the 2000’s, some Women’s Studies Departments renamed themselves Gender and Sexuality Studies in order to better reflect Women’s Studies’ growing interest in exploring Queer Theory, Masculinity Studies, Intersectionality, race, and class. Women’s Studies Programs are feminist at their hearts; Gender and Sexuality Studies Programs are not, and in fact, might even reject feminism for its original focus on White middleclass women.”
Students begin the class by performing a land acknowledgement, the syllabus shows. Students also set the learning outcomes for the course.
The second class period involve study of “theories of gender” and learning about the Genderbread person, a visual made to show a difference between “gender identity,” “gender expression,” “anatomical sex,” “gender” and “sexual orientation.” On the third class period, students create a diversity statement and learn gender and sexuality vocabulary.
Another in-class activity scheduled for week 3 is reading pan-African and socialist civil rights activist W.E.B. DeBois’ “Double Consciousness.”
The primary texts of the course were “The Reproduction of Mothering: Psychoanalysis and the Sociology of Gender” by Nancy Chodorow and “Sexual/Textual Politics: Feminist Literary Theory” by Toril Moi. Both books are critical of conservative ideas about sex and gender.
“Women’s mothering perpetuates itself through social-structurally induced psychological mechanisms. It is not an unmediated product of physiology. Women come to mother because they have been mothered by women,” Chodorow wrote, according to a summary.
Moi’s book imagines a world “beyond the opposition feminine/masculine, beyond homosexuality and heterosexuality,” a review shows.
“While you will be expected to understand both of these books and the theoretical positions they present, you are not expected to agree with them (although you might, and that’s okay too),” the instructor wrote in the syllabus.
Two papers due throughout the semester require students to apply concepts from the two books to other readings from the class. The final paper instructs students to describe their takeaways about gender and sexuality from the class.
Journal entries on the Tacit Racism reading are also required most Wednesdays, according to the syllabus.
Students are also required to respond to articles critiquing “The Passion” by Jeanette Winterson and “Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic” by Alison Bechdel. “Fun Home” is a memoir about a girl coming to terms with her own lesbian sexuality, according to a summary.
The syllabus is not dated. However, the dates on the syllabus correspond to a Monday/Wednesday/Friday schedule that fits the fall of 2021.
“The Naval Academy focuses on respect and inclusion of people of all backgrounds in order to develop well-rounded future leaders in the Navy and Marine Corps,” the academy said in a statement to the DCNF, adding that the course is optional.
“A vast array of intellectual ideas, approaches and theories are mentioned during classroom discussions. The Naval Academy educates midshipmen to be critical thinkers who can analyze issues from multiple perspectives and contexts; our focus is on how to think, not what to think,” the academy said.
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— Armed Services GOP (@HASCRepublicans) December 12, 2023
The DCNF also obtained syllabi for the spring and fall semesters of 2023 as part of the FOIA request.
The Spring 2023 course was divided into three main sections, starting with “an exploration of the masculine/feminine binary,” then moving to “a historical and contemporary discussion of the rejection and empowerment of specific sexualities” and finally the “utilization of Gender and Sexuality to enforce or deconstruct the othering of nonwestern culture,” the syllabus showed.
“This course promises… [to] create a welcoming space for discussion and practice of vocabulary in relation to Gender and Sexuality,” the syllabus states.
The Naval Academy sought a tenure-track assistant professor in Gender and Sexuality Studies to begin work in January 2024, the website shows.
“We welcome subspecialties in disability studies, film, and multiethnic or global Anglophone literature,” the job description stated.
A course description for the class available on the academy’s website advertises students will learn “advanced methods of analyzing literature and culture are taught through a set of focused readings of theories, histories, perspectives, and/or major figures in LGBTQ, women’s and/or gender studies,” including Audre Lorde, Sarah Ahmed, Gloria Anzaldua — who described herself as a “Chicana dyke-feminist” — and Kimberle Crenshaw, a Critical Race Theory scholar.
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It is SOP, a standard COMMUNIST tactic, to state the problem over and over again, while NEVER stating the source or cause of it — — — what the Daily Caller, Heritage, Manhattan Institute and Brownstone Institute do on a regular basis!
Yet we are supposed to believe they are somehow “conservative” organizations!
No mention — NEVER ANY MENTION — that DEI systems, communist political minder systems — were implemented at the PENTAGON and US military by SecDef MARK ESPER during the Trump Administration, the very same administration too spineless, too feckless, to do what Sweden did long, long ago now: shut down all the Confucius Institutes within their nation, correctly classifying them as foreign espionage networks!!!
Yes, the Cult of Trump forever screeches and prattles that he has learned his lesson (while he endorses pro–WEF, pro–CCP types like Dr. Oz [“I swear Covid did not come out of a lab!” Stated the shrill Dr. Oz repeatedly on the Oprah show, no doubt a fellow traveler], still is undecided on the demon Crhstopher Wray of the Stasi/FBI, and thinks the SPIKEVAX is the greatest, while his legal team files Discovery motions too similar to replicating that treasonous RUSSIAGATE HOAX, pure insanity, BTW) —— and during his administration signed the CISA Act of 2018, insuring the institutionalization of election fraud for the future!
Meanwhile, we see the Gaza Caucus in CONgress — need we elaborate on just how sick and depraved this communist—ruled nation has become?!
Yes, all the US Milleytary academies indoctrinate in Maoist/Marxist thought — — that much is a given today!
While the reality of election fraud is being pushed as a fairy tale by the democrats and RINOs, in actuality, the truth will expose those claims as the info continues to accrue confirming fraud. Sadly, those screaming the theory of safe and clean elections are only made up of those standing against Trump….and “his cult”.
Where is Biden and his cohorts in the support of outrageous BS like men can have babies? This is territory of communists/democrat fools working to weaken the military with academy useless BS.
That the USA is being destroyed from within and without by forces allowed through the Obiden regime of freaks, seems to be lost on critical/rational thinking, so called intelligent persons….yet they melt into lowly hate Trump speech.
Not sure what you are referencing with YOUR fixation on Trump?!
One cannot deny that DEI was implemented at the Pentagon and military during tne Trump Administration!
Trump gave away EVERYTHING when the dingaling signed the CISA Act of 2018 — — kiss off future elections – why in perdition did he do that!
Did Deep State’s control shrink or expand during Trump’s time in office?!
It expanded . . .
YOU need to sound a tad more coherent, fellow?!
EXAMPLE: While I somewhat applaud thsir article, it really struck me as BIZARRE when the Brownstone Institute, some months back, ran articles on how CISA and the EI—ISAC network were involved in government censorship of online questioning of election fraud and fraudulent election results, outcome and reportage!?
Never any mention of CISA/EI—ISAC’s involvement in the 2020, 2022, 2023 election fraud??? The “EI” is an abbreviation for ELECTION INFRASTRUCTURE — — — the CISA Act of 2018 shifted AUTHORITY and CONTROL over elections/election security (and Census data and National Security Events — like Jan. 6, 2021) to CISA, with their WEF/commie Advisory Board with the superset of advisors for CISA being SOROS–funded state Secretaries of State – look it up sometime, any anticommunists still remaining in America, however dwindling in number?!?!
They always mention the problems — yet never mention the causes nor sources —— communist propaganda tactics 101!!! No mystery here!
We need to stop this madness and remove the evil sick people who are responsible for pushing it to divide and destroy civilization as we know it .it is not for the benefit of mankind they want to rule like wannabe gods and enslave all remaining people who will suffer terrible things from their rulers .it will be literally he’ll on earth if these sick evil people are not beaten.
As America sinks into the Morass of Ignorance, while it drowns in mediocrity and marxism, Our Military is A LEGITAMARE TARGET FOR THE ENEMIES OF FREEDOM. RESIGN NOW.
These courses are exactly why no morally decent person would consider military service. The evidence speaks for itself as they cannot come close the their recruitment goals.
Supreme logic and sanity — — THANK YOU!!!