FOI #25-109 (03-17-25, 5:35 am)

America's Unofficial War Against Meritocracy : "How Gender Disparities Are Affecting Men" in Vermont Post-Secondary System of Education

Name: Michael Ayele (a.k.a) W

Affiliation: Michael A. Ayele (a.k.a) W ORCID.: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5780-6457

Location: UConn Storrs

Request Date Start: 03/01/2011

Request Date End: 03/17/2025

Details: What I am requesting for prompt disclosure are records in your possession detailing your discussions about [1] Women’s History Month as an event that (i) was first nationally celebrated in 1981 when Congress passed Pub. L. 97 – 28, which authorized and requested the President to proclaim the week beginning March 07th 1982 as ‘Women’s History Week;’ (ii) that celebrates the contributions and achievements women have made over the course of American history in a variety of fields; [2] the manner in which your local/state government has commemorated Women’s History Month in the past; [3] CBS as a news media outlet, which has on (or around) November 12th 2023 published a sexist article wherein it argued that America is in the midst of a “masculinity crisis” because (i) women are doing academically better than men in high-school; (ii) women are attending American colleges and universities at a higher-rate than men after having done better than men in high-school; (iii) women are graduating with Bachelor Degrees from American colleges and universities at a higher-rate than men; [4] the decision of Internet Search Engines (ISE) such as AOL, Bing/MSN, Google and Yahoo not to filter and distort the sexist November 12th 2023 article published by CBS, which explicitly argued that the enactment of Title IX of the Education Amendments Act of 1972 has led to “America’s masculinity crisis;” [5] Michael A. Ayele (a.k.a) W as a Black Bachelor of Arts (B.A) Degree graduate of Westminster College (Fulton, Missouri) who is thoroughly convinced that (i) America doesn’t have a “masculinity crisis” problem, but rather a very huge sexism problem; (ii) America has declared an unofficial war against meritocracy even though the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) recognized in the month March 2022 that America does not have a “masculinity crisis” problem, but rather a very huge sexism problem that needs to be addressed urgently; (iii) there are double standards in America (and the rest of the world) when it comes to properly identifying what’s considered “sexism” and who’s considered a “sexist;” (iv) if women are doing academically better than men in high-school, it’s probably because they worked harder than men to achieve good grades; (v) if women are graduating with Bachelor Degrees from American colleges and universities at a higher-rate than men, it’s probably because they worked harder than men; (vi) that the November 12th 2023 CBS article had sexist undertones because it fails to adhere with the recommendations of the United States Congress to commemorate Women’s History Month by celebrating the contributions and achievements women have made over the course of American history in a variety of fields; [6] the decision of Vermont State University to launch a “Men and Masculinities Program” in Calendar Year 2023 without formally recognizing the existence of systemic misogyny in American colleges and universities...

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