I’ve never considered myself a blue-haired feminist. I didn’t see “Barbie.” I like wearing dresses and I enjoy going to the traditional Latin mass.  

But I’m tired of sexism on this campus. I had never encountered anything like it before coming here. Like most conservatives, I would scoff at people who argued that sexism is still a problem. “What world are they living in?” I thought. “No one thinks like that anymore.”

Sadly, I have been proven wrong. I don’t think the majority of Hillsdale students have fallen into this delusion, and I’ve never felt unsafe or threatened here – but I do get annoyed. Here are a few examples worth mentioning.

A male classmate unironically argued that the recent predator on campus should be freed from jail because “sex offenders aren’t a big deal.”

I’ve witnessed multiple guys make derogatory and demeaning jokes about women — repeatedly and in public. This has twice happened in front of a friend who suffers PTSD from childhood sex abuse and manipulation.  

I’ve even heard several women seriously argue that women are intellectually and creatively deficient compared to men. It’s not my business if you want to live under that mindset, but monopolizing conversation at a Saga table to state it as objective fact is just bizarre.

The unholy resurrection of this mindset has unfortunately stemmed from several prominent conservative figures, such as Candace Owens, who are understandably frustrated by the cultural attack on men. But while they diagnose the problem correctly, they arrive at the most incorrect conclusions possible. Sorry to break it to you, but propagating the most tired rhetoric in human history is hardly a novel or revolutionary act.

Sexism and the degradation of women isn’t “based” or “trad.” It’s asinine and disgusting. And I would hope that any Hillsdale student — especially a Christian — would know better.

Let’s not prove the leftists correct that conservatives are a sexist bunch. At the very least, keep those conversations out of Sunday brunch.