Wellesley: Feminist School or Housewife-Prep?

Colleges and Universities A-Z Wellesley College
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<p>Is Wellesley more feminist or more traditional? </p>

<p>I always thought it was like all "girl power," but I saw Mona Lisa Smile and it seemed really like housewife-y...</p>

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<p>certainly you jest?</p>

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<p>hahaha...Mona Lisa Smile was set in like the 50's. Its an extremely feminist school.</p>

<p>I'm in awe of your post, PurpoisePal.</p>

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<p>Lol you're judging based on a Julia Roberts movie...excellent idea. Try visiting the actual school.
It's not really "all girl power" but it's about as far from "housewife prep" as you can get. It's not really super-feminist...it's just filled with hardworking independent talented and confident women who happen not to have any male classmates</p>

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<p>I was slightly kidding ;)</p>

<p>lol Wellesley is actually on my list of potential schools. I know that these are two stereotypes of the school, though, and I wanted to see how you could respond to people who make such comments. Thanks!</p>

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<p>Mona Lisa Smile, while not as terrible as most people make it out to be, does not accurately depict Wellesley as an institution. You will probably find this article interesting (scroll down to page 5 of the PDF).</p>

<p><a href="http://counterpoint.mit.edu/archives/Counterpoint_V26_I1_2004_Feb.pdf%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://counterpoint.mit.edu/archives/Counterpoint_V26_I1_2004_Feb.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>Wow. That was really interesting...</p>

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<p>IHNTA, IJLS "housewife-prep."</p>

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<p>It's hard to peg a campus with extremes. None of the coursework would make the students better housewives, but it's not a radically feminist environment, either. Feminist, yes. Radical, no. </p>

<p>Mona Lisa Smile, according to many alumnae from the time, wasn't at all an accurate depiction of the school or the student body, and it certainly doesn't look like the current Wellesley.</p>

<p>If the spectrum ranges only from Housewife to Feminist, Wellesley sits substantially closer to the Feminist end.</p>

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<p>All the Wellesley housewives I know run major community service projects in their communities as volunteers, they are the most intense women you will ever meet.</p>

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<p>Damn right.
I'm gonna be the feistiest darn tootin housewife you've ever seen.</p>

<p>jk ;]</p>

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<p>Hollywood likes to polarize things. I heard the only true thing Mona Lisa Smile can show you about Wellesley is the awesome outdoor settings.
<a href="http://www.wellesley.edu/PublicAffairs/President/Announcements/monalisasmile.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.wellesley.edu/PublicAffairs/President/Announcements/monalisasmile.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>Despite all that, I actually loved the movie.</p>

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<p>I think Wellesley has every kind of woman (well, except for non-intelligent, of course ;-) ) from feminists to future housewives. Or women like me, I'm a feminist (radical, at that) with dreams of becoming a "domestic goddess." Yes, feminists <em>can</em> be housewives.</p>

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<p>I was kind of kidding when I started this thread,</p>

<p>but I like the answers... ;)</p>

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<p>I think this thread is really funny. I just hope you don't have to be a radical feminist to fit in.</p>

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<p>I love that movie,i dont really think that was real about Wellesley. the director just wants to say sth through the movie. he(or she )NEEDS THE BACKGROUND. just that. he (or she) choose Wellesley,just because it is the most famous one.</p>