They hate gender studies for the same reason they hate legitimate journalism: They don’t like people pointing out what they’re doing.
Julian Sanchez
The center-white punditocracy spent ~2 decades sarcastically scare-quoting through takes like "Oh, sure, Oberlin students. Eeeverything's about gender and race. Eeeverything's about how white men perform their masculinity & their whiteness."
Next thing you know: Pete Hegseth & UFC White House Night.