Recent college graduation statistics indicate that approximately 56 percent of college graduates this year will be female. That statistic is laudable in that more females are graduating from college than ever before in American history.  

Whether or not some of their degrees in such things as “feminist advocacy” are worth anything is subject for another time. The disturbing and unreported fact about this year’s graduation statistics is that females are not a majority of the 18-25-year-old universe. Males enjoy a slight numerical advantage in that age group but are becoming an increasing minority upon college campuses. This does not bode well for the future of our society, our economy and even for the crime rate.

Recently, the news has surfaced that many of our college campuses have had an epidemic of sexual assaults (including the University of Montana). The White House recently claimed that approximately 20 percent of coeds are sexually assaulted during their college years. If that statistic is even partially true, why would any mother that has diligently protected their daughter from phantom dangers like vaccines and pesticides send their beloved child to an environment that is worse than an African tribal war?   

The real issue here is determining what created this environment of casual sex, rape and violence. For decades, college campuses have harbored some of the most lunatic forms of feminism that condemn the traditional male roles of protector, provider and leader. Combined with feminism’s almost universal rejection of Christianity’s view of women’s role in society, it is ironic that now they are bemoaning the havoc they have wrought.

Perhaps it is time for a new kind of affirmative action. How about a program encouraging the admission of Christian men to college campuses? If a more positive environment for Christian men on college campuses were advocated, the number of sexual assaults on women would decrease. When college feminists denigrate Christian values and ridicule men’s protective role, they only invite the degradation of man’s predatory and aggressive tendencies unrestrained by morality.

Since we are urged to think globally and act locally, this writer asks the following questions: How many male vs. female administrators has the president of Flathead Valley Community College hired? Has FVCC advocated increasing male enrollment in its latest affirmative action policy? Are college feminists interested in gender equity or secular feminist domination?

John Fuller is a resident of Whitefish