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Via Campus Reform:
Feminist students at the University of Central Arkansas have received increased attention since school resumed in late August for their reactions to a poster intended to welcome UCA’s Class of 2018.
The posters—which were approved by administrators and students, according to the university—were hung throughout the halls of campus buildings and read: “Welcome to UCA. Meet all the other 2,201 freshman, 3 of whom will be your future bridesmaids.” […]
Some feminists, however, argued that the message was a comment on marriage and took to Twitter to express their anger.
“Because marriage is ALL.WE.THINK.ABOUT at college! @ucabears #womenlead Oh, where’s the one about groomsmen?” read one tweet, according to The College Fix. Another suggested the posters failed to “represent @UCAbear’s progressive spirit.”
One student expressed her disapproval by simply posting a note beneath a poster hung in UCA’s Lewis Science Center.
“The women of Lewis aren’t here for a Mrs. degree, try a different Department,” read the note.
Additionally, UCA’s campus newspaper, The Echo, published a staff editorial on the controversy, arguing that the posters are a comment on “women’s purpose.”
“While the intentions may be good, there are a lot of implications for our society at large here,” wrote one author for the Echo, adding that “as a woman I feel that being expected to get married and have three bridesmaids is isolating. I would be perfectly satisfied with never getting married, and I know many other people feel the same way.”