{"id":897528,"date":"2021-10-19T10:44:34","date_gmt":"2021-10-19T14:44:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=897528"},"modified":"2021-10-19T10:44:37","modified_gmt":"2021-10-19T14:44:37","slug":"male-college-student-complains-about-cisgender-men-installing-radiator-in-his-dorm-room","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/male-college-student-complains-about-cisgender-men-installing-radiator-in-his-dorm-room\/","title":{"rendered":"Male College Student Complains About \u2018Cisgender Men\u2019 Installing Radiator In His Dorm Room"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmale-college-student-complains-about-cisgender-men-installing-radiator-in-his-dorm-room%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=897528&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>After being notified that contractors would enter his room to install a radiator at famed progressive liberal arts college Oberlin College, where the tuition can run as high as $80,000 a year, a young male college student wrote in the campus paper, \u201cI am very averse to people entering my personal space. This anxiety was compounded by the fact that the crew would be strangers, and they were more than likely to be cisgender men.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Peter Fray-Witzer wrote in Friday\u2019s edition of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/oberlinreview.org\/25000\/opinions\/male-workers-allowed-into-baldwin-unsettling-residents\/\">The Oberlin Review<\/a>&nbsp;that he and other residents of Baldwin Cottage received an email from Josh Matos, the area coordinator for Multicultural and Identity-Based Communities, on October 7.<\/p>\n<p>Fray-Witzer stated that Matos wrote, \u201cI am reaching out to you to give you an update on the radiator project. Starting tomorrow (Friday, 10\/8) the contractors will be entering rooms between 10 a.m. and 8 p.m. to install the radiators. This will mean that they will be in your room for a period of time to complete the work.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI&nbsp;had not been contacted about any sort of radiator installation before this email, so right away the word \u2018update<strong>\u2019&nbsp;<\/strong>stood out to me as untrue,\u201d Fray-Witzer wrote. \u201cI grew concerned reading the second line, which informed me that I had less than 24 hours to prepare for the arrival of the installation crew, and I was further perturbed by the ambiguous \u2018for a period of time.\u2019 In general, I am very averse to people entering my personal space. This anxiety was compounded by the fact that the crew would be strangers, and they were more than likely to be cisgender men.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Noting that \u201cBaldwin Cottage is the home of the Women and Trans Collective,\u201d and Baldwin\u2019s website describes the dorm as \u201ca close-knit community that provides women and transgendered persons with a safe space for discussion, communal living, and personal development,\u201d Fray-Witzer continued, \u201cCisgender men are not allowed to live on the second and third floors, and many residents choose not to invite cisgender men to that space.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Then he segued to his reaction: \u201cI was angry, scared, and confused. Why didn\u2019t the College complete the installation over the summer, when the building was empty? Why couldn\u2019t they tell us precisely when the workers would be there? Why were they only notifying us the day before the installation was due to begin?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Fray-Witzer detailed what followed and his desperation: \u201cThe next day, I waited apprehensively. The workers began installing in<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After being notified that contractors would enter his room to install a radiator at famed progressive liberal arts college Oberlin College, where the tuition can run as high as $80,000 a year, a young male college student wrote in the campus paper, \u201cI am very averse to people entering my personal space. This anxiety was compounded by the fact that the crew would be strangers, and they were more than likely to be cisgender men.\u201dPeter Fray-Witzer wrote in Friday\u2019s edition of\u00a0The Oberlin Review\u00a0that he and other residents of Baldwin Cottage received an email from Josh Matos, the area coordinator for Multicultural and Identity-Based Communities, on October 7.Fray-Witzer stated that Matos wrote, \u201cI am reaching out to you to give you an update on the radiator project. Starting tomorrow (Friday, 10\/8) the contractors will be entering rooms between 10 a.m. and 8 p.m. to install the radiators. This will mean that they will be in your room for a period of time to complete the work.\u201d\u201cI\u00a0had not been contacted about any sort of radiator installation before this email, so right away the word \u2018update\u2019\u00a0stood out to me as untrue,\u201d Fray-Witzer wrote. \u201cI grew concerned reading the second line, which informed me that I had less than 24 hours to prepare for the arrival of the installation crew, and I was further perturbed by the ambiguous \u2018for a period of time.\u2019 In general, I am very averse to people entering my personal space. This anxiety was compounded by the fact that the crew would be strangers, and they were more than likely to be cisgender men.\u201dNoting that \u201cBaldwin Cottage is the home of the Women and Trans Collective,\u201d and Baldwin\u2019s website describes the dorm as \u201ca close-knit community that provides women and transgendered persons with a safe space for discussion, communal living, and personal development,\u201d Fray-Witzer continued, \u201cCisgender men are not allowed to live on the second and third floors, and many residents choose not to invite cisgender men to that space.\u201dThen he segued to his reaction: \u201cI was angry, scared, and confused. Why didn\u2019t the College complete the installation over the summer, when the building was empty? Why couldn\u2019t they tell us precisely when the workers would be there? Why were they only notifying us the day before the installation was due to begin?\u201dFray-Witzer detailed what followed and his desperation: \u201cThe next day, I waited apprehensively. The workers began installing in common spaces, and I could see immediately that they were all men. It was clear that the College had not made a special request that male workers not be allowed onto the upper floors of Baldwin. Predicting when they would reach my room was pure guesswork. I was trying to anticipate whether I would be in class when they arrived, or if I\u2019d have to welcome strangers into my room only to be ejected to allow them space to work.\u201dHe continued dramatically, \u201cWhen the insistent knock eventually came, I scrambled to get my mask on and repeatedly shouted, \u2018Coming!\u2019 through the door. Four or five construction workers stood outside, accompanied by someone who I could only assume \u2014 by his neat polo and clipboard \u2014 to be an emissary of the College. We stared at each other for a moment before I moved aside to allow the workers to enter. The emissary began issuing platitudes that the work wouldn\u2019t take long and encouraged me to prop open my door. I asked meekly if I could actually not have a radiator installed in my dorm. I knew the answer was no before I had even said it, but hey \u2014 worth a shot.\u201d\u201cI left for class, and by the time I had come back, they appeared to be done, though Polo Man warned me that they would return later in the week to check the insulation. Sure enough, they were back the next day. I felt mildly violated and a little peeved,\u201d he wrote.He concluded, \u201cI understand, of course, that installations like this are routine; the College needs to improve its facilities occasionally, and who am I to stand in the way of that? After all, I get a brand-spanking-new radiator, right in time for the cold weather. But why not finish the project during the four months of the summer semester, when the building was unoccupied? Why not alert us earlier to the intrusion? Why didn\u2019t the College make a schedule detailing when the workers would be likely to arrive at each dorm and in each room? They should have taken measures to keep students comfortable and safe \u2014 especially those who have elected to live in a specifically designated safe space.\u201dThe piece prompted commentary online, including:Oberlin College update! Male workers allowed \u2069into dorm to fix radiators. \u201cIn general,I am very averse to people entering my personal space.This anxiety was compounded by the fact that the crew would likely to be cisgender men.\u201d Ht \u2066@KayHymowitz\u2069 https:\/\/t.co\/aY9PQjcbf9\u2014 Christina Sommers (@CHSommers) October 18, 2021Students at Oberlin, which costs $80,000\/year to attend, are angry and scared that the low-paid servants sent to fix their radiators are cis men.Perfect illustration of how shitty identity leftism doesn&#8217;t just ignore class repression but reinforces it:https:\/\/t.co\/I9ceGcGPAY\u2014 Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) October 18, 2021The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. 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