University of Alberta women take offense at university president’s vow to draw more men — yes, even white men — onto the campus. They organize a demonstration jokingly referring to themselves as the “femimenace.”

The story:

Women push back
Students take offence to university president’s remarks

By ALYSSA NOEL, SUN MEDIA
Hundreds of posters featuring the “femimenace” and other tongue-in-cheek images were put up around the University of Alberta campus last week in response to controversial comments made by the university’s president.

In an interview published Oct. 21, president Indira Samarasekera said she was concerned by Statistics Canada numbers that indicate women make up 58% of the student population at Canadian universities.

She went on to say a major worry is that 20 years from now “we will not have the benefit of enough male talent at the heads of companies and elsewhere.”

She also said she will be an “advocate” for young white men because, as a woman who is a visible minority, she “can be.”

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