t get around that they are
promiscuous. It turns them to jelly every time."

Henry laughed delightedly as he stood up and assumed a lecturer's pose,
unwittingly mimicking the profession he disparaged. As he warmed to
his subject, he walked back and forth across the office, adding
punctuation to his lecture with his body. Jonathan watched him
intently.

"Then there are the most enjoyable ones. They're on the make for any
man who is looking for an easy lay. They trade their ass for any glory
that may fall their way through association. As workers, most aren't
worth shit but they do as they're told. Have to watch them though
because if someone higher than you in the pecking, or ha ha, pecker
order, comes along, they leave you cold.

"Now, so-called liberated professionals, feminists, may become a focus
for women's groups on campus. They get a name for being champions of
women's causes. However, jerk their chain and they are a hodgepodge of
insecurities. They have worked so hard to attain their position and
the prestige and power that goes with it, that they are our best allies
against women's movements and demands for equal wages, in short, any
kind of problem we may encounter."

"How can that be, Henry?" Jonathan was finding the impromptu lecture
not only informative, but very interesting.

"We just put them on committees or hearing panels such as the one
coming up. In appearance, we are being fair by having women
represented, not just women, but women who are vocal regarding their
movement. Actually, because they want so much for themselves, they are
easy as hell to buy. We provide perks that make them feel important.
They get invited to presidential teas, trustee cocktail
parties--anything that puffs them up, makes them feel good--that's the
carrot.

"The committee chair lets them know how to vote and how well pleased
their dean will be with them and voila! Believe me, they well know how
bad it can get if they fall out of favor with the boss. If this isn't
convincing, just indicate to them that they can be made to appear
mentally unstable or morally deviant--that's the stick.

"Very few women fight back or quit a committee even if they become
uncomfortable with what it is doing. Most just keep their heads down
and hope nobody finds out how they voted. I've appointed three women
to the Trenchant hearing panel. Two of them are younger women hot to
trot up the academic success ladder which I jus