Colleges: the first bastion of the Gynarchy

The first bastion of the Gynarchy was in its colleges. With more Women enrolling, graduating and taking professorships each year, college campuses became more and more Feminine, shaking off the yoke of their patriarchal foundations. 

The push for Female Supremacy in colleges began with the realisation that male attendance at university was harmful for cis and trans Women. Sexual assaults, constant interruptions and mansplaining, harassment, Women made to feel uncomfortable and unsafe at night from loud packs of drunken men. These, the unthinkable conditions of the patriarchal dark ages, were what the Founding Women were up against.

Earlier efforts to combat the problem of male behaviour at academic institutions had been largely unsuccessful. Attempts to improve college culture through protest and gradual reform changed little, the problems of patriarchy still poisoning campuses and preventing Women from feeling safe. Small pockets of Feminist students met, at first in secret, to debate more radical ways to address the problem of men.

What emerged was an underground movement that declared men to be an unacceptable obstacle to the education and bettering of Women. Feminist scholars argued that Women, who under these oppressive conditions were already outperforming men academically, could thrive in an environment free from danger. No longer would Women put up with being interrupted by arrogant and less capable men, no longer would they put up with feeling unsafe walking alone on campus at night. Gradual reform had failed, and drastic steps had to be taken.

Though its main architects had their background in the then-fledgling Supremacist Feminist Theory, the movements' messaging was broad, bipartisan and resonated with even the most traditional Women. Social media networks allowed the movement to spread quickly throughout college campuses across the country. The message was simple: men are a danger to the education of Women, and must be removed from our universities.

The movement took the governing bodies of the universities by suprise. Large numbers of Women began attending student union meetings, standing as candidates for office and proposing radical legislation aimed at reducing the influence of men on campuses. The vulnerability of the system became apparent when Supremacist Feminists Presidents were elected in every university in the country on the back of mass engagement in elections that had always suffered from low turnout.

Almost overnight, the institutional makeup of these institutions had changed. Every elected office was suddenly filled by radical Supremacist Feminists who immediately began putting forward legislation aimed at empowering Women students. The agenda of student union meetings changed from inane debate about drink prices in the union bar to how the legislative process could be used to protect Women by curtailing the rights of men.

The quick rise to elected positions of the Supremacist Feminists led to the first division in the movement. The most radical and committed of its Leaders remained adamant that campuses would only be safe with the complete removal of men. They were challenged by the more liberal wing of the Supremacist movement, who argued that certain men should have the right to continue their education, as long as they proved themselves committed to the new values of the Supremacist movement. 

The student governments who had come before them lacked the ability to institute change; their ego-driven predecessors had neither the inclination or the competence to pass meaningful legislation, masking the fact that these offices held significant power if used effectively. The factions of the Supremacists did not have this problem, and were able to hash out a compromise in mere days - further evidence, they saw, that their gender were naturally superior leaders.

The Lady Margaret Compact

Named for the first Women-only college at Oxford, the Supremacists' first serious piece of legislation was drafted and signed by all leaders of the movement. It contained a compromise that would ensure the safety and empowerement of Women at universities while allowing certain men who were deemed acceptable to continue their studies under restricted conditions. A brief outline of the Compact reads as such:

The Lady Margaret Laws of British Universities

Principles and Mission Statement:

The Officers and Members of the Student Union Movement agree that men pose an inherent safety risk to the education of Women. men have been found guilty of endangering Women on campuses across the country: their crimes of sexual assault, harassment and chauvinism will no longer be tolerated, and a blanket ban on male enrolement at universities will be instituted. 

Women are the superior gender, evidenced by academic, social and political success despite the forementioned oppression, and their education is to be treated with the utmost reverence and importance. Select males will only be permitted to continue their education if they agree to sign up to the new laws imposes.

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