Depends on the department somewhat. I had an anthropology professor who, while rather far left-leaning, was also very socially conservative on specific issues. She brought up a few matriarchal cultures and what-not and emphasized motherhood a bit, yet while trying to get her doctorate thesis going she kept bumping heads with a bunch of career feminists who were essentially anti-motherhood in general.
She wasn't a TERF either, at least at the time, being a strong proponent of gender spectrum nonsense. I didn't entirely agree with her opinions on a lot of things, but I at least respected her as a decent person otherwise. But I won't deny that she was part of the same system that was actively brainwashing a lot of college students, even if she was well meaning and somewhat duped.
I have met people who study cultures directly and know what they're talking about. It's why I always check how they did their study first. I've discovered that people in other fields have no idea how anthropology or history work. Computer science is right out.
I've been told the only way to find out information is to sit in a formal interview to do anthropology. We haven't done that in decades. It doesn't work, because it's so out of the norm for the interviewee that they either lie or tell jokes the interviewer won't get.
Depends on the department somewhat. I had an anthropology professor who, while rather far left-leaning, was also very socially conservative on specific issues. She brought up a few matriarchal cultures and what-not and emphasized motherhood a bit, yet while trying to get her doctorate thesis going she kept bumping heads with a bunch of career feminists who were essentially anti-motherhood in general.
She wasn't a TERF either, at least at the time, being a strong proponent of gender spectrum nonsense. I didn't entirely agree with her opinions on a lot of things, but I at least respected her as a decent person otherwise. But I won't deny that she was part of the same system that was actively brainwashing a lot of college students, even if she was well meaning and somewhat duped.
Somewhat duped is half of academia. The other half knows and either chooses to continue or wants to sell it.
I have met people who study cultures directly and know what they're talking about. It's why I always check how they did their study first. I've discovered that people in other fields have no idea how anthropology or history work. Computer science is right out.
I've been told the only way to find out information is to sit in a formal interview to do anthropology. We haven't done that in decades. It doesn't work, because it's so out of the norm for the interviewee that they either lie or tell jokes the interviewer won't get.