As someone who is, in Tim McKenna's eyes, both a "superfreak feminist" and a "moron," I write in response to his opinion column that appeared in Wednesday's Collegian.

Mr. McKenna's reasoning is so flawed that I originally dismissed the column as a failed attempt at humor. McKenna's argument for the supposed inferiority of women and those with Attention Deficit Disorder is little more than a thinly veiled attempt to incite controversy. While McKenna purports to back up his argument with scientific evidence, he makes only a single, vague reference to biology, relying instead on evidence no more substantial than reruns of Saved by the Bell.

Mr. McKenna is, of course, entitled both to his opinion and to the public expression of it. And, while I find his views narrow-minded at best, I write not to condemn his line of thinking but to urge him to be more thorough in the construction of his argument. Poorly reasoned diatribes and unsubstantiated claims do little to promote discussion or even sway public opinion.

Moreover, to suggest that feminists are a monolithic, undifferentiated group, and to state outright that students with ADD are "dumb," is unproductive, shortsighted and irresponsible.

I know firsthand that succeeding academically with any type of learning difference is an extraordinary challenge. However, neither my own ADD — nor my gender — prevented me from completing a double major with highest honors at Brown University, nor has it affected the 4.0 GPA I have maintained in the two years of graduate study I have completed thus far at Penn State. In short, I can assure Mr. McKenna that his claims are flimsy and unsupported.