Word: basic
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...panelists kept repeating, feminism means different things to different people. But in spite of the imperfectly defined subject matter, the discussion was a success because each panelist gave his or her own definition of feminism at the outset and a uniform opinion emerged--that at its most basic level, feminism is the expectation or demand that women be viewed as equal to men in the eyes of the law and of society...
...limb and expand the basic definition of feminism to which everyone at the panel agreed. Yes, feminism is the demand that women be treated as equal to men. But true feminism is ultimately the humanistic goal that everyone be treated equally in society. We all have a profound stake in the realization of that goal...
...Students (RUS). If they are intended to be support groups for women seeking advice and guidance, excellent. I know women who have been helped by having access to such a comfortable environment. But the problem with RUS is that it limits the discussion of gender equality--the most basic tenet of feminism no matter how you define it--to a discussion most often involving women only. If men and women can agree that we are all equal, surely students of both genders can agree to work together to ensure that equality really exists on campus...
...When you're studying a past civilization, no matter what works you're working with...you're dealing with basic human experiences," he says...
...want to ask basic questions in the first issue," Clark said. "We need to define what a pre-med actually is and what it means to be a pre-med at Harvard...