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...American community, male and female, gay and straight. Most objectionable of all is the underlying assumption that it is race that dictates personality, that traits such as slavish imitation, “inscrutability” and “delicateness” are no accident, but the product of birth, and as intrinsic to Asian-Americans as their hair color. It is the racial basis of stereotype, and not any one specific stereotype, that is offensive; for example, a piece exploiting the old depiction of black American men as hypermasculine would be no less deplorable. And yet, oddly...
...every Catholic who uses birth control or has had a vasectomy or an abortion were denied the sacraments, there would be very few people at the Communion rail on Sunday morning. GRETCHEN W. MARING Ellison...
...transgender students—and often, queer students in general—basic issues of bathroom access and housing policy are a bureaucratic nightmare each and every day. When you can be arrested for going in a bathroom that doesn’t match the sex on your birth certificate or you’re paired with a roommate who urges you to “turn straight,” your best bet is often to move off campus. While gender and sexuality studies have been adopted into Harvard’s Courses of Instruction, queer studies professors...
...birth of Columbus Junior goes back to the summer of 1916, when at the age of 29, he was given charge of History 10. Though that course was intended to cover from the time of the Vikings to 1770, and he had meant to prepare his lectures during the summer months, the opening of the College year found the Professor no further than the voyages of Columbus. Says he, "I kept just ahead of the class that year." From that time on the brainchild grew steadily. After a trip to Lisbon had established conclusively that Portuguese claims to prior discovery...
...course, there are risks associated with natural childbirth too. During difficult deliveries, in which the mother is pushing for three or more hours, a baby can suffocate or sustain brain damage in the birth canal. Moreover, up to 5% of vaginal deliveries result in severe tearing of the mother's perineum, which can lead to incontinence and an excruciating recovery...