Word: carlock
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Carlock, of course, is the president of the Fly Club, which this week voted to continue a proud 158-year tradition of sexism by not admitting women. If you ask Carlock, the club's decision is in the best interests of the women it refuses to admit. "After all," he says, "what women would enjoy a community that is mixed about their presence...
...does have a point. No woman in her right mind would likely enjoy spending time with sexists like Carlock and Co. So why aren't Harvard women expressing their gratitude...
Maybe because they see through Bobby Carlock's hollow, paternalistic attempt to explain the Fly's action. "I think it's crap," says Megan E. Lewis '95, president of the Radcliffe Union of Students. "That comment in particular is evidence that they just don't want women in the Fly because they want their club to stay...
Still, the vote is intriguing for two reasons: first, because it represents a flip-flop from the club's position of late last year, when members voted to begin admitting women this fall; and second, because of the sheer stupidity of Carlock's subsequent statements...
...fact, take Carlock's quote, substitute the words "Black person" for "women," and you have a phrase right out of the 1950s South. The explanation is a tired one: in the 1950s, racists said Blacks shouldn't be allowed in white-only establishments because they would feel uncomfortable there. Similarly, Carlock is saying today that women shouldn't be allowed in the final clubs because they'd have a tough time fitting in with all those sexists. How thoughtful...