Word: chauvinistic
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That does not mean the evolution of intelligence has ended on the earth. Judging by the record of the past, we can expect that a new species will arise out of man, surpassing his achievements as he has surpassed those of his predecessor, Homo erectus. Only a carbon-chemistry chauvinist would assume that the new species must be man's flesh-and-blood descendants, with brains housed in fragile shells of bone. The new kind of intelligent life is more likely to be made of silicon...
Still, The Club does more than simply present a male chauvinist's eye view of turn of the century America. The show's songs deal with just about every crucial issue of the time, ranging from the necessity of a quality cigar ("A Good Cigar is a Smoke") to the merits of tradition ("Following in Father's footsteps"). These numbers are performed with applaudable gusto, as the actors prance and gesticulate in unison. Meanwhile, solo numbers like "He Reminds Her of Her Father" provide a somber contrast to all the antics. One beautifully staged moment occurs during an episode when...
...operatic heroines go, Ariadne is definitely not as sweet as Mimi, nor a resolute as Aida, nor as popular as either But composers from Monteverdi to Rich ard Strauss have invariably had a hard time resisting her charms. That is more than can be said for that noted male chauvinist Theseus, who simply dropped her off one day on a tiny Greek isle. Ariadne's latest operatic reincarnation might not be entirely to her liking either: she appears merely as the voice of a missing statue...
...Genealogy begins at home. Start with yourself, the known, and work toward the unknown. Concentrate on your own immediate family on the father's side. (Genealogy is not necessarily a male-chauvinist pursuit, but families since Genesis have been officially recorded through the male line.) Talk to your oldest living relatives; if possible, tape-record their oral histories (and anecdotes and gossip). Write or interview any other known family members, share notations in family Bibles, business records, scrapbooks; exchange photo albums, diaries, memoirs, letters and official documents such as birth and death certificates, marriage licenses, wills, deeds, land titles...
...there are endless additional examples from the national and international scene. Within this context the Lampoon would have us accept their portrayal of Afro-American people as innocent. It seems that "ignorant" would be a better word. The Lampoon has no intention of discontinuing their particular form of chauvinist propaganda unless the Harvard community takes a strong stand against categorizing this trash as "humor." If the Lampoon does not have the integrity to recognize what they are doing for what it is, then we must. Afro-American, Puerto Rican, Asian-American, white, men and women, all of us must take...