Word: coded
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...answer for the gender theorists has to do with the value they place on the "text." The "text, they believe, is the alpha and omega of existence; it is through the text--be it a bible, a play, a legal code, even a film--that we mediate our lives. Words and language creates our "subjectivity," not the other way around. So to these fashionable theorists, gender is a mere social construct; no mushy meshing of sex membranes influences sex roles...
Daniel M. Hennefeld '99, a member of PSLM, took the microphone and outlined the group's demands for a strict University code of conduct against sweatshops...
...Failure to comply with a disclosure requirement, like failure to comply with other provisions of a code, will be taken into account as we decide whether to begin or continue relationships with licensees...
...Writing the code itself is pretty simple," he said. "It's getting the details on monitoring and enforcement that's difficult...
...General Counsel and Harvard's chief negotiator on the issue, the University will not adopt a separate policy until the Ivy League schools work out a uniform agreement. But someone has to take the first step, and this leadership responsibility should fall onto Harvard's shoulders. A successful University code against sweatshops--one which has involved students in its development and implementation--would send a powerful message to the outside world...