Word: dismissiveness
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...cruelly and crassly draw attention away from all the good that feminism has accomplished, such as achieving women’s rights—something many women who take part in such demeaning name-calling apparently take for granted. Any intelligent and considerate person would simply dismiss this as a childish description, but it’s less-distinguishing people that actually believe these things about feminists. Besides, if those dreaded feminists hadn’t worked so hard for equitable treatment and rights, there’s a pretty good chance that no Harvard woman of a later generation...
...This is a hypothetical concern. I ask that you dismiss [the case] and then we can all go home,” Etcitty said to laughs...
This makes the issue of manliness all the more salient because the gender-neutral society tends to dismiss it as incompatible with its ideals. Mansfield warns that male nature—the product of eons of evolution—cannot be put aside in a single generation. Moreover, he makes the case that manliness is worth keeping around for the good that it produces...
...Home educators no doubt have a heightened sense of parental responsibility. While critics dismiss them as oddballs, no one could accuse these parents of taking the easy option. By rejecting school, they commit to a plan that will diminish their earning power and personal freedom for years to come. "There's nothing more artificial in the whole world than a classroom," says Craig Smith, a homeschooling father of eight in Palmerston North, New Zealand. His and wife Barbara's experience mirrors that of many families: having spent the first year or two of home education trying to duplicate the classroom...
...rankings, more so than other rankings (Business Week, Wall Street Journal, Financial Times), are a very good proxy of how hard each school is to get into—and which schools applicants will pick if admitted to both,” he said. “You can dismiss that as a ‘beauty contest,’ but employers really care about that kind of beauty...