Word: doored
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...meantime, men are supposed to figure out what won t piss off women. Which seems sort of difficult since half of us practically throw a fit when a man holds the door, and the other half expects to be the first off the elevator. First-year women are not placed on the first floor of Yard dorms for security reasons. Is this sexism or consideration for women, who on the average are physically weaker than men and thus less able to fend off peering tourists...
...that everyone had just becomeaccustomed to holding the door to anyone whowanted to get into the House," he said...
...think it's going to be very differentbecause [the courtyard door] is almost always openanyway," Jenny Chou '01 said...
Last fall, the House committee sponsored a dining hall survey to see if Lowell students supported the change. Abate said 84 percent of those surveyed supported universal access on the courtyard door and entryway doors-the option on the survey that offered the most access...
Abate also said the change will prevent students from holding the door for strangers attempting to enter the House...