Word: egalitarianism
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Pogrebin, a feminist writer and a founding editor of Ms. magazine, the parental example of an egalitarian marriage is a step toward doing away with sex stereotypes, which "bang people together with a cultural sledgehammer." What is an egalitarian marriage? One in which, for starters, both spouses can correctly answer the following questions...
...three students will probably return to China after graduation and say they'll take with them an image of the U.S. as friendly, prosperous, but perhaps not as socially egalitarian as China. "The rich people here are very rich, and the poor people are very poor--the differences are very great," Jia says. "You can see a lot of old people not being taken care of. I sympathize with them. In China, children have a responsibility to take care of old people...
Like the inmates of Orwell's barnyard, citizens of the Soviet Union enjoy vastly different degrees of power, privilege and material comfort, despite the country's egalitarian ideals. Soviet Communism has theoretically abolished hereditary classes, but it has neither uprooted the ladder of success nor stifled the urge to scale it. While there are obstacles to social mobility in the Soviet Union, those who make it to the top rely on the same factors that lead to success in the West: education, hard work, talent, connections-even corruption...
...Western conception of democracy is particularly unsuited to present-day Nepal, he adds. "We want an egalitarian system, but we want it within the framework of our value system." The Western value system, preoccupied with materialism and status symbols, is not the kind of democracy Nepal needs. "Democracy is not a Campbell's soup mass-produced by Westminster Abbey and Capitol Hill," he asserts. "That is a completely perverted social attitude." Attempts to reform the monarchy are equally misplaced. "So Nepal is a hereditary monarchy. America is an elected...
...also recognize and regret that no conscription system in our country can be fully egalitarian. People with economic means can pursue other options to military services, from fabricating medical deferments to emigrating. During the Vietnam War, there were gross inequities along race and class lines, despite the existence of a draft. Yes, the "volunteer" army is problematic, but its problems reflect those of the larger social context of our country. Only when we achieve full employment and equal access to education, housing and health care will we be able to resolve our severe inequities. These goals are attained...