Word: equal
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...spite of the imperfectly defined subject matter, the discussion was a success because each panelist gave his or her own definition of feminism at the outset and a uniform opinion emerged--that at its most basic level, feminism is the expectation or demand that women be viewed as equal to men in the eyes of the law and of society...
...limb and expand the basic definition of feminism to which everyone at the panel agreed. Yes, feminism is the demand that women be treated as equal to men. But true feminism is ultimately the humanistic goal that everyone be treated equally in society. We all have a profound stake in the realization of that goal...
...women at Harvard. The nitty-gritty details get more complicated, of course. The most proactive feminist on the panel defined feminism as a way of life. The conservative males in turn said that feminism was in fact a legal force that had succeeded in its goal of making women equal...
...Radcliffe Union of Students (RUS). If they are intended to be support groups for women seeking advice and guidance, excellent. I know women who have been helped by having access to such a comfortable environment. But the problem with RUS is that it limits the discussion of gender equality--the most basic tenet of feminism no matter how you define it--to a discussion most often involving women only. If men and women can agree that we are all equal, surely students of both genders can agree to work together to ensure that equality really exists on campus...
...while Playboy and catcalls may seem like small annoyances, men's ill-treatment of women has serious consequences. There has never been a female president of our country, and there probably will not be for a long time. This is not because people do not view women as intellectually equal to men, but because men tend not to vote for candidates they see as sex symbols. Would you want Barbie to lead your country...