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...True equality demands treatment as an ordinary member of society, yet the entire purpose of Women’s Week is to promote women as a special interest group. The very notion of a certain status or identity that unites all Harvard women emphasizes gender division, while women who largely define themselves according to their gender detract from the notion of equal status. Far from erasing gender barriers, the Women’s Week principle of targeting women as a separate and distinct group merely propagates gender inequality...
...Gender equality demands that women should not be defined by their sexuality, but by their characteristics and achievements. Harvard women have accomplished much in a wide range of non-gender related roles, and Women Week’s attempt to reduce these achievements to “women’s issues” frankly detracts from their status as equal citizens. While female-focused activities are not necessarily a bad thing—organizations such as Women in Business and the Circle of Women, for example, enable real impact—Women’s Week seems to solely...
Women at Harvard share two defining characteristics: their sexuality and their choice of college. To emphasize “woman” over “Harvard student” brings women further from equal status, not closer...
Mather has been on point with their videos for quite some time now. So it's of no surprise that they were the first to drop theirs, which is an equal opportunity offender of every house (besides Currier...
...eventually competed against Tejas A. Sathian ’10 for the presidency. “People say things—‘she’s really intense, she’s really hardcore,’” Cox recalled. “Tejas was equally intense and hardcore, and I don’t know why it took a different tone when it came to me.”Nonetheless, Cox said her gender also helped her to connect to women in the IOP.While the IOP now boasts 50 percent female participation in its advisory...