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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...trying to promote final clubs. I do not belong to one nor do I want to belong to one. If I had to choose, I would rather they didn't exist at all. But I don't believe that any of the hidden "benefits" from club membership real exist...
...dictates that private clubs will only be subject to public laws concerning gender discrimination if they have more than 400 members, provide a regular meal service, and accept payments from corporations who pay the employee's membership dues. None of these characteristics apply to final clubs. Final clubs exist solely as social institutions, not as business associations involved in commercial activities. Female students really aren't missing out on that much...
Does this mystical "networking" really exist? Maybe it did fifty years ago, when a good majority of the undergraduates came from exclusive prep schools and already knew most of the people in their class. Then, elitism was pervasive in career and social advancement, from birth to silver spoons to death. I doubt Harvard could be characterized as perpetuating such a discriminatory system today...
...should not be taken lightly. In the professional world, women are often discriminated against simply upon the basis of their sex, and that is clearly wrong. In this case, however, I just fail to see why Lisa Schkolnick believes women are discriminated against. Those mystical "benefits" just don't exist...
...students also point to the Fly Club garden, which is partially owned by the University, as evidence that such ties do exist...