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CDWS is committed to enhancing the study of gender and sexuality without compromising students’ ability to engage in a serious study of women’s history or feminist theory. We are confident that in the long run this change will represent more than a semantic shift, but one that allows CDWS to expand its offerings without sacrificing its current strengths...
What bothers me is that HRL has taken a feminist idea, that women deserve better, and co-opted it to deny women rights. Harvard Right To Life has the right to poster what they wish, and as tempted as I have been, I have never defaced or torn down one of their posters. Free speech must extend to all. But since the poster doesn’t specifically state what exactly it is that women deserve better than, I will take this opportunity to complete the thought...
...tracks, “Gender” and “Gender and Sexuality,” in an already existing women’s studies concentration, the department is effectively downplaying the inherent differences between women’s studies—which focuses primarily on feminist theory and women’s history, and the study of gender and sexuality. While the prospect of increased future funding seems attractive, at present, the committee has limited resources, and any further burdens upon it would weaken both programs—undermining their effectiveness as well as their academic goals. Both...
...past few weeks, the controversy surrounding the reintroduction of silicone-based breast implants has become a highly divisive and emotionally charged debate—pitting woman against each other as they argue over the dangers of ruptured implants and the benefits of the firmer and more natural silicone feel. Feminist groups contend that the long-term health risks of silicone have not yet been settled. Silicone advocates argue that they should have a right to choose what plastic product they insert into their bodies...
Mostly, it turns out, due to lucky timing. Although I’ve always considered myself pretty progressive when it comes to gender issues, I didn’t arrive at Harvard as an active feminist or a hardened gender ideologue. In fact, I didn’t really know what Radcliffe was, just that it “used to be the women’s college here at Harvard.” But when I ran out of money at the end of my first September on campus, it became clear that I’d have...