Word: feministic
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...said the feminist movement against date rape was very successful, "but instead of declaring victory and moving on, many feminists would not give up their victimization...
...proper for a woman to be a virgin, but it is not desirable in a man. Our society considers a promiscuous man a stud, the picture of machismo, while a promiscuous woman is viewed as a whore, slut or harlot, the antithesis of femininity. With the help of feminist scholarship, we have come to recognize this hypocrisy and have slowly been making headway in eradicating this double standard. Our recent enlightenment demonstrates that recognition of these double standards is the first step in reversing them...
Acting on that epiphany, she decides to report this "sexual misconduct" to a review board--severely damaging John's chances at tenure. He, of course, is dumbfounded, oblivious to any wrong-doing on his part. In the final act, the situation has reached its crisis: her feminist rage clashes against his defensive indignation until they both collapse...
RADWAC aims, among other things, to create a "visible and unapologetically feminist presence" at Harvard, Bagneris said...
...Feminist values are now entrenched. "It is hard to believe that in 1967 fully two-thirds of men agreed with the statement 'The activities of married women are best confined to the home and family,'" Astin remarks. Today that has dropped to 31%. But a gender gap persists: only 19% of female freshmen agree. University of South Carolina professor John Gardner, head of the National Resource Center for the Freshman Year Experience, laments that the survey also confirms how "women have taken on some of our worst habits. They smoke and drink more--binge drinking has become their problem...