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...There's a large amount of people here who don't go out very much," says Adam D. Checchi '99 of Winthrop. "It's like high school...`The Dating Game' made me think I should be helping fix the problem...
...destructive nature of gender stereotyping. If girls are urged to catch up in math and join ice-hockey teams, boys should be encouraged to write poetry and take dance classes without being labeled sissies. Parents can enhance gender-neutral self-esteem by suggesting that a daughter help fix a leaky pipe--or a son whip up an omelet. "A little girl who says she wants to be a doctor gets a lot of support," says Bailey, whose Wellesley Centers are devoting their next gender-equity conference to boys. "But if a boy talks about wanting to be a nurse...
...overlook the common humanity of children: what they share and how they differ, regardless of gender. "The focus on girls has translated into the notion that somehow if you help girls, you hurt boys," says Susan Bailey, executive director of the Wellesley Centers for Women. "People want a quick fix, but there is no one-size-fits-all solution for either girls or boys...
This country has serious problems--the gap between rich and poor has been increasing rapidly for the past 20 years and shows no signs of slowing--and we are the ones with the skills to fix them. This summer I worked at the civil rights division of the United States Department of Education. Based on my experience there, all your perceptions of the public sector are probably right. Bureaucratic regulations are limitless, and many of those in government posts are neither hard-working nor ambitious. These are not the people we want working on some of our most important problems...
Haphazard controls are not even much help to countries that impose them, because they choke off foreign investment just when it is most sorely needed. To make matters worse, Malaysia looks ready to use its controls to ease pressure on Mahathir's debt-ridden cronies instead of attempting to fix its shattered economy. Meanwhile, Hong Kong authorities find themselves stuck with $15 billion worth of stock that they purchased in August to prop up the market. Selling the shares now would drive down prices...