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...It’s Better Together,” “Call off the Gender Police” editorials, March...
First I was upset that both pieces began with attacks against their opponents rather than addressing any arguments. Supporters of single-sex education are not “cootie-phobic,” and supporters of coeducation are not “the gender police.” Education is such an important issue, and Harvard students, the people who unfortunately might very well be making the decisions about it in the future, revert to juvenile name-calling tactics...
...female empowerment” is concerned, excessive focus on the “female” has a detrimental impact on “empowerment.” Empowerment demands success regardless of gender and has been achieved by many women at Harvard. None of my Harvard experiences has indicated the gender gap in leadership positions that the forthcoming Women’s Center report promises to show, as women hold top spots in every one of my extracurricular activities. Indeed, both the UC president and vice president are currently women, as is the president of Harvard. But these women...
...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...
...toward woman leaders than emblematic of a shift in perspective brought about by their election.ANDREA R. FLORESFlores is the first female UC president in six years—putting her at the helm of the organization that has been slowest among the three political clubs to make strides towards gender equity. When Flores joined the UC her freshman year, she was one of only two freshman women on the Council. She said she has faced sexism throughout her time on the Council and does not see Harvard’s student governing body as any more progressive than that...