Word: gendered
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...like to think that in most things that matter, Harvard has been a leader. But on gender issues it has been astonishingly—even comically—backward. Although there have always been women at Harvard—sweeping floors, washing shirts, typing letters, caring for books in the library, serving tea in the President’s house, or donating large buildings in honor of their husbands or sons—the University has been slow to acknowledge their presence and even slower to admit them to the company of scholars...
...this most wonderfully tradition-bound institution—that something is because it has always been that way, take a moment to ask which of the past’s assumptions are embedded in that particular tradition.” That is a lesson that extends far beyond gender...
Passengers are chosen for screening by a “random mathematical permutation” generated the morning of the checks to guard against accusations of racial, gender, or religious discrimination, Venturelli said...
...well in terms of meeting and exceeding most standards for benefits across the board.” O’Brien added that Harvard employees in both same-sex marriages and same-sex partnerships receive benefit packages identical to those in heterosexual marriages. Assistant Professor of Studies of Women, Gender and Sexuality Robin Bernstein said she and her partner are content with the health benefits they receive from the University. Bernstein added that since some employees may be residents of nearby states that do not permit gay marriage, it is crucial that Harvard keeps extending benefits to all same...
...article of the law introducing DNA testing of certain new foreign residents to France and the storage of that data. Amara similarly denounced the law for allowing race to be noted in census taking - a dramatic break with France's traditional "republican value" of ignoring race, religion and gender among nominally equal citizens. Leftist parliamentarians have also denounced the measures as dangerous posturing by ruling conservatives seeking to placate public concerns on topics like immigration, national identity and crime...