Word: gendered
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...much of what masquerades as academic freedom can scarcely claim to be the unsightly but necessary garb for those who search for truth. University campuses have been radically politicized, with progressive departments such as the committee on degrees in studies of Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies implicitly aspiring to “raise consciousness” and produce the next cadre of leftist activists. Outside speakers—like President Ahmadinejad at Columbia, Mohammed Khatami at Harvard, and the plagiarizing former professor Ward Churchill at Hamilton College, although the last was ultimately cancelled—contribute nothing but the universities?...
...Perhaps the most widely criticized flaw in Harvard’s tenure system is the obvious lack of diversity among tenured professors, particularly with regard to gender. This became a more urgent issue when the percentage of full professorships offered to women dipped from 19 percent in the ’02-’03 term to 13 percent in ’03-’04 school year...
Unfortunately, that game is over. A major shift in attitude and gender roles across the world has led to countries paying proper respect to the women’s game and allowing their female athletes to flourish in suitable athletic environments...
...significant increase in the weight of a mother before pregnancy may affect the gender of the child, according to a recent study conducted by researchers at the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) and the Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm, Sweden...
...lead author Eduardo Villamor, an assistant professor of international nutrition at HSPH. “These results are provocative because there are not many factors known to influence the sex ratios of the child,” and this study could lead researchers to further discoveries regarding possible gender prediction, he said...