Word: gendered
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...because private equity—the field in which the Harvard Management Company president and board members are likely to come from—is a notoriously insular field (which usually does not include minorities or women). Hopefully recent events have since forced Summers to recognize that race and gender still play large roles in the way society is shaped...
Ultimately, Summers should embrace both ethnic and gender diversity as his personal goal. Although he has expressed a commitment to advance females at Harvard via the formation of the task forces, these initiatives are insufficient because they do not address racial or ethnic disparities. There is more work to be done. By including ethnic diversity in the goals of the task forces and by advocating for increased female and minority participation in HMC, President Summers will send a valuable message to the world about the importance of building a qualified and representative community. If Summers wants to instill confidence...
...results suggest that children above the 50th percentile of BMI for age and gender might benefit from prevention efforts,” she said...
Instead, she said that she proposes more emphasis on social work, stopping cross gender searches, and reexamining classification systems...
Doctors have long known that they can't always treat heart disease exactly the same way in women as in men. Now they are learning that they have to take gender differences into account when it comes to prevention as well. A rigorously conducted clinical trial released last week shows that a low dose of aspirin taken regularly, which seems to help middle-aged men avoid heart attacks, does not offer the same cardiovascular benefits for middle-aged women--although it does lessen their risk of stroke...