Word: gendered
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...Lawrie Moloney, who analyzed 22 of what he called "closely contested parenting judgments" made by the Family Court in the decade 1988-99. Moloney chose cases devoid of issues of violence or abuse, reasoning that these would be more revealing of judges' "core assumptions." He concluded that "presumptions about gender were an important aspect of judicial thinking . . . I found that mothers were likely to be successful if they appeared to conform to a maternal stereotype of self-sacrifice on behalf of their children. Generally, fathers were successful when mothers were judged to be in some way inadequate - that is, fathers...
...gender and ideological diversity,” McLaughlin said...
...proponents of a respect for diversity. Instead of condemning Pinkett Smith, the BGLTSA should have focused on their objective: forming a productive discourse with the Foundation in order “to inform future speakers that they will be speaking to an audience diverse in race, ethnicity, religion, sexuality, gender and class...
...into this category because it admits no men. Since the money that the UC disburses ultimately comes from the student termbill fee, it is inherently unfair to ask the entire student body to financially support the initiatives of a student group that does not admit members of a particular gender. Money is fungible. Funding any activity of a student group—even if the activity benefits the community at large—effectively funds the student group itself. Any money the UC gives to Seneca projects saves the Seneca money which it can then use on its other initiatives...
Seriously though, none of this is to say that I don’t think issues of discrimination and gender equality are of the utmost importance; I do. But it is exceedingly difficult to have a rational discussion on sensitive topics if the reply to, “There’s a problem, we’re doing the best we can to solve it, but more research should be done so we can try to solve it better,” is “If I listen to facts that disagree with my beliefs, I will either...