Word: gendered
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...said he has just finished his newest book on manliness and its place in a gender neutral society...
This kind of implicit gender discrimination is further aggravated by a lack of senior women in the decision-making process. The most important recommendations for a tenure offer come from a department’s chair and senior faculty, but of FAS’s 30 primary departments, only seven have female chairs—including temporary and acting chairwomen...
...despite lavish praise and recommendations from her department and peers in the field. Fifteen female senior faculty members wrote another infamous letter, this time to President Rudenstine, insisting that he reconsider the denial on the grounds that Honig may have been at a disadvantage because of her gender. No action was taken, and in the summer of 1997, Honig accepted a position at Northwestern University, where she now holds a tenured political science professorship...
...surprisingly, the Women’s Caucus for Gender Equality is pushing for the reinstatement of an Affirmative Action Dean. “A committee or ombudsman person looking at these issues can be very healthy,” says Professor of Psychology Elizabeth S. Spelke. “There needs to be a presence to keep everybody on track...
With a Caucus demanding a reassessment of the promotion process, Carey has hope that new attention will be directed to the issue of gender equality, and that FAS will soon see the number of offers made to qualified women rise once again...