Word: genderism
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...those of you who are unfamiliar with the history of Fair Harvard, Gilman’s 172 year old hymn began with the phrase “Fair Harvard! Thy sons to thy jubilee throng!” Obviously, there is a gender-insensitive term there which prompted Kendric Packer ’48, to propose a contest to Harvard alums to provide a fitting alternative. Simply replacing “sons” with “children” had a belittling connotation and afforded one two many syllables to keep pace with the old Irish tune...
...hopes that we can change this unfortunate error. Bureaucracy will obviously take its time, so for now there is little we can do. But when we seniors graduate this June, I hope you will “join” me in bellowing out these words that are both gender-sensitive and true to the original meaning: “We all to thy jubilee throng...
...much you are worth depends in a large part on which country you live in and your gender. In Iran, for example, you could legally sell your kidney for upwards of $6,000. Iran currently has no renal transplant waiting list, a credit to this policy legalizing the organ trade. In the U.S., where organ sales are illegal, the present waiting list of kidney transplant candidates numbers around 75,000. These individuals rely on the uncompensated charity of living organ donors, or, more commonly, the consenting donations of deceased persons. The average wait time is over five years and demand...
...century of defiant, nationalistic denial. Matters such as these show us that measured judgment and even condemnation have their place in international affairs—as in February, when the historically staunchly secularist Turks voted to roll back a ban on Islamic headscarves in state universities. Here, gender equity should prevail over democracy; the prohibition had served the commendable purpose of keeping a pattern of patriarchal exclusion out of educational institutions. The battle over the ban, still ongoing, is testament to Turkey’s schizoid situation between the fundamentalist tide roaring to its south and the atheistic, successful European...
...despite these clear gender divisions on campus, O’Reilly’s former roommate Lilla Lyon ’58 said she didn’t think any of their group of friends felt that they were treated as “second-class citizens...