Word: genderism
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...race and gender matter. It's still an uphill battle for a woman or an African American who wants to be President. Only the fact that we have one of each running--and the metastasizing unpopularity of George W. Bush--makes a black or woman President so probable. These candidates still have to prove themselves in the conventional ways. And they are still going to lose more votes because of their gender or race than they gain...
...presidency is unique, of course, but many other jobs in our society have symbolic components. And race or gender can be a legitimate consideration in filling any of them. The day will come when voting for a Barack Obama or a Hillary Clinton won't be remarkable in any way. But in 2007 it still earns you your pat on the back...
...leftward shift, they'll have to be careful to choose issues in which they can count on support from a significant majority of the country. Rather than try to repeal the popular ban on partial-birth abortion--which many Democratic voters support--they might try instead to protect gender equality by overturning the court's narrow interpretation of the federal law prohibiting pay discrimination...
...those tendencies, without benefiting the children at all." While researchers have found that children whose fathers are involved in their early rearing tend to have higher IQs, perform better in school and even have a better sense of humor, psychologists are quick to say this is not necessarily a gender issue. "It has to do with the fact that there are two people passionately in love with a child," says Harvard's Brazelton...
Brandt said that the influence of cigarette companies was deeply rooted in a number of spheres of society, including “agriculture, business, popular culture, gender and sexuality.” He discusses the topics in greater detail in his recent book, “The Cigarette Century: The Rise, Fall, and Deadly Persistence of the Product That Defined America...