Word: genderism
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...show's casting directors took care in choosing representatives of different classes, they were less enlightened or prescient in matters of gender and race. Only four of the 14 kids were girls: Suzy and the three from a council estate (cursorily referred to in Seven Up! as "Jackie and her friends"). Simon is the only Anglo-African - his mother white, his father black. Apted and McDougall didn't think to find a child with Indian or Pakistani roots, although families of those nationalities had been streaming into Britain for 15 years. These days especially, Apted must regret the omission...
...have the average life expectancy at birth of about 75 years; females can expect to live about five years longer. Like gender, the most important factors in determining longevity are out of your control: online calculators ask what how long your parents and grandparents lived as a way of assessing your family's medical history. "In order to live a long life, you have to begin by having won the genetic lottery," Olshansky says. "Then you have to avoid getting...
...past year or so, Harvard and its student body have propelled such varied causes as the Sudanese divestment movement, the problem of gender inequality in the academy, admissions reform, and workers’ rights to higher profiles in global discourse—concretely advancing human flourishing and social justice at home and abroad. It is difficult to come to terms with this immense privilege that Harvard students possess in influencing change because it requires an honest confrontation with responsibility, collaboration, and sacrifice—three values that are decidedly incongruent with the mass-marketed “College...
...days, we used to just have one meeting and pick the 48 students, but it was very hard to compare physicists and musicians. Now we have three different meetings.” Coakley called the even number of men and women this fall a coincidence. According to Coakley, gender is not a consideration during the process, and historically there have been more men elected than women. “It’s not purposefully gender balanced,” Coakley said. The Harvard society, which inducted its first members in 1781, is the country’s oldest continually...
...behind.) She seems intent on establishing a sisterhood with her audience, particularly women. She won't go to physical extremes in prepping for a role and has not courted Oscar as many actresses have--by transforming herself into someone uglier or fitter or of a different gender...