Word: genderism
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...that run counter to the Lampoon’s dedication to timeless humor? SJ: I don’t think I can really respond to this question. I just don’t know how you can judge a magazine as either masculine or ephemeral. And does it matter? Gender stereotyping is sort of not my thing...
...this divide need not exist. All of us, male and female, experience seemingly innocuous social pressures that push us towards prescribed gender roles. For example, the public still sees female sexuality as taboo—porn and erotica almost exclusively target men, while most people treat female masturbation as either astonishing or shameful. Similarly, boys still grow up learning that to be a real man they have to be out winning the bread, not at home baking it with their kids. Culture tells people these differences are “natural,” and many internalize them so thoroughly...
...College is supposedly a community of people selected for their initiative and “leadership skills,” yet disturbingly few students are demonstrating the initiative required to question and defy gender roles. This is what makes the Women’s Center’s task so difficult, and why, thus far, almost all of its projects and plans are entirely beside the point. Creating a “safe space” for dialogue does not create dialogue: Most people don’t discuss gender because they aren’t convinced there...
Smaller departments and committees may have an easier time. All members of the Committee on Degrees in Studies of Women, Gender, and Sexuality will assist with advising and mentoring, according to Karen Flood, the director of studies. Flood added that she and the assistant director of studies would—between the two of them—review the particulars of every student’s plan of study...
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