Word: genderism
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...between hunters and gatherers is, for the most part, a sexual one: 50,000 years ago, men single-mindedly focused on their prey in the sub-Saharan plain while women became adept at multi-tasking, gathering a variety of foods and ensuring the safety of their offspring. Our current gender-stratified social system did not emerge from a philosophical abyss; it evolved over tens of thousands of years as a function of the behavioral characteristics that allowed us to coexist and thrive as hunter-gatherers...
Despite the fact Harvard’s nondiscrimination code omitted “gender identity and expression,” “Eric,” a transgendered man who asked not to be named for fear of being “outed,” came anyway. He hoped for the best of his undergraduate experience, but as he had feared, it didn’t meet his expectations.After unofficial living accommodations were made for him in one of the upperclass Houses, he decided to move off-campus and join an unknown number of transgendered students who remain...
Greetings, oh ignorant gender enthusiasts. Take heart, buckle down, and study FM’s fifteen second guide to decoding gender. Sex and gender can be delineated into four discrete categories: biological sex, gender identity, gender expression and sexual orientation. First comes the “full monty,” so to speak— physical genitalia. One’s “biological sex” is determined by the existance of male, female, or ambiguous (in the case of intersex individuals) genitalia. But the equipment granted at birth does not determine one’s personality...
...masculinity are both contradictory and complex, citing movies as having “uber-heroes” who “show a greater deal of emotional range than their predecessors.” Braxton said he organized the talk because he believed masculinity was neglected in discussions of gender and sexuality, a sentiment shared by most of the panelists. “I believe it was the feminist movement in the 1970s and its challenge of gender roles that has caused us to challenge traditional ideas of masculinity,” said Juan Carlos Arean, of the Family Violence...
...Additionally, the argument that cultural, ethnic, and gender groups siphon members off from non-racial or non-gender groups overlooks the fact that very often these groups motivate their members to get involved in other groups. The BMF makes an elaborate effort every year to get its members to run for and be elected to the UC; the UC presidential candidacy of current BMF President Tracy Moore ’06 is the most prominent example of this...