Word: genderism
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...story on the difficulty German women face in trying to pursue a career and raise a family prompted some readers to share stories of confronting the country's traditional attitudes to gender roles. Other readers felt that the value of spending time with children while they are young should not be discounted I'm 35 and a woman scientist. Your article "The German Question," about the struggle for gender equality and the difficulties workingwomen face underlined issues that are very much my everyday reality [Jan. 30]. After learning about the ways other societies function, I believe there is still much...
Kenan Professor of Government Harvey C. Mansfield ’53 reopened debate on gender differences in a presentation on his new book, “Manliness,” at Kirkland House last night...
...expectations were high. As we ascended to the club’s first level, we were met with pounding trance music. Then, a practically movie-perfect nightclub scene: circular projection screens lit up with green and blue as fog and pulsing lights played through the room. And yet, the gender ratio leaned hard towards sausage. See that girl over there—the one hypnotically twirling glowsticks as tassels stream from the pockets on her cargo pants? She doesn’t want to dance with you. Neither does the one writhing in corset and leather pants. But whatever your...
...about the complexities of feminist relationships. The group set up two divergent camps, with one side advocating an acceptance of chivalry and the other calling for the end of female submission by criticizing penetrative sex. Such stimulating topics attracted an eclectic group of over a dozen students of different genders, races, and sexual orientations. While some found the feminist relationship—whereby men and women partake in an entirely egalitarian partnership—attainable, others viewed it as an impossible ideal. RUS Co-Chair Dara F. Goodman ’07 said she believes in this feminist fairytale...
...party, who, let’s face it, is often only looking to get a rise out of me anyway. I’ve never really felt the need to stand up for my sex in earnest. I’ve never felt discriminated against on the basis of gender. Sure, sometimes the guys ignore me when they start talking about Big Ten sports, but that has nothing to do with the fact I’m a girl and everything to do with the fact that I’m not so into football.It turns out there?...