Word: genderism
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...find female players at the last minute. Jaqueline M. Rooney ’07 was one of just four women on her Lowell team. As a first time intramural player, Rooney said she was “glad to participate,” although she noted that the gender disparity and testosterone-charged atmosphere put the female participants in a decidedly back-court role. The dodgeballers also got creative with costuming—while many opted for House shirts and athletic shorts, some donned spandex unitards and war paint. Allegations of questionable calls resulted mostly in extensions of game time...
...idea of a Prime Minister. Silvio Berlusconi is. Clayton J. Hubbard Trieste, Italy Yet Another Guy Now that Samuel Alito Jr. has been nominated for a seat on the Supreme Court [Nov. 14], will someone argue that the biggest reason he should not be confirmed is his gender? If the Supreme Court is to reflect the nation's demographics, at least half its members should be women. Surely the legal profession has at least one woman as competent as Alito. Gloria J. Kiester Northfield, Minnesota, U.S. Politely Succeeding As a businesswoman, I found your "Letter From Shanghai," on the Chinese...
...modern equality in life and old-school masculinity on the dance floor? Have most boys forgotten how to lead because society keeps telling men not to assume an upper hand? Then perhaps “bumping and grinding” is the answer, however ironic, to this new-aged gender trouble. If you’ve ever seen two partners really “getting jiggy with it”—legs intertwined and faces covered—you’ve also noticed how difficult it is to distinguish the girl from the guy. So physically erotic...
...resignation from the Harvard Corporation in July left the University’s powerful board with six whites and one woman among them. But as an influential group of professors considered what they hoped to see in Harper’s replacement, their focus was not on race or gender. What they wanted was an academic...
...We’ve decided that everyone, regardless of gender or sexuality, is attracted to Barusch,” Lepon explains. “Like, you could take a random pool of aliens and people and determine who the humans are by using attraction to Barusch as a sort of litmus test...