Word: genderism
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Francisco J. Perez ’06 doesn’t like statistics. As a Social Studies and Women, Gender, and Sexuality concentrator, math is not exactly his chosen field. But his dislike has nothing to do with math. “I volunteer at Suffolk Correctional Center, and it strikes me every time that—well, I look at my demographic, and as a young black/Latino male, I have more chance of being there than being here [at Harvard],” he says. As the child of Dominican immigrants, raised in what he describes as the ghetto...
...just excuse me, I have to go discuss something with the ladies at the water cooler.” Muharrar, one of nine women on the 33-member masthead of that issue, is now vice president of the organization. From the start, she says, she never felt her gender would be a barrier. When she came to Harvard as a pre-frosh, she asked a woman on the street how to get to the Lampoon building. The woman showed her how to get there—and then gave her a tour. It turned out she was a member...
...faith. “Judaism is such a big part of my life...It doesn’t seem feasible to me that I would relate to someone on such a deep level if we didn’t have that common ground,” she says. CULTURE, GENDER & (NO) SEXWhen it comes to interfaith relationships, religion often dictates broader differences in opinion beyond strict theology.Many observant Christian students, for instance, say they do not believe in having sex before marriage. This view differs from the mainstream college culture in which sex is common in romantic relationships, says Chiduzie...
...doesn’t feel the need to tell other people,” says Ayodola A. Adigun ’06, Barusch’s roommate for three years. “Margaret believes it’s no one else’s concern what gender...
Barusch’s passion for gender issues led her to a switch concentrations, from Mathematics to Women, Gender, and Sexuality (WGS). “She’s probably the only WGS concentrator who used Math 55 to fulfill the QR requirement,” says Jana Lepon...