Word: genderism
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...often drawn in by moneymaking dreams (as in Chris Moneymaker, the unknown online player who inspired many a poker habit by capturing the $2.5 million World Series of Poker prize in 2003). But for women, there's the added appeal of having a great time while smashing through a gender barrier. "When you beat guys, it's a rush," says Gloria Tsang, 32, a Los Angeles nurse who took up poker three years ago. "I can play with these boys. I can hang with them...
...cyberspace, women can disguise their gender. At InterPoker.com six months ago, says site spokesman Peter Marcus, many women took on male identities, fearing they would be easy targets. Having gained confidence, many are now requesting changes to female user names. "Poker is the great equalizer," asserts Duke. "Whether you are 70 or 20, man or woman, there is no physical limitation." Still, the champ believes that to succeed at high-level poker, most women must overcome cultural conditioning against being aggressive...
While Christian still feels the emotional and physical impact of the rape, McNamara/Troy’s other partner, Dr. Sean McNamara is learning to reconcile with his impending divorce from Julia (Joely Richardson) and a strained, violent relationship with his possible gender-bending son Matt (John Hensley) that’s leading him to a path of self-mutilation...
Campus activists feared that it would not address those students’ gender-specific needs...
Echoing some critics of the women’s center movement, Gross notes that Harvard already has many of the organizations and resources which other schools house in their women’s centers. The Committee on Degrees in Studies of Women, Gender and Sexuality, the closest Harvard has to an academic women’s studies department, is located on Quincy Street, in Warren House. OSAPR, established in 2003 after a campaign by the students in CASV, has an office on the third floor of Holyoke Center...