Word: genderism
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...another, Brianne C. Janacek ’07, said her goal was to find a course that “fits my schedule and my interests in the women and gender studies areas...
...department has avoided casting the course, Sociology 163, “Women and Science: Sociological Aspects,” as a direct response to University President Lawrence H. Summers’ remarks on gender differences and “intrinsic aptitude.” But both the course head and the department head acknowledged yesterday that the debate sparked by that speech, which Summers gave at an economics conference in January, makes the course more timely...
Obviously, the show is on President Allen's side. The problem is that by giving her no party, no positions, no platform, it ends up defining her--like many strong women on TV--mainly by her gender. Sure, it would be naive to pretend that her sex would never be an issue. But real women pols are defined by their beliefs, not just their chromosomes. We have no idea what Allen stands for; she just stands against the obtuseness of men. In the pilot, she threatens military force to save a Nigerian woman from being stoned for adultery; Templeton sniffs...
...senators present at the hearing also questioned Roberts about his views on issues such as civil rights, the separation and balance of powers, civil liberties in wartime, gender discrimination, and the role of the federal government in state and local matters...
...less conservative province of Bamiyan, where the enforced seclusion of women wasn't part of the local tradition before the Taliban came to power, female candidates must still make concessions because of their gender. Marzia Mohammadi, 30, a medical doctor and one of seven candidates aiming to fill the seat set aside for women representing the province in parliament, had to get permission from her husband, as well as from the other male members of her extended family, in order to run. Unable to take public transport alone, she has had to hire a jeep and driver to take...