Word: genderism
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...with greater detachment. "Once you remove the illusory screen of romantic projection, there is a person," he says, "and it's easier for a gay man to see the person in a female character." And, says Showtime entertainment president Robert Greenblatt, gay writers are more inclined to think about gender roles and stereotypes. "Straight men don't think about gender," he says. "Why should they? They're in the dominant position." (Of course, it's worth noting that the male perspective, straight or gay, is much more common on TV than that of women, who still create far fewer prime...
...Lawrie Moloney, who analyzed 22 of what he called "closely contested parenting judgments" made by the Family Court in the decade 1988-99. Moloney chose cases devoid of issues of violence or abuse, reasoning that these would be more revealing of judges' "core assumptions." He concluded that "presumptions about gender were an important aspect of judicial thinking . . . I found that mothers were likely to be successful if they appeared to conform to a maternal stereotype of self-sacrifice on behalf of their children. Generally, fathers were successful when mothers were judged to be in some way inadequate - that is, fathers...
...gender and ideological diversity,” McLaughlin said...
...proponents of a respect for diversity. Instead of condemning Pinkett Smith, the BGLTSA should have focused on their objective: forming a productive discourse with the Foundation in order “to inform future speakers that they will be speaking to an audience diverse in race, ethnicity, religion, sexuality, gender and class...
...into this category because it admits no men. Since the money that the UC disburses ultimately comes from the student termbill fee, it is inherently unfair to ask the entire student body to financially support the initiatives of a student group that does not admit members of a particular gender. Money is fungible. Funding any activity of a student group—even if the activity benefits the community at large—effectively funds the student group itself. Any money the UC gives to Seneca projects saves the Seneca money which it can then use on its other initiatives...