Word: genderism
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Recent discourse regarding gender issues on the Harvard campus has centered upon issues of women in science, female tenured faculty, and general representation of women in University President Lawrence H. Summers’ administration. Yet as many criticize sexism in the upper tiers of academia, there has been a dearth of regard for gender politics in undergraduate organizations. While students decry the gender prejudice stemming from Mass Hall, undergraduate leaders should be looking in their own Yard...
This inequity in gender representation on campus groups comes in the context of a glass ceiling for women seeking national political office that was arguably shattered in 1992. It was during this “Year of the Woman” that 24 new women were elected to the U.S. House of Representatives and four to the U.S. Senate, greatly increasing the total number of skirts in what was traditionally a sea of suits. However, this influx of women into the national political arena has not mirrored itself among Harvard’s self-declared progressive undergraduates...
...women’s issues. It is critical that the current leadership of larger political organizations such as the Dems and the UC conduct a critical evaluation of female members who rise to leadership in their groups in order to structure their membership and election processes with increased gender sensitivity. For example, campus groups’ elections often include back-door politicking and schmoozing which is much more likely to be pursued by men as it is a remnant of smoke-filled rooms. Additionally, campus leaders must more effectively reach out to female guest speakers. To kick off Women?...
...freshman and sophomore women to further their involvement in these campus groups beyond the specifically “women’s events” and challenge the norms of male leadership. Young members of organizations must encourage the leadership to engage in substantive discussion regarding inherent gender biases within each campus group’s organizational structure. More explicitly, while the burden is on campus leaders both to better structure membership and elections and to more effectively reach out to young women through outreach initiatives, women undergraduates also must step up to the plate—more women must...
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