Word: genderism
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...past couple of weeks, University President Lawrence H. Summers has ushered the issue of gender and subject matter into the spotlight. In response, I’ve gone back to high school memories to wonder about what happened in our halls—about why there were always so few girls in AP physics or in the schools’ student government, about why this bothered everyone so much that when I was a junior, a bunch of us staged a day-long walkout and rally to bemoan gender inequality in school. The most controversial aspect of the rally...
...invented, and some say perfected, by men (the pen is still supposed to be a metaphorical penis, feminists argue) changing mores have chased guys away from the humanities. In high school, talking about books means talking about feelings: you know, love, despair and loneliness, not to mention race and gender and, uh-oh, are we supposed to be drawing insights about ourselves here? Stop! Stop! That’s so…gay. Or wussy. Or whatever word is currently a substitute for “non-masculine.” Although my brother developed a crush on Lizzy Bennet...
...will be drinking. Make sure none of these friends are very devoted Christians. Religious tolerance is something that should be sought in the modern world, but not when one desperately needs a social crowd that rejects antiquated moral scruples and has no respect for problematically-assigned gender roles. On a similar note, keep heterosexual attendance at 50% or less—their dating pool is extremely large and their queer friends are really tired of hearing how difficult it is to find a decent mate...
...that College weight gain stops after the first year, and after fifteen pounds)—these are all concerns we might be tempted to associate with female undergrads. Yet, while the female population is brimming with disturbed weight and body image concerns, these problems are spilling over the gender barrier; the incidence of eating disorders and body dysmorphic disorder—a pathology characterized by preoccupations with an imagined physical defect—is on the rise among the male populations in Western societies. Unfortunately, the general population remains all but oblivious to those men who suffer from disorders...
...early months of the HCIC, which was founded last spring, the organization held discussion dinners addressing issues such as the role of religion in politics, gender roles, and notions of afterlife...