Word: genderism
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...Friday, it is our hope that the Faculty will take into account the importance of recognizing women, gender and sexuality studies as a crucial element of academic study and vote in favor of this proposal...
...significant decline in the number of women on the Harvard Law Review has spurred the publication to conduct an internal review of its selection process—and to consider establishing gender-based affirmative action for the first time...
Although the prestigious publication has always been dominated by men, after seeing the gender gap widen in past years the Review wrote a confidential report in March 2003, obtained by the Harvard Law Record...
Leah Pogoriler, a second-year HLS student, called the issue a “very close battle” that has divided Review editors, with some worried about students not taking the Review seriously and others advocating the need for equal gender representation...
McLaine pointed out that currently the Review accepts seven to nine students on a discretionary basis, taking into account applicant information besides the usual grades and writing competition, like race and disability status. gender is not one of these categories, according to McLaine, and a change in this policy could allow the Review to increase the number of women at its discretion...