Word: genderism
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This week, Harvard has the opportunity to recognize formally the place of gender and sexuality studies on campus. On Friday, the Faculty will vote on a proposal that would change the name of Committee on Degreess in Women’s Studies (CDWS) to the “Committee on Degrees in Studies of Women, Gender, and Sexuality.” This proposal has already been unanimously approved by CDWS and is also supported by the Harvard BGLTSA...
...proposed change has been long in the making. Since the beginning of women’s studies, issues of gender and sexuality have been integral to the discipline and are currently at the forefront of scholarship in the field. Even a glance at the Committee’s website shows that a huge number of the faculty affiliated with Committee have research interests in questions of gender and sexuality. In the last several years the overlap has become even more striking: Professor of Romance Languages and Literatures Bradley S. Epps, a member of the Committee, has published papers...
...this demand is also driven by clearly demonstrated student interest. Last year, fully four out of seven senior theses presented to the committee had gender identity and sexuality as a major focus of their inquiries and the remaining ones wove those issues into a more traditional women’s studies framework...
...school that boasts fostering the world leaders of tomorrow, this gender imbalance does not bode well for the realities beyond the Ivory Tower. We are supposed to be the generation that breaks the glass ceiling. If we cannot assert ourselves on this campus, where does that leave...
...crew’s space craft “Nostromo” is magnificent on screen and its halls are full of beautiful detail. For those who have seen the film before, Scott has added new scenes which fill out the original film’s commentary about gender roles (Alien is generally credited with creating the first female action hero in the form of Sigourney Weaver’s Ripley). This re-release truly is a remarkable chance for a new generation of moviegoers to see a beautiful classic film. (Ian P. Campbell...