Word: genderism
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...with job searches for laid-off workers averaging five months. Half of all job seekers have switched industries over the past year, according to outplacement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas. Given that the industries with the most openings include nursing and teaching, notes CEO John Challenger, "artificial barriers like gender begin to break down when people have to make ends meet...
Younger men seem less concerned about gender stereotypes than do their elders, perhaps because many grew up with working mothers, with girls as equals in the classroom or with female bosses. If women can be police officers or CEOs, they reason, why can't men be kindergarten teachers or librarians...
Some experts doubt the durability of the male-to-female-job trend. A University of Pennsylvania study found, for example, that within four years of graduating, male nurses leave their profession at twice the rate of women. Another study seemed to determine that gender flexibility is even bad for you: women in top management and men playing Mr. Mom have an increased risk of heart disease. So when the economy recovers, as it someday must, will murses and mannies go back to traditionally male jobs...
...locations where students can continue to socialize—with or without alcohol—after parties end at 1 a.m. Currently, when room parties and bars shut down, many students who want to keep partying go to final clubs, the only social venues open late. But these private, gender-biased clubs have been eschewed by the University, and with good reason; some of these club have a history of sexual assault concerns. If the College wants to offer a safer, more inclusive alternative, student space needs to be open late, allow parties and be accessible to all students...
...self-described “sole critic of the report” Kenan Professor of Government Harvey C. Mansfield ’53 questioned the thoroughness of the report in dealing with what he said were innate gender differences and called the discussion “vacuous...