Word: genderism
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Council President Sujean S. Lee ’03 said the amendment was a symbol of Harvard’s advancement in gender relations...
Whatever is behind female bingeing--conformity, crypto-feminism, ennui--it's hardly a feminist act. Gender equality wouldn't be worth fighting for if all it meant was the opportunity to be as stupid and self-destructive as men can be. Not that 21st century feminism is likely to revert to 19th century prohibitionism. Women no longer seek to eliminate all the dangerous and exciting things that men have historically tried to keep for themselves. But they need to appropriate alcohol on their own terms and with their own biochemistry in mind--weighing the harms and the benefits, and then...
Molesters and pedophiles seem to target same-sex and opposite-sex children equally, the gender they choose depending mostly upon availability. And though the media may carry stories of the occasional Mary Kay LeTourneau--the Washington State teacher who famously bore two children by one of her underage students--overwhelmingly, abusers appear to be male. "We've been waiting for the so-called avalanche of women offenders to appear," says Smith. "We're still waiting." Some doctors disagree with Smith, believing the incidence of female abusers may be under-reported, since some boys may see sexual contact at the hands...
...time has come for people of goodwill everywhere, regardless of race, religion, gender and nationality, to work together to cure the blight on our global unity. I envision a United Nations proclamation declaring Sept. 11 to be World Unity Day, not only to remember heroes but also to celebrate a new beginning. It could be a day to appreciate our differences, beliefs, races, genders, cultures and interdependence. HOOSHMAND M. KALAYEH Pittsford...
...Money No Enough and just ahead of 1999's Liang Po Po-The Movie, both starring and written by Jack Neo. For the past 12 years Neo's also found time to star in a highly rated comedy variety show, Top Fun, where he engages in the kind of gender-bending beloved by comics around the world. In Singapore, Neo is Ron Howard, Dame Edna Everage and about half the cast of Friends all rolled into...