Word: genderism
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...Substance Abuse at Columbia University that found that girls as young as ninth-graders were just as likely as boys to report drinking alcohol. Back in 1991, 22.4% of 10th-grade girls and 31.4% of 10th-grade boys reported binge drinking. By 1999 the girls had narrowed the gender gap to within two percentage points of their male classmates...
...begin distributing "safe drink strips" to bars; the white cardboard rectangles turn a deep purple when dipped in a drink laced with the prevalent date-rape drug GHB. The strips, which cost just pennies to make, are certainly a promising step. But colleges are also lobbying bars to banish gender-based drink promotions ("Ladies Drink Free!"), which have proliferated in recent years. A consortium of city, community and Florida State University officials in Tallahassee has crafted a series of print and television ads that will begin running next month. "Gender-based drink specials. In this day and age?" intones...
When the highest profile working mother in the country - Acting Governor Jane Swift of Massachusetts - flames out, how are low profile working mothers supposed to react? After I said that Swift's ineptitude transcended gender on CNN on Wednesday, I got 20 phone calls from annoyed viewers who hate it when women don't stick together. "Too bad," said one caller, "you don't have "working fathers to beat...
Tina Y. Tanhehco ’05 also contributed to the lighthearted aspect of the show with “Stripped,” which explored gender roles and power structures within relationships in a rather comic manner. Tanhehco’s piece started with a male and a female dancer (danced by Tanhehco herself) exchanging both clothing and body language, as Dar Williams’ lyrics, “I will not be afraid of women” blared in the background. The piece examined the roles that men and women are taught to play with each other, tempering...
...story behind the decision dates back to 1997, when HUPD Sgt. Kathleen Stanford filed a gender discrimination lawsuit against the University after being denied a promotion...