Word: genderism
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...sisters worldwide, Islamic women here still support the separation of sexes at mosques and believe in modest dress (although the definition of modest varies). Parity in family decision making is on the increase, but the husband often has the last word. Women sacrifice their careers for their families. The gender assumptions resemble nothing so much as those in America in the 1950s...
...Gender reforms are slow and hard-fought. In 1999 the Emir of Kuwait, Sheik Jaber al-Ahmed al-Sabah, issued a decree for the first time giving women the right to vote in and stand for election to the Kuwaiti parliament, the only lively Arab legislature in the Persian Gulf. Conservatives in parliament, however, blocked its implementation. In addition, the legislature has voted to segregate the sexes at Kuwait University. Morocco's government has proposed giving women more marriage and property rights and a primary role in developmental efforts, but fundamentalists are resisting the measures...
Women in the audience questioned panelists about gender roles. Jane Gray ’95 said she wondered how many men were willing to split household responsibilities equally...
...just in case you wondered how Al Gore was managing to keep himself useful during the war, http://www.ngrguardiannews.com/news2/nn841101.html reports that he's taken the Bush family's new message of gender equality all the way to Lagos. On a speaking tour, Gore said greater women's empowerment would curb war, corruption and chaos. "Men of quality are not threatened by the emancipation of women," he added. But it was Gore's laugh lines that got the local media going. "Amid rib-cracking jokes, Gore spoke on a variety of issues, bordering on mother's supremacy, perfect marriage partners...
...talk, entitled “Race, Gender & Abortion: Pro-Life Politics in the 21st Century,” Jefferson questioned the intentions and priorities of famous birth control pioneer and family planning proponent Margaret Sanger. Jefferson, who graduated from the Medical School in 1951, said that Sanger believed in poverty impacting people’s genes, rendering people “disgenic...