Word: genderism
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...discrimination. The feminist movement operates on the principle that past wrongs done to women can be remedied by preferential treatment now—that two wrongs will make a right. This reverse discrimination is not only unethical but also belies their alleged opposition to judgment or exclusion based on gender alone...
...Don’t Tell” policy in the last decade, which has substantially reduced the problem, there remain rules that restrict and deter homosexuals from joining the armed forces. For instance, if a soldier is so much as seen with a romantic partner of the same gender off-duty, he or she can be discharged. This is wrong and has no place in a society, unlike those of which we have read so much in recent weeks, that places a high value on civil liberties...
However, Truszkowska said she feels that student groups should not be able to discriminate based on gender...
Moreover, the club’s longstanding practice of gender discrimination promotes a negative image both of the Harvard campus and of the larger Cambridge community. Though many councillors expressed hopes that women would eventually be admitted into the club, we fear that their optimism is excessive and ill-founded. We commend Timothy P. Toomey, Jr., the lone member of the council who voted against granting the Fly Club tax-exempt status, in what was effectively a symbolic vote. We had hoped that other councillors would have done the same...
Isis founders said they hope to close the gender gap on the campus social scene...