Word: genderism
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...Truthfully I was actually impressed by Wal-Mart's corporate stance on discrimination. They seemed to take it very seriously. We had a lengthy computer training and were told very clearly not to discriminate against our fellow employees, based on race, gender, ethnicity, etc. One of the vignettes they used was one on gender bias. They showed a man telling a woman she "couldn't" do some type of job related act (such as lifting) because she was a woman. They made it very clear this type of behavior wouldn't be tolerated. So the case is interesting because...
Wilchins, who started life as a boy 49 years ago, became a transsexual woman in the '70s. But today she (sorry, Riki--"s/he" isn't a word yet) refuses to identify with either gender. And her group, the Gender Public Advocacy Coalition, doesn't limit itself to trans issues. Instead, GenderPAC works to protect everyone's right to transcend gender stereotypes. A tiny niche? Tell that to the Nevada woman who was fired after she stopped wearing makeup; GenderPAC is aiding her in court. The group also helped the mother of Brandon Teena, who was killed after friends discovered...
...small but well-appointed office in Washington and a yearly budget of $250,000. Its Congressional Gala last month drew 200 people for an address by Colorado Congresswoman Diana DeGette. Even conservatives are noticing the change. Before the gala, the Culture and Family Institute warned that GenderPAC was promoting "Gender Confusion Day on Capitol Hill." Wilchins just smiled. "Actually," she said, "that could be our motto...
...supermarket, alongside dairy, paper products and pet supplies. Clearly, some female shoppers respond to food designed with their nutritional needs in mind. But do they really need to buy special oatmeal just because they were born with an extra X chromosome instead of a Y? "Somehow as a gender we've done fine for thousands of years without our own breakfast cereal," says Alice Lichtenstein, a professor of nutrition at Tufts University...
...Dwight Fee is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at Middlebury College in Vermont who specializes in gender studies. He spoke to TIME.com Wednesday...