Word: genderism
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...Kristi, a bike messenger, and Howard, a clinical psychologist. Their stories share the common pain of being raised after having undergone corrective genital surgery as children. Fighting against a world in which doctors make arbitrary choices about children’s sex and gender, independent of their parents, Kristi and Howard relate the horrors of adolescence and adulthood when one is “not wholly male or female.” Kristi, who was born XY (male) but was raised as a girl, sums up the confusion and pain of hermaphrodite individuals when...
...Later this year trials are expected to begin on a device - smaller than a cigarette pack - designed to produce this effect on demand. For those of my gender now sniveling, shriveling and about to book in for a sex change: wait! Let's read behind the headlines here. The lady didn't say, "You're going to have to patent a gadget to do that." No, she thought at once of her good old husband and maybe raising his game a little...
...social organizations. Final clubs, Harvard’s elite take on fraternities, tend to dominate the after-hours scene. But Greek life is slowly growing, with three fraternities and two sororities becoming a more visible presence. The Seneca, an all-female organization, has made strides toward creating a more gender balanced social scene...
...flags have provided colleges with important information about the conditions under which the test was taken, information that should be no more prejudicial than the test-taker’s race or gender. And although many students who have legitimate disabilities receive untimed tests, the provisions are badly abused by those who simply want a better score and can find a doctor to declare them learning-disabled. It is impossible to know how many of these classifications are fraudulent, but the practice is perceived as common at many of America’s top high schools, mitigated only...
...nations, big and small. And we are working together on a broad range of pressing challenges, from advancing respect for human rights and the rule of law to broadening access to quality education and health care; and from deepening respect for the rights of indigenous peoples to promoting gender equality and alleviating poverty and discrimination...