Word: genderism
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...wake of Radcliffe College's merger with Harvard last fall, Harvard College officials have now asked that the prize not be restricted on the basis of gender. According to Lewis, the prize could not legally continue to be given only to women...
...Discussions have been going on about how best to avoid the gender restriction, while carefully respecting the terms of the original gift," Knowles wrote in an e-mail message yesterday. "Dean Dunn and I agreed that since these discussions were inconclusive, we could not award the prize this year, but we firmly aim to resolve them so that--in some (though necessarily changed) form--it could be awarded next year...
Today marks the high point of Take Back the Night (TBTN) week, five days of events focusing attention to gender-based violence on this campus and the rest of the world. TBTN concentrates on supporting the survivors of physical and sexual violence within our community while additionally providing, for survivors and others who care about violence towards women, a network by which to share information, support and strategies for change. In a literal sense, TBTN calls for women to be able to claim the safety of the night, but more fundamentally, it is also a way for survivors to give...
According to a Take Back the Night flyer, "TBTN rallies and vigils protesting violence against women have taken place internationally for over twenty years. At Harvard, TBTN is an entire week's worth of events promoting awareness and action about women's issues." Abortion is not an issue of gender-based violence, nor do we believe that it should be considered simply as a "women's issue." The issue of abortion is a question of whether or not a human life is being lost, and the importance of the answer to that question transcends any claims of female empowerment. Furthermore...
Each female undergraduate at Harvard is automatically a member of RUS because of her gender and consequently, a portion of her activity fees fund the group. According to the RUS website, the Radcliffe Union of Students "is the voice for all female undergraduates at Harvard" and "conducts panels, weekly discussion groups, and events such as Take Back the Night, to insure that the voices of all women at Harvard are heard." Unfortunately, including abortion activism as a component of TBTN does not ensure that the voices of all women at Harvard are heard. In fact, it serves to effectively silence...