Word: genderism
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Certainly it would be easier for the school not to allow coed housing because of the inevitable conflicts of throwing the proverbial wrench of gender and relationships into the housing mix. But if the school is unwilling to make the lifestyle choice for us--in the form of a curfew or parietal rules--the least it can do is let us have the choice. As a general rule, laws should conform to the reality of their application. Whenever people learn that laws don't have to be obeyed--as is the case now with drinking--the ability of administrators...
...woman, Divirgilio is extremely aware of the terror of rape and the gender balance on the force. She is well-versed in the appropriate means for women to protect themselves from violent assaults. Divirgilio has been with HUPD for about a year and a half; her experience in the Marines, however, most likely prepared her for all she could expect in Cambridge. "My outlook on the situation is generally kind of different than most people. I like working with the men that I work with, there are some difficult times, but that comes with the territory. I mean...
...Gilligan, the Patricia Albjerg Graham Professor of Gender Studies at the Education School who has done extensive research on girls' lives, was one of the actor's principal reasons for speaking at Harvard, Fonda said...
...floor in ratty red t-shirts or recently bought Jasmine Sola tops. The D.J. played hip-hop and techno. Typical final club types sat next to people who couldn't get tickets to the Owl Luau. And the deciding factor on who was admitted to the party was not gender (male non-members are not allowed into many final club parties) or a guest list or the amount of makeup we were wearing, but whether we had a ticket. Ladies and gentlemen, the era of social equality has arrived at Harvard's social scene. The only question is, why didn...
...aunt." Redgrave deftly sketches the quiet hell of a woman unable to share her grief for her "friend" with the unwitting in-laws. A butch townie (Chloe Sevigny of Boys Don't Cry) in "1972" rattles her college-student lover's gay-feminist pals, for whom short hair means gender treachery, but the daring setup devolves into a pat Afterschool Special for lesbians...