Word: genderism
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...Radha Mitchell: The part was definitely a challenge. The gender aspect was difficult-the question was how to make her vulnerable enough for the audience to be sympathetic, but at the same time strong enough to be the leader of the group, the captain of the ship. It was difficult to keep that balance...
...corralling votes in South Carolina, his brother is making his own headlines in Florida. On Thursday, Governor Jeb Bush won his battle to eliminate conventional affirmative action in the state's public university system and in the awarding of contracts. Bush's plan would abolish race and gender as factors in the college-admission process, and automatically grant the top 20 percent of all high school seniors admittance to state schools. The Florida State Board of Regents approved the governor's proposal by a vote of 12-0, a vote that sparked protest across the state...
...person in the 25th percentile at a better high school is a better candidate than the kid at the 15th percentile of a not-so-good school," says Cohen. And so the battle rages on: The intricacies of the affirmative action issue - which ignites deep-seated passions about race, gender and socioeconomics - ensure that even if Bush's plan passes next week's review by the independently elected state cabinet, this story is far from over...
...deaf ears. They do not resonate in the public forum of Women's issues at Harvard but have been subjugated to one of the only places women feel they have entirely to themselves--the paint chipped walls of a lone bathroom stall. In a school where discussion of gender issues has been ignored, where women are only guests of finals clubs and not members, where equally talented women silently watch an all-male cast perform the most professional show on campus--these bathroom dialogues should come as no surprise...
According to both Slichter and Calkins, race, gender and field of expertise are only some of the elements the University should consider in trying to diversify the Corporation...