Word: genderism
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...what that term really means. The few broad issues that used to galvanize liberals, notably the war in Vietnam, have given way to more diverse concerns that might concern only a small fragment of self-described liberals. Today, students charge into battle under the liberal banner for gender and racial equality, gay rights and stricter University labor policies. These causes, while admirable, have failed to garner the same kind of sweeping support that enlivened the liberal crusaders in the 1960s...
...become much more involved this year after the high profile campus rapes," says David B. Orr '01, a member of the council who has sponsored several bills dealing with gender issues. "I was amazed no one was dealing with women's issues...
After collecting coarse blankets and plastic cups, the guests report to their assigned cells. They're segregated by gender, and the men are led to Unit 3C, where an officer monitors 32 two-person cells from an elevated control center. There are no windows, only small, dim skylights. A concrete racquetball court adjoins the common room, which doubles as a cafeteria, and a visiting room is located on the second floor. Prisoners leave the unit only in case of an emergency...
What a difference a few months make. Most of the Web's early users were men, but by last summer the gender ratio was nearing fifty-fifty. This Great Online Makeover has left entrepreneurs and the v.c. barons who fund them asking one primal question: What do wired women want...
...answer seems to be time, information, community and horoscopes. Some of the Web's female pioneers discovered this golden formula by accident. Candice Carpenter claims she and Nancy Evans launched iVillage.com in 1996 as a gender-blind baby-boomer site focused on parenting, health and work. A year later, though women at the time accounted for fewer than 10% of all Web users, she says 75% of iVillage's traffic was female...