Word: genderism
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Should the ultimate goal be a woman, any woman, in the White House, or should it be a woman who, for example, is pro-choice, pro-universal health care, pro-gun control and pro-education? That is, should a woman be elected solely for her gender, regardless of her policies, or should she be elected because as a woman, she might (or should) appreciate the struggles of those who are discriminated against and those whose rights are being ignored? Why should we be eager for a woman president unless we want a representative in the White House who believes...
...OCIAL CLUB When it comes to money, boys and girls seem to play better together. A Brown University study tracked hundreds of investment clubs over the past decade and found that stocks picked by mixed-gender groups beat the S&P 500 by nearly 2%--that's a lot--while all-male groups squeaked past the index by 0.56% and all-female groups by 0.28%. Why the difference? Mixed clubs were often formed by co-workers, who were used to achieving goals, while single-sex club members tended to be friends, who didn't want to criticize ideas and hurt...
...With smaller blocks, it will be possible to get the gender ratios in each House much closer to the ratio for the College as a whole," Lewis wrote...
...when the College did not control for gender in the randomization process, the rising sophomore class assigned to Pforzheimer House was 70 percent male, leading to an overall House population that was 59 percent male...
...Institute focuses on women and gender, the Radcliffe name may prove more valuable even than its big brother's, Goodman says...