Word: genderism
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...understand Johnson's appeal to the language of "egalitarianism" and the importance of equality of opportunity. But we must remember that there are plenty of single-sex organizations at Harvard which do not exist because of some latent sense of gender superiority. I refer to organizations such as the Din and Tonics or the Radcliffe Pitches which have all male or female membership. In both cases there are artistic values associated with all-male or all-female voices and skits and the reason why we hear no outcry is because these opportunities are balanced for men and women...
Under the name of the individual killed, the flyers read, "Remembered because of (his/her) gender identity. TransLiberation...
...feminist movement one finds this concern raised particularly with regard to language. The word "freshman" is not overtly offensive, but according to feminists it carries the presumption that everyone to whom it refers is male, no matter how vigorously one protests that it is being used in a gender-neutral sense. Therefore, campus feminists campaigned for, and the College adopted, the term "first-year...
...difference was that I had chosen, for reasons I shall shortly go into, not to audition for the Hasty Pudding Theatricals (HPT), while they were denied that choice merely because of their gender...
...push for men to express their feelings presumes that we have feelings, and we do have a few, but they remain submerged, and the airing of them often violates their authenticity. We are, as a gender, as dull as we seem. Contrary to the claptrap of the men's movement, men gain power through not talking. "The strength of the genie," said poet Richard Wilbur, "comes from being in a bottle." I'm no biologist, but my guess is that the male human animal was programmed for silence. One can make us talk counter to our genetic makeup...