Word: genderism
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Meanwhile, rock festivals like Lollapalooza, H.O.R.D.E. and Lilith Fair bring out hundreds of thousands of kids we would have once called hippies. These kids aren't self-impressed enough to make a symbol of their mere existence a la Woodstock, but the festivals are far more multiracial and gender equal than the hippie fests of yore. And if the rock fests are too mainstream, there's always Burning Man, an annual festival in the Nevada desert that brings as many as 20,000 people together to engage in conscious acts of Dadaist performance...
Professors are also divided about the degree towhich affirmative action closes gender and racegaps in society...
...Tuesday, voters in Washington State dealt another blow to supporters of affirmative action by choosing to end preferences based on race and gender in state universities government hiring and contracting...
...Against Sexual Violence was established last year after Harvard sophomore Joshua M. Elster was indicted for the rape and assault of a Harvard undergraduate. According to its student leaders, the Coalition seeks to improve treatment of rape victims, to promote awareness of sexual violence on campus and to advance gender equality on campus...
...long-term goal, the members said they hope to eventually change Harvard's "patriarchal" structure in favor of a more gender equal system...