Word: genderism
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...ultimate goal, several sources have told The Crimson, is to recreate Radcliffe as a research institute under the University's umbrella, dedicated to the study of interdisciplinary, cross-cultural issues of gender and society...
Several programs which examine scholarshipthrough "the gender lens"--including the Committeeon Degrees in Women's Studies in the Faculty ofArts and Sciences and the new Women and PublicPolicy Program at the Kennedy School--would gain acohesive hub, controlling academic overlap withinthe University. The move would also further theRudenstinian legacy of fostering interfacultyinitiatives...
Still, the issue of government subsidies and other set-asides remains politically charged. "It is important to recognize the history of discrimination against blacks and other minorities," Canady says. "But we will not solve those issues by the government sorting people by race and gender." Some minority-business veterans view the SBA and set-aside programs as overly paternalistic and perhaps more trouble than they're worth. George Bellinger, a former business owner, is a substance-abuse consultant, but for nearly 25 years, until 1994, he headed his own company in Connecticut, Bar-Pat Manufacturing. The business was heavily involved...
Other women have not been so amenable. In 1990, Midge Martin, then a 65-year-old financial broker, sued the Longmeadow Country Club in Massachusetts for gender discrimination. The club excluded women from voting, prime tee times and the men's grill. In the months that followed, Martin reportedly received threatening phone calls, her crab-apple trees were uprooted from her lawn, and her Himalayan cat, Max, was poisoned. She later reached a settlement with the club, which included $45,000 for her legal fees...
...Longmeadow Country Club has since reformed. Rules are no longer gender biased. Two of the 12 board members are women; last January the club elected its first female president...