Word: genderism
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Implicit in the staff's opinion is the endorsement of a disturbing brand of gender and racial determinism--the editors adopt the view that race-based and sex-based characteristics set up virtually impenetrable barriers to understanding and identification, making it impossible for individuals to represent adeptly those of different backgrounds...
...communication and understanding are mutual goals, should one gender choose to wage war on the other in the interests of discussion...
Rising to sing Harvard's anthem, "Fair Harvard," the audience read from their programs which included a revised version of the anthem. A reference to Harvard's "sons" had been replaced by the gender neutral...
...technically minor, but symbolically major change in the text of our school song, "Fair Harvard." The first line, which used to read, "Fair Harvard! thy sons to thy jubilee throng," now is as follows, "Fair Harvard! we join in thy jubilee throng." The use of the inclusive, non gender-specific pronoun in the song which is sung at almost every major Harvard event is, of course, long overdue, but that's what the Celebration of Women at Harvard was about: symbolic change and the major change in the text of our school song, "Fair Harvard." The first line, which used...
Sometimes, it's all about symbolism (with a little tangibility thrown in). In the midst of more complex problems not so easily solved, Harvard did it up right this weekend, honoring the principle of gender inclusivity and specifically the women who entered the Yard 25 years ago by dedicating a gate opposite the Science Center and devoting the afternoon to a celebration of Harvard's alumnae, faculty and students. The cynics among us might argue that the Celebration was Harvard's way of deflecting attention from the need for more tenured women faculty and from the recent tensions with Radcliffe...