Word: genderism
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...might as well come from different planets--and can't we all just get along? But it is a message with enough of a truthful core that it struck a popular nerve at a very particular time: the early '90s, when it again became permissible for people to discuss gender difference. For this, thanks must be given to Georgetown University linguistics professor Deborah Tannen's groundbreaking You Just Don't Understand: Women and Men in Conversation, which perched on the New York Times best-seller list for close to two years before Mars and Venus came...
...used by the liar she fell for; a male fellow officer ratted on her to save his own skin. She was surrounded by officers, but where were the gentlemen in Flinn's life? As a retired military man, I am ashamed of my former profession and my gender. MICHAEL K. HEANEY First Lieutenant, U.S.A. (ret.) Bernardsville...
...result is a fascinating portrait of gender-based misconceptions. There's a reason, for example, that the company isn't called Pink Moon. "We tested names with boys," says Deyo. "And when we showed them Purple Moon, it was just, like--bam!--'That would be for girls. Because purple [not pink] is girls' favorite color...
...most see this year's trend toward more concrete forms of protest as a positive step for gender equity at Harvard...
...terms of selection criteria, the most basic thing to be aware of is...[the need to be] critical of all subjective measures, making sure they are in fact gender- and race-blind," said Kavita Kacholia '98, co-president...