Word: genderism
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Despite the fact that Carasquillo's prediction did not come true, several shared her fears. Soon after randomization's implementation in March 1996, Dean of the College Harry R. Lewis '68 recommended to house masters that the lottery for the class of 2000 use gender controls to better balance male/female ratios in the houses. The recommendation was approved and instituted in this year's housing process...
Lewis' concern stemmed from gender imbalance as dramatic as that in Pforzheimer House, which received nearly 70 percent males in the 1996 lottery...
Although the change in the lottery did not correct for existing gender imbalances, several women echoed Carasquillo's fears of mysterious "gender controls...
...Although] the Alternative Senior Gift Fund has drawn more attention to the issue [of greater gender and racial equity among Harvard's Faculty], focusing on it has obscured student perception of how Faculty balance might be achieved," wrote Aheto, who is among the organizers of the Senior Gift Fund...
However, the council altered its own constitution to increase anti-discrimination protections and tackled problems such as Memorial Church's policy banning same-sex blessing ceremonies and the University's lack of recognition of gender identity in its nondiscrimination policy...