Word: genderism
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...report in the current Nature Medicine, the two sexes showed a striking difference in their responses. While the women were still generally pain-free three hours after having their teeth pulled, the males had no such luck. Their relief was slight and lasted only about an hour. No comparable gender difference in pain relief has yet been found with the more powerful and widely used opiates such as morphine and codeine...
...these studies, all qualities and characteristics between two individuals were matched as closely as possible except for one factor such as gender or race...
...very easy for things to be undone," Edley said, referring specifically to California's recently-passed Proposition 209, which bans racial and gender preferences in public hiring, contracting and education...
...women at a disadvantage, not for the protection of women in general. To make special laws protecting women is to institutionalize their status as victims. Extending the umbrella of sexual harassment to include the kisses of six-year-olds employs a set of laws that aim at promoting certain gender roles of inherent inequality. To see why this is so, we must recognize the roots of sexual harassment law and see what its ramifications have been...
...could decry the boys' actions without appealing to sexual harassment laws. When we do make such an appeal, we teach young girls that they are, even in the most egalitarian of situations, victims by default. To call such behavior inappropriate is one thing; to impose preconceived notions about gender roles upon innocent six-year-olds is another. Ironically, the law that was designed to promote equality in the workplace is now being used to teach inequality in the schools...