Word: genderism
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...most other sectors of society, a double-paned, safety-reinforced glass ceiling exists for women on the Undergraduate Council. Women on the council are simply not expected to behave in the fashion the men do, and when they deviate from this unwritten rule, their gender is used as a weapon of punishment...
...revelation to the council of my personal life as an indictment of the trustworthiness of my opinions has not been applied to any of the male executive board members, many of whom are in similar situations. This absence of action only highlights the fact that this tactic was a gender-based weapon used for political reasons in a disagreement...
...women, on the other hand, apparently become too overwhelmed to sort out what is their opinion and what is the opinion of their lovers. This weapon was aimed at me, and it struck. I still await its punishing effect to be aimed at any male on the council. My gender opened up a new and damaging avenue in this political disagreement, one that for the most part simply does not impact...
...most disheartening piece of this whole episode for me, though, was the lack of female support I received. Not one message was publicly sent out over the e-mail list to refute the bias of the statement against me. This combination of gender-based weapons and silence so bothered me that my Undergraduate Council express train was thrown off track. For the first time, it became devastatingly apparent what the glass ceiling meant to me and, moreover, that I was dumbfounded as to what to do about...
...council also debated a constitutional amendment that would revise the constitution to be gender-neutral and give the secretary the power to gender-neutralize any future legislation. I say enough of these mega-circuses and petty debates over hims and hers; let's get down to the business for which the council was elected--advocating students' immediate concerns as best as its jurisdiction allows...