Word: inferiore
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...other words, if Harvard weren’t banned from participating in the postseason, the team would have likely had two home games against slightly inferior opponents—with either one possibly carried nationally on ESPN2—before reaching the national semifinals...
Women interested in participating in the Final Club scene continue to occupy an inferior position and can only enter the clubs as the invited guests of their male peers. Given the obvious skewing effect this imbalanced social dynamic has on male-female student relations, it’s not surprising that female undergraduates have been fighting for the right to integrate into the Final Clubs since the 1960s. Yet despite over 30 years of protests and campaigns, Harvard women find themselves no better off today than they were over a generation...
Some women are uncomfortable with this approach, arguing that it’s unfair to assume women are the ones who are going to be placed in this inferior position. But at the same time, the attitude of these dissenters is self-defeating. The “She’s a smart, confident woman. She’ll tell him exactly what she wants and have no problem setting limits” approach can and does hurt the very people it’s trying to help because it does not take into account the social pressures facing women...
...society should aspire to that goal, but the fact of the matter is that we have a long way to go. It is still assumed by many Americans—the Harvard community included—that in social situations even strong, confident women should occupy a position inferior and subservient to that of their male counterparts. Countering the vulnerable position women are placed in at parties is an issue that extends far beyond feminism and gender equality...
...fact that Final Clubs do not admit women is not the issue. Nor is the fact that the Club parties are often open to women without being open to men. Women being placed in an inferior, vulnerable position within the male-dominated party scene remains a problem regardless of the existence of the Final Club system...