Word: joking
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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PRACTICALLY NO OTHER issue confronting a University or community suffers such a wild problem of relativity. What one woman views as harassment another views as a simple joke that anyone should be able to shrug off. What one man views as gallant, another woman views as an affront. Nevertheless clear trespasses occur, as well as graver incidents. Trying to deal with sexual harassment is trying to teach a large group of people sensitivity to nuances and facets of human behavior that to various people are inconceivable, silly, overly sensitive, or a matter of human dignity...
McCarthy, who graduated from Boston College and the Harvard Graduate School of Education, said people used to joke that the U.S. government came from Cambridge. "Frankly," he said, "I'd like to see that happen again...
...self-satire in which the director knowingly winks at the audience--mocking yet still sympathetic to the foibles of his characters. Schlock should not be confused either with camp, where the actors are in on the spoof, or kitsch, which scores its levity precisely because everybody involved misses the joke...
...There's a lot of good natured kidding that goes on between men and women at HBS," Butler explains. "You joke about things at school, and those were the things we put in the ad and on the flyers to show we were joking around...
...students say they're entirely sincere. "At first glance, most people start laughing at the posters," said Labianca, "but it's no joke. We think that as time goes on and people see we're serious they'll take it seriously...