Word: kenan
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...challenge traditional ideas of masculinity,” said Juan Carlos Arean, of the Family Violence Prevention Fund. “I think the gender role strain affects men, but it can also be a strength,” said panelist Jason Leatherman. When asked his opinion of Kenan Professor of Government Harvey C. Mansfield ’53, who has questioned the acceptance of a genderless society, Leatherman said that men are very different and that “masculinity is a positive thing.” “Left alone, there will be a lot more male...
...Manliness is a challenge to a gender neutral society,” said Kenan Professor of Government Harvey C. Mansfield ’53, in an interview aired this weekend to promote his recent book, “Manliness”. In the interview, shown on C-SPAN 2’s BookTV, feminist writer Naomi Wolf pressed Mansfield on his opinions about gender. Mansfield argued that manliness is a virtue, which he defined as “confidence in a situation of risk.” “Women don’t seek out risk...
This 10-year-old side project of the Kenan Professor of Government—Mansfield ’53 normally spends his days translating Machiavelli and doling out C-minuses—broadly analyzes manliness as a fading characteristic in our modern, supposedly “gender neutral” world. “Manliness,” Mansfield said to the large crowd in the Kirkland House Junior Common Room, “is confidence in the face of risk...
...percent of all grades given to Harvard undergraduates last academic year—the highest level since 1999-2000, and the second-highest level in the last 20 years. An additional 25 percent of grades awarded last year were A-minuses, according to Gross’ letter. Kenan Professor of Government Harvey C. Mansfield, Jr. ’53 said that grade inflation makes pluses and minuses more important. “Pluses and minuses offset grade inflation, because from the standpoint of a professor, you can make more distinctions,” he said. Pluses and minuses, according...
...change from past presidents.But asked on Wednesday whether he still had confidence in Summers, Pinker hesitated, then qualified his response.“Yeah, but—I’d like to see a little more positive leadership,” Pinker said.Another well-known Summers supporter, Kenan Professor of Government Harvey C. Mansfield ’53, also said he wanted the president to respond forcefully to his opponents.“He needs to start defending himself,” Mansfield said, “and to answer and refute his miserable critics.”Summers...