Word: males
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Former Council Chairman and Owl Club member Richard S. Eisert '88 attempted to downplay the significance of the clubs' all-male rules. "There are a lot of all-female opportunities available at Harvard," he said, adding that Radcliffe offered women opportunities unavailable...
Dershowitz said Harvard final clubs serve as the "minor leagues" for adult all-male clubs. "Where did they learn that it's more comfortable to be with only males, to be with only Christians, to be with only whites," he asked. "They learned it at Harvard...
After Harvard severed its ties to the nine all-male final clubs in 1984, punching season returned, the parties continued, and for the most part the debate over the clubs seemed to have reached a settlement. Until Lisa J. Schkolnick '88 came on the scene...
...original complaint to MCAD, Schkolnick writes, "The clubs, though not actually affiliated with Harvard, sometimes hold functions on Harvard property and significantly (and adversily[sic]) affect Harvard undergraduate life." Between 10 and 12 percent of all Harvard undergraduates are members, and many more, both male and female, attend club parties...
...social organizations after World War II. Although most clubs still serve meals, most members say they eat at them a few times at most. Called final clubs to distinguish them from the waiting clubs that once catered to the sophmores and juniors but no longer exist, the nine all-male social clubs were governed by rules developed in the 1920s until the University severed ties with them four years...