Word: males
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Betty Blue is a sexy, feminist film by a male director, reminiscent of the great "woman's films"--like Mildred Pierce and Camille--which Hollywood produced at its height. L'Annee de Meduses is merely a vapid testimony to the boredom of life--and film--on the beach. If a director really wants to set drama on the beach, he had better pull a strong character out of the deep like Jaws...
...these interpretive schemes, biological assumptions of gender are overcome by examining the sexes as socialized functions, so that "it is not true that literature contains no examples of male pregnancy," just as it is equally untrue that all women want to have babies. Moreover, the theoretical wordplay is reoriented, so that one now discusses literary themes in terms of matricide and womb-envy, that is, in terms of the woman's experience...
...kind of intimate or private relation that warrants constitutional protection." About 30 states have laws similar to California's. The Justices said other organizations will be considered on a case-by-case basis, but some thought they could read the writing on the clubhouse wall for such venerable male bastions as the Kiwanis and the Lions. "The Wednesday night men's poker club may still be safe," said Rotary International President-elect Charles Keller, "but I don't know what else...
Jonathan Monheit is more than just a big man on campus. He is the only man on campus. When the 19-year-old freshman transferred to Goucher College near Baltimore in January, he was the first male to enroll full time since the school decided to go coed last year. The distinction has its burdens. Monheit lives in a dormitory guest room, gets ribbed by male friends and, when introduced to otherwise supportive Goucher peers, is often greeted with "Oh, so you're the one." Says he: "You get a very isolated feeling sometimes...
Founded in 1885, Goucher went coed in an effort to reverse declining enrollment, currently around 850. "The presence of a full-time male student has made a statement," says President Rhoda Dorsey, pointing to a 51% rise in applications. Some 100 came from men, so Monheit will not be a lone pioneer for long. That suits him fine. He would rather follow quietly in the footsteps of his mother, Goucher...