Word: neutralizes
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...specific single-occupancy bathrooms. Having located 24 single-stall facilities specifically assigned to either men or women, the group is calling for administrators and House Masters to alter the existent labeling to accommodate both genders and guarantee that all future Harvard buildings be designed with at least one gender-neutral bathroom. The change will likely not affect the vast majority of Harvard students, but that does not mean it’s not one worth making. While the difference would be minor to most, the comfort conferred to transgender or gender-variant students and faculty could be great...
...bathrooms. According to the group’s recently released report, “Besides reinforcing gender norms, bathrooms that are clearly marked as male/female force many individuals to enter bathroom environments that they consider uncomfortable and unsafe.” The simple step of remarking bathrooms as gender-neutral would greatly alleviate this discomfort—not to mention open up more bathroom space...
...Undergraduate Council approved contentious bills recommending gender-neutral restrooms and a campus women’s center in a three-and-a-half hour meeting last night, which ended only when security guards evicted the council from the Sever Hall classroom where it meets...
...evening’s most heated debate concerned a resolution sponsored by council President Matthew W. Mahan ’05 and Andrew C. Stillman ’06 in support of gender-neutral bathrooms on campus. Jordan B. Woods ’06, political chair of the Bisexual, Gay, Lesbian, Transgender and Supporters Alliance (BGLTSA), spoke to the council in favor of the bill, which urges Harvard to remove male or female designations from all single-occupancy bathrooms...
...print ads can affect guys too. Psychologists at the University of Central Florida studied 158 male college students, average age 21, and found that those who were shown TV commercials featuring fit, muscular, sometimes bare-chested men were more depressed and had more body dissatisfaction than students who watched neutral ads. In fact, the latter group reported a decrease in depression after seeing the non-appearance-related ads. Who says men aren't sensitive...