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National Martial Arts champion Rebecca A. Rakow '01 described her vision of gender equality to about 20 people gathered for a speech at the Harvard-Radcliffe Hillel last night...
...Rakow, who was named International Young Woman of the Year in Public Affairs by Zonta, an international service organization, stressed that women can equal men in physical strength, despite biological differences between the genders...
...Many will not agree with [the idea] that women can be as strong as men," Rakow said, arguing that this is the main reason women have less political and earning power. "People have accepted that [women] have the brain power, the motivation [to succeed], but there's still a concept of women as being victims...women have the capability to be equal...
...Rakow, an engineering concentrator, recounted her experiences as a karate expert who often competed against boys before she was banned from participating in formal matches against males on the grounds, according to her, that "boys are walking away with broken egos...
...enough of those Xena Warrior Princess, episodes, the Hillel is sponsoring a discussion on Women's Physical Equality with martial arts champion Rebecca Rakow '01. Though the talk has been advertised as "G.I. Joe Move Over, Barbie is in the Ring," men should not feel excluded from coming. 6 p.m., Hillel's Rear Dining Hall, 52 Mt. Auburn St. FREE...