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...unexpected and dramatic announcement, made with no fanfare last Wednesday by Associate Dean of the College Judith H. Kidd at a small forum hosted by the Radcliffe Union of Students (RUS), is a misstep for a variety of reasons. Chiefly, the women’s center seems to be a solution to an imaginary problem...
...RUS and others argue that “social space” set aside for women (though not exclusively, since that wouldn’t fly with Harvard’s discrimination policies) is necessary because all-male final clubs control the vast majority of purely social space at Harvard. What they don’t take into account is that this space is privately financed. The College should not be pressured to help fix a social space gap for which it is not responsible. Of course, there’s a larger problem, too. Not nearly one-quarter...
...stressing the one legitimate role that the space could play: as a place to centralize resources for women, such as the Office of Sexual Assault Prevention and Response. Still, these resources could easily be gathered together without a formal women’s center to house them. If RUS cared as much about consolidating these resources as it does about securing a new women’s center, then they would push for this step immediately instead of using it as their one valid bargaining chip...
...chair of RUS Giselle B. Schuetz ’06 said a number of gender disparities still exist at Harvard, and a women’s center could offer consolidated resources...
...RUS member involved with Girlspot and the Bisexual, Gay, Lesbian, Transgender, and Supporters Alliance, Rachel A. Culley ’07, who described final clubs as “institutions of privilege, money, and social connection,” said a women’s center should be an alternative to the exclusive social clubs...