Word: second-class
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...ignorantly states that "Radcliffe was the college that let women remain second-class citizens on this campus for decades," listing such restrictions as those barring women from using Lamont Library and eating in the Harvard dining halls. Any thinking person would realize that these were not rules set by Radcliffes, Harvard controlled its own dining halls and libraries, and they chose to exlude Radcliffe women...
...depiction of Radcliffe's history had better not be too vivid, however, or it might not play in the '90s. Radcliffe was the college that let women remain second-class citizens on this campus for decades. Through the 1960s, Radcliffe women weren't allowed in Lamont Library, were forced to wear skirts to class and couldn't go into dining halls--unless, of course, they were somebody's date...
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...itself. We've said it before and we'll say it again: the fact that Radcliffe offers certain benefits only to Harvard's female undergraduates--and not to males--is unfair and discriminatory. And, ironically, Radcliffe's existence as an institution distinct from Harvard implies that female students are second-class citizens at Harvard who need a separate "home" where they will be coddled...
...They are not going to be second-class members," he said. "They will not be brought in and asked to use the bathroom a guest would...