Word: sexism
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...male-bonding luncheons, fine houses, and beer parties with Wellesley women. Women, however, would be very pleased to have access to the final clubs' resources and connections, to be paid equally for equal work, and to be free from sexual harrassment at the hands of men well-trained in sexism. Women at Harvard are a minority; final club members are an elite...
...said the Society also demanded that thecollege issue a statement on racism. In response,Freedman spoke at a rally in front of ParkhurstHall, Dartmouth's main administration building onMonday. According to Rick Adams, a collegespokesman, Freedman called the students actions"unnecessarily and inapropriately provocative."The president added that "Racism, sexism, andother forms of ignorance and disrespect have noplace at Dartmouth," the spokesman said...
Lockwood, who authored both resolutions, argued for the council members to represent their constituencies and fight for a united campus community. "The question is, `is this council going to be a voice for the student body [by] standing up to oppose sexism and racism?'" he said...
...have bothered to read it at all. After all, rape? For me, the word connotes something so barbaric and underwordly that I have trouble connecting it with my own priviliged, sheltered experience at this university. This is despite the fact that I am acutely aware of the pervasiveness of sexism on campus which manifests itself in classes, in work situations, and in personal realtionships. So you see, I was reading through the article rather lazily...
When Mayor Raymond Flynn could not convince seven people on the council to go for his candidate, incumbent Bolling, he decided to support Ianella over Casey. Casey charged that the Mayor's choice was based on sexism, saying, "Raymond Flynn has a problem with women...