Word: sexism
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Despite all the bitterness, few were inclined to launch a crusade against women or feminism. Said Rossler: "It's important that the men's movement not be portrayed as antiwoman. Sexism has affected us as detrimentally as it has affected women." In fact, the women's movement seems to be as much model as bugbear to the wounded males. Like feminists, conventioners complained about sexist ads, including two showing a female pulling a male toward her with his tie. "The tie represents a sexist noose or perhaps a leash," said Fredric Hayward of Sacramento. The men celebrated small victories...
...issue also includes articles about rape, sexual harassment, and sexism in the Harvard community, and movie reviews that examine the ways women are portrayed in films...
Harvard broke its ties to the final clubs because they discriminated against women. But sexism is not the only objectionable basis of elitism...
Hubbard said she wrote her article, about whatshe termed "scientific sexism at Harvard,"specifically for the book. The professor, whoteaches the course Biology 109, "Biology andWomen's Issues," said her article will refute arecent study by Baird Professor of Science E.O.Wilson...
...pajama parties. The Project on Equal Education Rights, an offshoot of the National Organization for Women Legal Defense Fund, publishes handy "equity action kits" that show teachers how to help girls avoid being trapped in "pink-collar ghettos." Warns Director Leslie Wolfe: "We're seeing the old wine of sexism being poured into a new bottle -- the computer...