Word: sexism
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...already hear the shouts of “sexism!” and “feminazi!” echo through the Yard. But if Harvard recognizes an injustice—on a global, national, or local level—the University should do what it can to fight this injustice. Even in modern society, women and men have not had equal opportunities to prove their competency as leaders. Therefore, Harvard, as a progressive institution, should give the politically underrepresented sex—women—a chance...
...retroactively addressed by male members of the UC, as some candidates have suggested. This issue does not call for a position paper, legislation, or someone else’s presidential platform. It calls for people—not just men—on campus to acknowledge that sexism is not a vanished menace, but a real and subtle presence, and it demands women to speak up against displays of discrimination (as I did not, last year). Sexism is a lingering presence at Harvard, and although women should not be coddled, it is the responsibility of the entire Harvard community...
...because they are blatantly discouraged from doing so by their male counterparts, but because they would just rather not involve themselves in the "sausage-fest of the year." This begs the question: Why don’t more women run for the UC? Overt sexism is on the decline in the Harvard community. Rarely will you encounter someone on campus who is outspoken and secure in his or her discrimination against women. However, certain aspects of Harvard’s culture are simply tinged against the expression of women’s strengths and power...
...please—for the love of God—don’t pat me. Don’t condescend to me so blatantly, and then turn around and say that sexism is a thing of the past. Not doing that is one way—and the only way—to kill this elephant on the ballot…and in the room...
Thanks to an amendment to University policy passed in April, gender identity bias has joined racism, sexism, and other forms of discrimination as expressly prohibited at Harvard...