Word: sexism
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...first, Mansfield’s breathy, soft words did not set off any alarms about sexism or homophobia. They actually seemed progressive; Mansfield was shifting America’s idolatry of “manly” qualities such as intoxication, cigarette smoke, and muscular physiques to assertiveness and confidence...
However, the single-sex environment may be stifling for others and make them more vulnerable to the effects of gender politics. Sexism and objectification seem not only inescapable, but more remarkable when they occur on Wellesley’s own campus. They even have the potential to attract some of the worst elements...
...twist of the story - that men kill each other to become her "master" - doesn't make up for such a nasty premise. To be fair, in an epilogue the author writes, "The true scope of my work can only be understood after you have read my later stories." Sexism aside, The Push Man collection feels as fresh and revelatory as when the works of Japanese cinema first began arriving...
...many ways liberal institutions have come a long way. However, it should not take, say, the Ku Klux Klan to rise to prominence once again on Manhattan’s Upper West Side in order for there to be a public acknowledgement that subtle and explicit racism, sexism, homophobia, and other forms of discrimination are widespread, and sometimes violent, realities for minorities at liberal universities...
...lacks semantic accuracy when it merely refers to an aversion to gays and lesbians instead of out-and-out fear. The queer rights movement has attempted to introduce more accurate terms—for example, heterosexism, which suggests a bias against queer people similar to the bias that sexism directs toward one sex. “Heteronormativity,” “biphobia,” and “transphobia” have been dismissed as products of a progressive movement with too much time on its collective hands—the words are criticized for being...