Word: sexism
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...members is a fruit of my valiant leadership and is characteristic of the past year. This was not at all “my work.” To my memory, the Signet has always gathered a very interesting and diverse group of people. Third, the implied current sexism of the Society is utterly outrageous. We are proud to have among our members a few of the best artists and intellectuals on this campus, and their sex is surely not a factor in the richness that they bring to our Society. Finally, I have not “involved?...
...society initiated its first female members in 1971—the first social club at Harvard to do so—and elected its first female president the next year. Even under her watch, however, the Signet continued to face allegations of elitism and sexism. Poet Adrienne Rich was invited for the organization’s annual dinner in 1972, only to storm out after a speech, which, she told The Crimson, showed that the Signet was clearly “a male-dominated institution...
...possible her husband was involved, but she herself seemed to be out of the loop,” Dershowitz said. “There seemed to be a little bit of sexism involved—‘if the husband knew, she must have known’ kind of thing...
...longer willing to accept it. I criticized his seemingly naïve unawareness that his opposition to birth control could spread pain in a world with dangerous diseases and unwanted children. His stance against abortion seemed to offend human rights. I viewed his refusal to consider female priests as sexism, thinly veiled by Scripture and Church traditions. I thought his refusal to welcome homosexuals into the sacrament of marriage was an ignorant attempt to foist morality of centuries long past on a world that had discovered new and better terms of equality and justice...
...know, final clubs are throwbacks to an era of racism, sexism, and class elitism at Harvard. But this is made even worse by these clubs’ appropriation of what is hot at Harvard. Guys in final clubs are considered it by a large portion of this student body—at our own expense...