Word: sexism
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...some women say they do not feel hindered by sexism...
Still, many say there are lingering vestiges of sexism in academia, as evidenced by everything from snide comments, to the low percentage of tenured female Faculty...
...never experienced sexism in the sense of feeling specifically disadvantaged," says Julia Torrie, a teaching fellow for History 10b. "However, there are certainly a couple of Faculty members in my department who are notorious for making insinuating remarks to female graduate students...
...recent publicity on affirmative action has really upset me. Not only is this a racist solution, but it is a detriment to those it "helps" and society as a whole. Affirmative action wants to correct past racism, sexism and other "isms" with new ones. Where does this end? Do we suppress white males until they need an affirmative action of their own? This type of correction sets one group back so the others can flourish, hurting everyone in the process...
DIED. ANNE SAYRE, 74, chronicler of sexism in the sciences; of scleroderma; in Bridgewater, N.J. Sayre's 1975 book, Rosalind Franklin and DNA, accorded overdue and posthumous credit to the female British crystallographer for her crucial role in the discovery of the structure of DNA and positioned Franklin alongside her Nobel-winning male contemporaries, James Watson and Francis Crick...