Word: sexism
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...words "women" and "female" because they seem to define half our population solely in terms of the other half, as if they were not to be valued independently. The supposedly gender-neutral "person" and "human" are just a slightly hidden examples of the same kind of implicit sexism. Therefore, until a better alternative reveals itself, I shall refer in this letter to those with two X chromosomes as The People Formerly Known As Women...
...wary about divulging my opinions to a publication as rife with the veiled sexism of the establishment that this one seems to be. Harking back to a time when only men were admitted to Harvard, the name of The Crimson seems to uphold the patriarchy implicit in the establishment. But friends assure me that the newspaper has no ill feelings, and with the hope that my words will change your minds and your name (The Harvard Crimchild has a nice ring to it), I present to you my womanifesto...
...Unabomber, despite his threatening behavior, represents those who are completely fed up with American society and its problems, the ugliest of which are racism, sexism, homophobia and alienation. That's why the Unabomber was chosen to be the proponent of UNITE. Granted, not all of the groups backing UNITE support the use of that picture in posters and advertisements, but the fact that the picture was used suggests that the Unabomber represents something related to the mentality of the groups included in the alliance...
...Russek accuses Dean Lewis of disrespecting and disregarding the entire student body, of insulting the Harvard undergraduate woman who was attacked recently, of encouraging sexism at Harvard, of having weak and crude character and ethics and of being ineffective and incompetent...
Between your insulting words toward the Harvard undergraduate woman who was attacked and this recent decision, it is difficult to refute the idea that you may be encouraging sexism at Harvard. This would be truly sad, and I sincerely hope that your character and ethics are stronger and more refined...