Word: sexism
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Women Appealing for Change sticks to a single issue: sexism. True, final clubs objectify women, allowing them into parties unconditionally but restricting them from membership and benefits. True, they are fodder for sexist comments and actions--recall the inflatable naked woman who was spotted last year on a final club door...
...blind wish to do away with final clubs altogether, it harshly condemns Women Appealing for Change and the reforms the group proposes because those reforms would leave the clubs in place. The staff mistakenly unleashes its moral outrage against "elitism" at the same level that it does against sexism...
...Radcliffe Union of Students supports the boycott of Women Appealing for Change (WAC) in that it is the first step to ending the elitism of the final clubs. Sexism, however, is not the only problem with the clubs. Admittting women to the clubs will not end socieconomic, racial and other forms of discrimination, but it is a good start. The issue will not be resolved when and if the final clubs go coed...
...amused by the sudden call to boycott organized by a few members of the Women's Field Hockey team. These women have failed to address the group of women and men who have individually chosen not to participate in Final Club functions not only because of the sexism inherent in their structure, but also because of the elitism involved in a members-only club...
...incident is the latest in a series of embarassments for the police department, including a Cambridge Human Rights Commission report which detailed sexism in the unit and a University-commissioned report on the department's guard service which showed unprofessional behavior there...