Word: sexism
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Heimert denies any affiliation between Eliot House and Harvard's nine all-male final clubs, which have faced charges of sexism and elitism in recent years. In fact, he says he was not aware of their existence until his junior year in the College...
...voicing concern about this behavior, I am not defending the absolute sanctity of free speech. As important as free speech is, I think society must continue to think seriously about addressing the tangible injury to the dignity of individuals caused by the expression of racism and sexism. Nor am I making a veiled argument against "political correctness...
While the goals and methods of combatting racism or sexism are open to debate, one major aim is surely to work for a society in which individuals are considered for their own unique merits, not as derivative or some group with which they have been dismissively lumped...
...felt cheated as I walked home from the conference. I did not encounter any constructive proposals to the problems that were addressed. Many serious issues such as actual accounts of sexism and racism were trivialized by those who sought to find these offenses everywhere. Other issues that the moderators did not wish to address, such as free speech or the true nature of science, were quickly dismissed...
Troubled by the destructive nature of theracism, sexism, and homophobia prevalent in modernsociety, Clark tries to "stress love and nothate--that everybody, when they're cut, bleedsred." Thus Clark never attacks any particulargroups in society but instead focuses on themesand experiences common to everyone...