Word: sexistence
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...shadow of this concern that College officials began investigating the specific links to the clubs, and whether such ties did in fact constitute a violation of Title IX. The issue was further spotlighted in the spring when an edition of the Pi Eta Speakers' Club newsletter containing highly sexist language and imagery became public. Although the Pi Eta is not technically a "final club," the incident fueled arguments that all-male clubs are almost by definition sexist. The CCL passed a resolution condemning the clubs for excluding women and weighed recommending that the College cut its ties to the clubs...
Smith College President Jil Conway, speaking this week at the Cambridge Forum, said that qulaified women are still excluded because of the sexist hiring practices of major universities...
...quite rightly takes up the issue of the celebrated Pi Eta Club newsletter, which depicted women in almost the lewdest, most sexist language imaginable, as a case study in which free speech must be extended to even the most offensive of communications. He goes on at length about why he issued a strong public denunciation of the letter, and how this denunciation, rather than inhibiting free speech, is part and parcel of the market-place of ideas to which free speech is supposed to contribute...
...Must we really extend the principle of free speech to blatantly racist or sexist communications that are so offensive to others, so inflammatory, so devoid of intellectual content that they could not conceivably contribute to the pursuit of truth and understanding...
Still, the great thing about a suit against the final clubs is that it would force them to show their true colors. To avoid having to comply with a consent decree and go co-ed, they would have to hire attorneys to show how sexist they really are. There would be no middle path...