Word: sexistence
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...officials said they had planned to distribute flyers reading. "We're still here, they're still sexist--Boycott all-male finals clubs," to all undergraduate mailboxes...
...writing to express our deep frustration and anger at this week's Fly Club vote. It is clear that with the choice to reject co-ed membership, members of the Fly Club have missed an ideal opportunity to alter the sexist traditions maintained by Harvard's all-male final clubs. It is not only the women of Harvard who have been disappointed, but also the Fly class of 1994, the majority of Fly alumni and some present members of the club...
...sincerely hoped that the Fly Club would take the initiative in what would be a demonstration of respect for women of the Harvard-Radcliffe community. The continuation of sexist practices at all-male final clubs reinforces a system which denies half of Harvard's population equal access and equal control over what for some is a major part of campus life...
Step One: Choose sides. At Harvard, there are more or less two voices in the editorial dialogue--the fanatically conservative and the self-righteously liberal. If you plan to be the former, make sure you live up to the titles homophobe, fundamentalist and sexist. If you plan to be the latter, make sure you can spell and pronounce the words homophobe, fundamentalist and sexist; these will most likely constitute a good part of your vocabulary...
Nevertheless, WAC's demands didn't go far enough to suit some campus feminists, who have denounced final clubs as elitist as well as sexist...