Word: sexists
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Often what is involved is simply a matter of changing a series of pronouns or of eliminating inexcusably sexist language such as calling female employees "the girls." The Women's Student Association has just created a case revision committee aimed at improving the image of women portrayed in the cases. Susan Carash, the committee's chairwoman, described efforts towards improvement, as "still in the embroynic stages." Unfortunately these badly needed revisions are hampered by the "historical significance" attributed to all case references and by regulations requiring the author's consent to any revisions. Even in a case published this year...
...many women don't agree. "At the departmental level there is still a very sexist attitude," one woman administrator who asked not to be identified says, adding, "In a sense you can't really blame Harvard for the minority problem because the pool (of available minority scholars for tenured posts) is very small. But you can blame Harvard for the women's situation because the women are there...
...have to decide on other movies also, if they are seen as racist, sexist or in any way discriminatory to the university community," Scott said...
...course, the film depicts Judy as the naive victim of a sexist society. Her ex-spouse ripped her off. Her dad pushes her around. Her second husband, a horny, gray-haired fool, paws her constantly and, on their wedding night, cajoles her into making love on the bathroom floor. At the exact moment of his premature ejaculation, he has a heart attack and dies on top of Judy. It's like visualizing a bad Rodney Dangerfield joke and recognizing its ugly failure...
...dose of self-confidence." She meets the owner of the strong, soothing voice, a poker-faced Army recruiter, and believes him when he tells her that joining the Army means living in a Monterey condominium and sailing a yacht. He also assures her that the Army is no longer sexist: "This is the Army of the eighties. Any jobs that men hold can be jobs for the ladies, too. Even trained killers, stuff like that...