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Kennedy's membership in private clubs indicated his sexist bias and that the nominee has ruled against the rights of women, gays, Hispanics, Blacks, and criminal defendants, Dershowitz said. "Judge Kennedy leans heavily against the Bill of Rights," he said...

Author: By Emily M. Bernstein, | Title: Tribe Is Pro-Kennedy In Senate Testimony | 12/17/1987 | See Source »

...take seriously any charge of threatened murder or assault." The different responses make the University seem to find possession of small amounts of drugs more serious than a violent domestic encounter. Harvard can thus be thought to be telling the community that it shares the traditional--and sexist--notion that domestic disputes between men and women are to be expected, that men will be men, and that sometimes a few good kicks can do wonders for a relationship...

Author: By David J. Barron, | Title: An Awkward Situation | 12/7/1987 | See Source »

Minority women students need to empower themselves to overcome racist and sexist discrimination on campus and in society, panelists in a discussion on minority college women last night said...

Author: By Heather R. Mcleod, | Title: Panel Discusses Minority College Women's Issues | 12/4/1987 | See Source »

...order to overcome racist and sexist oppression, minority women must develop pride in their own unique heritage and abilities, many of the panel members said...

Author: By Heather R. Mcleod, | Title: Panel Discusses Minority College Women's Issues | 12/4/1987 | See Source »

...only do men talk more, but what they say often carries more weight." By contrast, at women's colleges, notes Wellesley President Nannerl Keohane, female students not only enjoy "equal * opportunity, but every opportunity." This pays off, she insists, when graduates go out into the real and frequently sexist world: "When they do hit their first mound of prejudice, instead of saying, 'I'm not ready for this,' they will say, 'I know I can do this. I did it at Wellesley...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Why Can't a Woman Be More? | 10/5/1987 | See Source »

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