Word: sexualism
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...Hospital. The departure of her college-age children led to Johnson's most dangerous bout. Unhappiness at work caused Binckley's symptoms to kick in again. For others, it can be the end of a marriage or the start of menopause. Men aren't immune, and for them, the sexual dysfunction that can come with aging often serves as a trigger...
While gender and sexuality may be different categories of analysis, the two concepts have been historically intertwined and continue to influence each other today—think, for example, of stereotypes of the effeminate gay man or “butch” lesbian. To study gender without thinking about sexuality, or vice versa, would miss critical points of analysis for understanding sexual and gender identities and categories...
...therefore applaud the Committee on Studies of Women, Gender, and Sexuality for providing a forum for students to study gender, sexuality, and their intersections. When I was an undergraduate, no official committee or department existed for critical studies of sexuality. Students interested in these issues sought out individual faculty members dispersed in departments throughout the university; the Committee on Women’s Studies, while sympathetic, rarely offered courses dealing specifically with sexuality. While combining the two fields may not be a perfect solution, I am glad that sexuality studies finally has a home, and that students have a forum...
...staff writer for the Salient, responded with a defense of the institutional definition of marriage. “If you redefine marriage, there will be disastrous consequences,” Lacaria said. “It stops being a fundamental social institution and becomes sexual friendship.” Lacaria argued that the purpose of marriage is to create life and provide a “stable, balanced” home for children—one that “gay marriage cannot provide.” Katherine E. Smith ’10, from the BGLSTA-Dems team, challenged...
...want to clarify Middlebury College’s admissions policy as described in your editorial “A Box of Their Own?” (Oct. 13). While Middlebury College welcomes students from diverse backgrounds, it has no admissions policy related to sexual orientation. Middlebury accepts only those applicants who have demonstrated evidence that they will succeed at the college academically and who will make positive contributions to its undergraduate community...