Word: sexualizing
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...student looking for support and appropriate medical attention following sexual assault should search beyond the walls of University Health Services (UHS) and away from most administrative support, say two Harvard undergraduate women who were assaulted last spring...
...with the student-run Coalition Against Sexual Violence picking up their cause, the women have publicly criticized the University's support mechanisms. The say they hope to change the resources available to Harvard students in times of crisis...
...hadn't she and NOW been largely silent when analogous (though not quite as serious) charges had been made by Paula Jones? Hadn't NOW been conspicuously reticent on the issue of whether Lewinsky's relationship with the president, conducted between consenting adults, nevertheless had had some hint of sexual harassment because of the workplace imbalance of power...
...national profile is inherently political. As a lobbying organization, it has fought successfully for improved sexual harassment laws and stronger rape prosecution, among other noble accomplishments. Necessarily, this lobbying effort has relied on Democratic support. At some point, though, its obligation to principal needs to outweigh its political dependence...
...more consistent response--measured, open-minded and supportive--to allegations of sexual harassment and rape, whether against the president or any other prominent political figure, would benefit NOW and the population of women in this country that it wants to protect. The initial political expediency of supporting the president over these last months has translated into a weakened credibility for the organization. I agreed with the force of Ireland's comments on "Larry King" but couldn't help thinking that their effect was blunted by the awkward timing. The juxtaposition of Ireland's comments and the president's acquittal...