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...athletics, leading to lack of female athlete role models. Panelist Wendy Healy, general manager of recreation at Harvard, said female participation in athletics is also affected because some women are self-conscious about going to gyms or exercising. The group urged women to fight such a “stigma?? and get active. “Recreation should be part of every woman’s life,” said Delany-Smith. Panelist Liz O’Leary, head coach of the women’s heavyweight crew team, encouraged women to join teams, saying lessons learned...
...nothing more than to enact societal change and to be part of a movement. Sadly, “Speak Out” has arrived on the scene a bit late. The statistics on abortion rates, which the filmmakers themselves agree upon, would suggest that this supposed “stigma?? is not holding women back from having abortions. Talking personally about one’s abortion is not critical to the protection of abortion rights. A woman who wishes to speak out about her abortion has the right to do so, but there is no reason for this...
...Craigslist stigma?? is why postings like the one from a “Harvard senior seeking female companion” have attracted more mirth than uproar. The senior’s insistence on a “white, 5’6” - 5’9”, young, blonde, attractive, and intelligent” date, and his final stipulations: “No Black, Asian, overweight, or unattractive women please,” if expressed in conversation or with his name attached, would have marked him for life. Yet the fact that life has driven...
...said. “Before we can change administrative, faculty, or tutors’ ideas about counseling, we need to figure out what we need as a student body.” In an effort to reduce what MHAAG members called a “stigma?? surrounding mental health issues, the group started a Web site—tellyourstory.wikispaces.com—last week that encourages students to anonymously submit stories, concerns, or thoughts about mental health. Over thirty students had made submissions at the time of this printing, covering topics such as competition at Harvard, weight expectations...
...tutoring with undergraduates, a service which, according to Assistant Director Sarah L. Bingham ‘83-’88, “allows a sense of a two-person study group,” and “takes away a lot of the stigma?? associated with getting help. During the 2002-2003 academic year, there were 1,055 requests for tutoring in 201 different courses, which added up to 5,709 hours of peer tutoring in total. The Writing Center and the Math Help center in Loker Commons are also available if you need...