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...paper, this student's professor said to his class, "If anyone wants to, he can pick up his paper after the lecture." The student received his paper, was satisfied with a Gentleman's "C" and went to a Final Club to get drunk and meet a bunch of Wellesley girls. What did "he" have to be frustrated about...
...have to call on the outdoor phone to be let in." What they really mean: "With your new, improved, universal slidey card, avoid all the embarassment of waiting outside for a late-night rendezvous with your Quincy House hookup pal." Too bad they don't offer the access to Wellesley students...
...dance classes without being labeled sissies. Parents can enhance gender-neutral self-esteem by suggesting that a daughter help fix a leaky pipe--or a son whip up an omelet. "A little girl who says she wants to be a doctor gets a lot of support," says Bailey, whose Wellesley Centers are devoting their next gender-equity conference to boys. "But if a boy talks about wanting to be a nurse, the reaction is that it doesn't fit a masculine image. Parents and teachers need to foster an environment where sexual stereotypes don't shape education...
...theory and hype surrounding "gender equity," we sometimes overlook the common humanity of children: what they share and how they differ, regardless of gender. "The focus on girls has translated into the notion that somehow if you help girls, you hurt boys," says Susan Bailey, executive director of the Wellesley Centers for Women. "People want a quick fix, but there is no one-size-fits-all solution for either girls or boys...
...Radcliffe's had dropouts too. Both country singer Bonnie Raitt (woulda been '72) and actress Elisabeth Shue (coulda been '88) lived in Cabot House--Raitt while it was still known as South House. Shue transfered from Wellesley, stayed only a year and has since been somewhat incognito in the alumni world. Aside from the occasional pornographic web page, it's hard to find much of anything about her. Raitt, on the other hand, having left after three years for a lucrative record deal, still remembered her alma mater fondly enough to write in her 20th anniversary alumni book...