Word: sexism
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...with ramifications no one can foresee. It extends the mandatory retirement age from 65 to 70 in private industry and removes it altogether for federal employees. Said the bill's sponsor, Florida Democrat Claude Pepper, 77: "At long last, we will have eliminated ageism as we have previously eliminated sexism and racism as a basis for discrimination in this country, and we will be putting a new emphasis on human rights...
...critique of Dirty Hands should end without a few harsh words about the movie's politics, what little there are to be found. An insidious sexism threads its way through the framework of the story, occasionally exposing itself in all its nakedness before submerging beneath the fabric of its jerky plot. Chabrol saves the bulk of his wrath for Schneider, a modern Circe whose corruption and faithlessness bring down both of the men in her life. She is held responsible for the havoc wreaked in this film; her partner in adultery is little more than a good-looking schmuck only...
...female solo acts in the rock world today. Bonnie Raitt, probably the best of them all, fairly thrives on this image. So do Dolly Parton, who provides some nice background vocals on this album, and the majority of female country singers. This may be the result of sexism in the music world...
...Ageism is as odious as racism and sexism." That is a favorite aphorism of Congressman Claude Pepper, the fiery Floridian who, at 76, is as oratorically opulent as he was four decades ago as a radical New Deal Senator. Democrat Pepper's latest crusade, gingered up by senior citizens' groups like the Gray Panthers, is aimed at halting what he views as discrimination because of age. His argument, delivered in his trademark soapbox-preacher style: "Mandatory retirement arbitrarily severs productive persons from their livelihood, squanders their talent, scars their health, strains an already overburdened Social Security system...
...addition to institutional racism to which Ambassador Young has called our attention, this nation and many of its leaders at the local and national level have sanctioned and supported institutional sexism and institutional elitism. All are institutional sins that are debilitating to the oppressed and the oppressors. Those who are angered by Ambassador Young's charge should examine careful the consequences of their past actions and inactions as well as their intentions. An honest self-analysis might reveal that some of us are protesting too much. Charles V. Willie Professor of Education and Urban Studies Professor of Education and Urban...