Word: sexism
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Radcliffe divestiture petition says "Radcliffe can have a special appreciation for the importance of speaking out against oppression of all forms" because of "women's historical experience with sexism and Radcliffe's role in fighting discrimination...
...Keys, who is married to Indiana Congressman Andrew Jacobs, has an opponent who used the slogan A MAN TO RELY ON. When Connecticut Governor Ella Grasso ran four years ago, she was confronted by her opponent's slogan CONNECTICUT CAN'T AFFORD A WOMAN GOVERNOR. Bella Abzug observes that sexism surfaces particularly quickly when voters feel a woman's style challenges traditional notions of femininity. Says she: "If I were a man, they would have said I was strong, courageous and a leader. Instead, I was called abrasive and aggressive." Washington Pollster Peter Hart finds that older women...
Hamilton says a woman who seldom makes sexism an issue has more effect when she does make an objection. "I got called the 'prettiest little girl in our class' by a classmate at a job-hunting party. I pointed out to him later that that wasn't a compliment--and he won't do it again. If he had been used to my objecting to his vocabulary, he wouldn't have taken me seriously...
...just an issue for human behavior classes," she continues. "Not one of the chief executive officers in our case studies has been a woman...The school is not practicing overt sexism, but they're not actively trying to promote women's acceptance either...
Shofner said yesterday they punched the women in an effort to expose the sexism of the traditional all-male membership and to test the reaction of the club members...