Word: sexism
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Michael O'Donohue have parlayed their National Lampoon into an established success. Their magazine has prospered largely because it was willing to be unconventional; the staff was willing to trample over almost all boundaries of taste, just as they had at college, in the pursuit of laughs. Outrageous sexism, casual racism, sickness and, at first, the rare ability to keep their perspective combined to make the first few years of National Lampoon truly funny, frequently gross. They knew their market and pandered to it shamelessly, rolling in mounds of dollars pried from the blue-jeaned pockets of all the smartass...
...resulting "sexism trial" has titillated West Germany for weeks. The daily newspaper Die Welt polled readers on what they thought of Stern's cover. Said Actress Elke Sommer, 36: "I'm ashamed when the photos are almost obscene, but we live in a free country." Insults flew between the chief complainant and editor of Emma magazine, Alice Schwarzer, 35, ("Male perfidy," said she), and Stern Editor Henri Nannen, 64, ("Joyless gray skirts," said he). During one session in a Hamburg court, Nannen stirred a row when he whisked out huge cheesecake photos of two of the plaintiffs, one showing Actress...
...group of feminists occupying the offices of The Daily Collegian newspaper at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst submitted a new set of demands to the editors which calls for the formation of a fact-finding commission to investigate charges of sexism leveled at the paper, a spokesman for the women said yesterday...
Joan B. Breen '80, an IRC member, emphasized that the rumors "were completely wrong. They were spread about competent, hard-working women." There is a general atmosphere of "subtle sexism" that the organization must confront, Breen added...
...many people will cite Emmerich's account--one published in Harvard's newspaper of record--as an example of sociobiological sexism? The very least Emmerich owes DeVore is a retraction and a deep, believable apology. Much more appropriate would be a reprinting of DeVore's full speech, or at least as much as can fit onto page...