Word: sexism
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...have tried to damp down sexism, racism, classism, veneration of old Harvard for the wrong reasons by laughing at it whenever we’ve seen it,” Moses told The Crimson...
Many Democrats insist that prejudice is keeping women and minorities out of politics and business. In this frame, their presidential candidates are appealing. If Senator Barack Obama wins the nomination, racism will recede from the inner city. If Senator Hillary Clinton wins, sexism will exit the boardroom. According to these ideologues, economic success is tied to political success, and one must occur for the other to follow...
Racism exists, but it doesn’t explain many of the economic disparities among minorities. Sexism is the other scapegoat that Democrats fleece. Clinton often sobs that women earn “just 77 cents for every dollar that a man makes.” But those 23 cents aren’t lining some sexist employer’s pockets. Because women are the only ones who can have children, they are more likely to take time off to care for those children, losing experience and seniority. To devote more time to family, many women choose fields that...
...time and were from 40 to 64 years old—that is, beyond child-bearing years—men averaged $40,000 a year in income, while women averaged $47,000.” Lifestyle choices are behind the “gender gap,” not sexism. Unless Clinton outlaws pregnancy, I doubt her presidency will affect women any differently than Obama’s. Most Americans can succeed regardless of their race or gender. In many cases, culture makes all the difference. If Obama and Clinton want to make history, they could acknowledge this fact...
...violence, and in extreme cases killing infants to gain access to females. This is natural in chimps, and arguably aspects of this behavior are natural in human males. Natural in that in the behavior does exist, not that it ought to exist. The naturalistic fallacy has led to eugenics, sexism, and the birth of the Science...