Word: gender
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...biggest problem The Powerbook has is that Winterson thinks she can successfully shift time and place with a simple chapter heading. As a result, the book becomes entirely confusing; it is impossible to tell when the protagonist has changed age or gender, for often the protagonist will remain the same but the time, place and lover will be different. If Winterson's intent is to involve the reader in an interactive hunt to chase down the three or four occasionally similar story-lines, then she succeeds...
However, Schor has not only been an exemplary academic, she has been a beloved educator as well. Renown for her popular courses such as "Shop 'Til You Drop: Women and Gender in Consumer Society," Schor exemplifies that rare mix of intellectual rigor and concern for students that so many Harvard professors lack. The University will be hard pressed to find a professor as talented or dedicated to fill her roles...
...Harvard, especially in light of a similar decision made by Seyla Benhabib earlier this month. In losing Schor and Benhabib, the University loses two of its most distinguished female professors, the directors of two of its most unique degree granting programs and two of its most vocal proponents of gender equity in academia. Already abysmally small, the community of female Faculty members cannot afford diminution instead of growth. If Harvard is to make good on its promises of opening the traditionally male-dominated world of academia to the contributions of women, it must more actively recruit and more stridently work...
...think there are any contradictions between achieving excellence and diversity," Rudenstine said. "I specifically think that one must give consideration to race and gender....Students can learn a lot from those around them--and that's not just 'intellectual book learning...
...conclusion: husbands and wives live longer when the wife has a strong man to lean on emotionally and he is not as dependent on her. Among couples who leaned equally, wives had nine times the death rate and husbands four times the death rate of more traditional couples. As gender roles change, though, the findings may not hold true for aging baby boomers and Gen-Xers...