Word: genderization
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...feminists are still angry that Margaret Thatcher did not do enough for her gender. They wanted her to constantly remind the world that she is a woman. But the contradiction in this demand is that constantly referring to gender differences defeats the purpose of striving for equality. Thatcher was successful as a leader without having to make an issue of her gender...
Thatcher got people to respond to her on a professional level, both negatively and positively, without constant reference to her gender. She got the respect of her peers in Parliament, both male and female, for the tasks that she accomplished--not as a woman, but as a leader. This is much more praiseworthy and a much bigger boost for equality than if Thatcher had been a militant feminist while in office...
...recognizing that language does affect the way people think," said Benjamin E. Tubb '92, a FOP steering committee member. "We are trying to avoid the undesirable effect of an unintentionally gender-specific term...
...leaders of FOP, a week-long outdoor camping expedition held each fall before Orientaion Week, said that the move to gender neutrality was in line with the organization's overall philosophy of equality...
Cross-casting is a recent and noble ideal. When a director or producer cross-casts, he or she casts a role disregarding the script's proscription of race or gender. On one level, it is an appealingly democratic notion; it suggests that anyone can play any role, and that despite our socialization, characteristics such as sex and race are supremely superficial...