Word: genderization
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Panelist Ed Cohen, a graduate student at Rutgers University's Department of Gender and Cultural Studies, also talked about sexism within the movement. He noted that those first involved in organizing the conference were primarily well-educated, middle class gay white males...
...that would reimpose on many businesses that are sued the burden of showing that their racially or sexually imbalanced work forces result from "business necessity" rather than bias. Corporate leaders and the President claim the provision will nudge companies to hire and promote workers according to statistical race or gender formulas, simply to avoid costly discrimination lawsuits. Backers of the measure say the fear is unfounded: the act stipulates that it does not "require or encourage" quotas...
...FEBRUARY and March of last year, the Danforth Center put up graffiti sheets in the houses to solicit comments about gender in the classroom. Remarks such as those excerpted here in italics attest to the problems' severity; many women here feel marginalized by the aggressive atmosphere of the typical Harvard classroom...
Despite the overwhelming consensus of research on the issue, students and teachers at Harvard have yet to confront their responsibility to eliminate the problem of gender inequality in the classroom. Until they do, the quality of education at Harvard--for both men and women--will continue to suffer...
...study, Krupnick found that women talk more frequently after other women talk. In a classroom "gender run," men dominate discussions for a substantial period of time until a woman breaks in; the woman's comment initiates a relatively short series of remarks by female students. When a man rejoins the discussion, the cycle begins again...