Word: genderization
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...that is the case on campus generally. The complaints of insensitivity increase, but the level of dialogue does not. As concerns focus increasingly on language and attitudes towards race and gender, as opposed to discrimination, it seems that there is precious little in the way of talking or thought on the subject. We speak to ourselves...
...this fall The Crimson ran a small box on its front page announcing that after 115 years. The Crimson would now employ gender neutral terminology. Chairmen would now be referred to as chairs, and spokesmen would be spokespersons...
...decision was not the occasion of much debate at first. After all, it seemed ridiculous to refer to the head of our editorial board as Chairman when she was, in fact, a woman. And besides, what relevance does a person's gender have to their capacity to do the job? But after the box appeared, there was criticism. It followed the lines which have become all too familiar. Does everything have to be an issue? The Crimson has finally lost its independence and is now a slave to modish opinion...
...elite corps also felt the pressure of women's activism. The nine all-male final clubs once again were the object of debate in the dining halls and in the Undergraduate Council. This time around the council took a stand, calling on the clubs to admit women. Meanwhile, the gender discrimination suit against the Fly Club filed more than a year ago with the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination dragged...
...pressure of the daily routine at Middlesex, the issue of gender is often lost in the crises of the moment. But the larger number of women at Middlesex and other courthouses across the state inevitably leads lawyers, litigants and judges to confront their own attitudes about gender...