Word: genderization
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...gender gap-the marked difference between the political views of men voters and the increasingly sizable body of women voters-rang out as the theme of the convention, set to a Texas mariachi beat. The delegates, most of them Congresswomen, state officials and activists, found that women's status as this year's pre-election prom queen was a lot more fun than last year's post-ERA role as wallflower. It was, for one thing, the first time since the Caucus was founded twelve years ago that the guys had come to their party...
...addition, Reagan continues to be viewed less favorably by female than by male voters on just about every question that the pollsters raise. Contrary to popular belief, the gender gap yawns wider on economic than on foreign policy issues. For example, large majorities of both sexes-71% of men, 64% of women-express at least some confidence that the President is dealing effectively with the Soviets on arms control. But only 53% of the women believe that the economy is improving, vs. 65% of the men. On Reagan's strongest issue, inflation, the division is even more striking...
First came unisex hair styles, then unisex clothing. If the National Organization for Women has its way, unisex insurance will be next. Feminist groups and several powerful Congressmen are pushing two separate bills in Congress to end the traditional practice of establishing insurance rates on the basis of gender, which often results in higher premiums or lower benefits for women. Says Kathy Bonk of the Legal Defense Fund: "We have to take the profit motive out of sexual discrimination...
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...student input into the FDO's official view on Third World student needs and concerns. A Black student needs to know that there are certain areas in Boston to which he or she cannot go. Recently, in response to a woman student's claim that ethnic identity and gender were an important part of one's "Harvard experience." Dean Henry Moses replied. "I do not think that ethnic identity or gender were an important part of every piece of one's life...