Word: genderization
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...plan includes statistical breakdowns of the University's workforce by gender and minority group--Black, Asian/Pacific, Native American/Alaskan native, and Hispanic--as well as each faculty's and department's goals and timetables for increasing the representation of minorities and women...
Tribe has cited two Supreme Court decisions--one dealing with dependency benefits in the armed services and another with rules discriminating against males who want to purchase liquor in Oklahoma--to illustrate the Supreme Court's "enlightened" approach to gender discrimination...
Anne S. Ramsay, director of budgets and chairman of the Committee on the Concerns of Women (CCW) at Harvard-Radcliffe, says that many women on the Faculty feel uncomfortable. "There is tension, and it's based on gender." Although Ramsay is not a member of the Faculty, CCW includes many women professors. Many--especially junior Faculty women--have expressed their discomfort, saying they feel awkward when, for example, they walk into a department meeting that includes only men. "Women don't feel the camaraderie," Ramsay explains. "Men instantly feel comfortable with one another." Many women believe that the report...
...Saturday night, November 1st, I went to Brighams with a group of gay male students after the finish of a Halloween dance. An intoxicated man reacted with hostility to the fact that two of our group were dressed in cross-gender attire. Before being removed by a policeman who happened to walk in, he struck two people and reinforced in many others the belief that it is important to avoid at all costs "appearing gay" in public. We were all reminded that anyone who is identified as gay is extremely vulnerable to attack. Walking home--in a group, for safety...
Even before a baby comes, start checking for bias. "Describe a day in the life of your child at age five, age twenty-five. Does gender affect your imaginings?" Later, beware of furniture that talks. Television's lesson that Mother is to blame for the ring around Father's collar may overwhelm the example of a real-life father's dutiful diaper changing. To find out how your children perceive you, ask them to role-play being you. Watching your children act out "the living room is a mess and company is coming-what happens?" can provide...