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Donna James felt triumphant. She had recently been promoted to senior vice president at Nationwide, an insurance and financial-services company in Columbus, Ohio, where she had started years ago as an accountant. But then a white male colleague burst her bubble. "You know, Donna," he said, "the jury is still out on whether you are where you are because you have talent or because you are female and black." James was stunned into silence, not because she had never beheld such a stereotype in the workplace but because no one had ever voiced it to her face. Her colleague...
...even as their ranks grow, so does a murmur of frustration. Businesswomen of color speak quietly of persistent stereotypes (for example, having earned their jobs through affirmative action), of the struggle to conform to a white male culture, of feeling that their lives outside the office are invisible to bosses and colleagues. Their disgruntlement is so acute that some even talk of quitting. But for the most part, they keep their complaints from employers, who, although attuned to their minority and female constituents, remain largely in the dark about those who happen to be both. A new study written...
Harvard economics graduate student Emily F. Oster ’02 has collected and analyzed data linking the gender disparity in China—where males are more prevalent than females—to the hepatitis B virus. In a paper that will be published in the Journal of Political Economy, she showed that mothers who carry hepatitis B are 1.5 times more likely to bear a boy instead of a girl. “Countries with more hepatitis have higher sex ratios [male to female] at birth,” she wrote in an e-mail. In most parts...
...night, Airs gave out prizes, including vibrators, books of erotica, and a rubber duck. Students bombarded Airs with questions throughout the presentation, touching on topics ranging from how to achieve multiple orgasms to why she didn’t teach a seminar on the male orgasm. “It would take about five minutes,” Airs responded, garnering much applause. Airs also mixed tips on orgasms with advice on safe sex, warning students to steer clear of Lifestyles brand condoms, because, she said, they barely meet federal safety regulations. She then demonstrated proper condom-application techniques...
...spectators, a lot of whom have not yet seen the Murr Center. Having this tournament will make sure that anyone who’s associated with squash will know about the Murr Center by the end of the tournament.”The tournament will feature the 24 best male players in the world. The competing women’s squash players range from No. 5 to No. 30 in the world rankings. The finals will be played starting at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 8.Lily Lorentzen, a freshman on the Harvard women squash team, was one of the women...