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Monday, July 21, 2003

President Wright is NOT PC

I've decided that President Wright's online biography at the Dartmouth website is not PC.

The last line reads:

President Wright is married to Susan DeBevoise Wright. He has two sons, a daughter and five grandchildren.

How dare he allow this?--Distinguishing between sons and daughters? Why not say "children" or "adult children"?

It's implied heterosexism. It ignores the social construction of gender.

...Okay, I don't really believe any of this. But I betcha there are those out there who would. Not many. But then again, they're probably in our own backyards on American college campuses.

Posted by alex at 6:01 PM

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