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As Drori said, “If you take the our society changed, making stu- sy
On THIS 2S TEL ANNIS ER SAS, Oe Saigo ee nee Sree ver VGUL dying with the boys little more cosmopolitan eres
education at Yale, everything in- asain I haven’t felt re- D oes ieeh relations between iced ical : we 3 ns
Biceps jie tne transition aS oe eater thing fhe nt vec coon oa and a lot ae es, af pe <a
urred . Women stand _ stric' a the sexes? q . The dance card might seem like A
a pelos in almost all as- | wanted to do. P eeeiie dis Mrs. Francie Field, who oe a joke now, but at one time it ae 9g?
. : The only area of p' in 1942 from Vassar, mi all the magical ex- cas ily:
f student life. nt Ser on _ atedin 19. represented 2 s y
Baro FS aot world that crimination reat aac a Yale man. When she Fae am of courtship. Leaving pet as pa
Yale has become, one hardly no- —_Science Hill, san : his junior prom, from oe her school on the weekend and meet- expo? ol
tion ems & tangs er whic ned bet sctoolon te weeend and mes esa
sexes, Celebrations and monu- ne ae onal choice, rather _ partner for each dance. eae a __ the Biltmore in New York—how pood 4s |
ments to women all ae a ule ce eae arenotmany made sure Ee; a ae and different from therelationships of wrich s
silly. Who understands anymo: See theoretical dance with all of his > irca 1995. ax.
a ae ? women majoring in theore! tainofthe Yale, c chi :
how being a woman is different? 3 ch notables as the cap : Ke
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1a URUCEY dish ee oe th Janydiscrimina- _ football team. Baby it’s a wild world never been hy ees lee er
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pa oa aes a ti cs eee en nanded 1d ‘Somme happens when women wall they ie woe
can really say. pas F i such a card, he wou! He Nt climb, x 1°
After 25 years of coeducation, Elizabeth Wellington, a senior © woman don’t think ¢ ¥ i é
women still face a unique set of p . -
questions, questions which in the ue Thi he oe
pursuit of equality we often ig- oa gran = :
nore. Maybe men and women are g ee sam at od
fordarrentally ein oreee Many undergraduate wo BASE uy DVS ons AS
cational nurturing often masks dif- Seem aware that they wil) jv" ant in 2
ferences in nature. For women, make certain choices, butt, po aes
happiness requires more than a not limit the way that =. . yihat a
navy blue power suit. about the future, Govindiniyy : eves out 3
‘97, vice chair of the Indepen ae, in theif a it
ing wi r e
Studying with the boys Party and former coon dinar o ce that ©
S le ask, is there the Women’s Caucu: fi x
0, most people ask,
discrimination in the classroom?
Do women have difficulty keep-
M S of the Yale
Political Union, said, “Womendy
have a harder time
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that discrimination occurs w: ace 3 git? es 3 are
the confines of the classroom. Matter of perception, | Bie tm qve
Equality in the classroomis pretty aa oe ae = a ae Which is fees ee whenthey are
much de rigueur, according to pen tome. Obviously will have s ale quallt : P serve.
women majoring in everything ‘0 make trade-offs, but | don't 9 exclusive d that the
from physics to English. think Women focus on their lim- a wome at of careess
But this should come as no sur- ‘ations. ‘They shouldn't feel vic- | 0 e-mif ae ee goals
prise. Overthe pastdecades, Yale timized. sts, pelimiingto thelt eee
has dedicated itself to a relatively Mostofthe women interviewed | + Hons. Wellington, 1
firm meritocracy, which dropsits who designed a special divisional have to be prepared to endure fits leave Meritocratic Yale for the for this article said that they have asp to have @ piotechno
standards only for a few minori- major in biology management, of laughter and ridicule. In fact, real world? Prepared for what- tarely, if ever, experienced any . t jaces anextremel
ties, some legacies anda football says that she has never experi- _holdingopenadoormightreceive ever careers awaitthemalongside gender-based discrimination, 4 cael i is on raising a fat
player here or there. Otherwise,a enced any discrimination: “Be- asimilarresponse. Liberationhas their male friends, women can Most also did Not expect their smgemP rahi “Women de
Yale student need have no privi- ing a woman in the sciences, I surely brought the demise of cer- compete for the most competitive career plans to hinder their desire 4 i, telieves f - ea different
lege or status, only than a good never feltas though was treated tain social graces. But for women jobs, for spots at the most elite tohave families. Butseniorshead- uely have to ett ee
mind. Women have undoubtedly differently. at Yale, it’s tough to understand graduate and professional schools. ing into the unknown could not dquestions, At
benefited from such a standard, Women might feel intimidated the trade-off. Ifafew moresocial Yet for those who want to have
because a meritocracy cuts across
traditional lines of gender bias.
Ability has become the univer-
sal standard for Yale students. It
Say with certainty how they would
work in family commitments.
Drori said, “I guess my friends
ywall about being a strong,
mm. They encourage you to
elhatyou’'reawoman. Ifa
by not seeing other women in sci-
ence, but that’s a personal choice.
Yale really encourages you to do
graces means not attending Yale, _ families, they will have to step
and I don’t talk that much about smart women go to Ivy Li
your own thing.” Wy i a gs having families. We don’t think alleges and have career
applies to both academics and Many people speculate about At Ya I e tT le y encour ag e y ou to that it’s going to be huge prob- wethave kids, then we’ d
activities, . ‘ the small number of female sci- fo 1roet th ati you ‘ re a woman. If a ] ] lem—maybe that’s naive.” tig problem.”
Women edit the majornewspa- ence majors. Is it some inherent i 3 rs
pers, run things in the Yale Politi-
cal Union and start their own
groups when they seeaneed forit.
Danna Drori founded ECHO
(Eating Concerns Hotline Out-
Wellington, who wants to raise
a family but also maintain a ca-
Teer, sees her future as somewhat
ofa challenge. “As a woman you
have to be stronger. You just
difference in the mind? Social
discrimination in elementary
school?
Wellington said that women
don’t major in Sciences because
the smart women go to Ivy League
Vhile there may not t
xis, Yale’ s careerism
es a belief among, stuc
‘Yale education is w
colleges and have careers and never
have kids, then we'll have a big
pro ble m.” learn to balance the needs of oth- Sey decide onl:
reach) to answer student ques- they “don’t want to be with sci- ; ers along with your own.” aly. Many argue |
tions about everything from eat- ence geeks, and they don’t want to Certainly some women go into Mating household d
ing disorders to general questions —_ turninto Science geeks—although Wwomentoday wouldcertainlylose _ outside all this for at least some __the world and balance successful
about healthy eating. The hotline of course Not all science majors the dance card. amount of time, and confront the —_ careers with Taising a family, but
Serves as an intermediate step for are geeks. [t's just the perception Old Yale did not vanish with choices which face them. the questions they face in the real
students who don’t necessarily that you're going to spend all of Coeducation. Its decline began Alana Zielinski 91,a member —_ world will ultimately be different
want to seek formal counseling. your time alone with mice,”
well before women were admit- of the Reserve Officer Training
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