Goshen College - Maple Leaf Yearbook (Goshen, IN)

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rxry-one percent of GC's women students perceive sexism as a campus problem. Forty-one percent of the male students agree. The issue of sex- ism is a nebulous one, burdened with labels. As one female student com- mented, One must either be a radical feminist whose stance is somewhere between raised-consciousness and male-hatred, or a staunch upholder of conservative traditionalism and the Happy Homemaker's philosophy. Forty-five percent of the women sur- veyed indicated they felt the effects of sexism. Even if there is no real or intended sexism, declared a female faculty member, When people are hurting, something should be done about it. Another colleague ex- plained, This is not just a women's problem but a men's problem too. Comparatively speaking, what distin- guishes GC from secular institutions is a genuine willingness on the part of most people to resolve past hurts and diffi- culties in a real peacemaking spirit. That is what gives me hope. Marilyn Holderreaa Janet Reimer. Lisa Yoder, Lisa Wiebe, Ruth Weldy K- Q-9 -455 . LQ...- x r If ' -p-.-...., 'v X - ff?- 39 ' -894 J'

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