Report on Female Staff Discrimination at Columbia University, February 1971, page 25
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jpreoccupation with di1':fr'r-:n'.'iation on the }_m::i.; (>1. raw‘; in the Southern states. : ~Chi1dren are bred to [nest irrelevant diaLinvL.ons. As people, women are §;a~y. maimed by them, by that atxnospherc: which 21:; inn’.-lied in all those Sentences“, 513- ginning, “women-arc..." or "women shnu1d..,“. Columbia University equally i§“i not responsible for the inability of Sigmund Freud to free his insights front the prejudices and attitudes appropriate to his position as a member of the#A['V‘ Viennese Jewish bourgeoisie.‘ [k The prevailing view of women has been cynically employed asha simple ,J:.J mechanism to prevent women from entering we11—paid professions.w I have never’ hear any man argue that women should not scrub floors because it was not a‘ _-.I. -..,, "feminine" occupation. Indeed, orofessions become non-feminine as they become uo1l-paid." ‘ ‘ ix some relief can be afforded at Columbia simply by prompt acknow1odgement_V or the broad merit of the complaints issued forth in the oersonal testimony of.» students and junior faculty and staff concerning their experiences as women infwy litho academic-1i£e; Instances of incivilities, offensive banter, unwarranted Snaii fiiintrusive personal advice, disparagements, and of frank and deliberate discriminu » tion must_be acknowledgedand steps taken to rectify the situations surrounding _ these incidents; While the resolution of some of the problems invoked by so ‘radical’: change of view may demand time and study, this should not orevente‘ swift and vigorous action to remedy specific injustices. « Prepared by Moira Kennedy ' \=» ~ Administrative Aide, university ltnafiy ** Member of status of women Committee 7» -**Membors of the entire committee could not be contacted in time toprepare a V formal statement on their activities. The final report of the committee will .. pc.« be forwarded to respective governmental departments upon completion later in A._ 7 ‘the spring term. A W, . ... .,.... .,. .. ....,,M_. ..,,,,,.nn,__,.,,,,,_ fin‘,