1. Sexual Misconduct Policies: Secretly Biased?
However, the University constantly places the female before the male when referring to sexual misconduct. For instance, the University's policy states that "a survivor may wish to preserve her or his privacy after a traumatic experience" ("University"). The placement of the female possessive pronoun before the male possessive pronoun implies an attitude towards gender consisting of the fact that sexual misconduct occurs more frequently to females. ... The deliberate placing of the female pronoun before the male pronoun, therefore, is extremely important in the implicit attitudes toward ge...
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