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[–] derram ago
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'Several University of Rochester students have complained that fraternities and sororities, a capella groups and other gender-specific campus clubs are engaging in offensive “textual discrimination” by using terms like “men of principle,” “brotherhood” and “group of women” in their promotional materials. '
'And now the judicial branch of the Students’ Associated Government has agreed with the petitioners in a ruling, published earlier this month. '
'Similarly to Harvard, the university is already seeking to limit single-gender organizations– but the recent student government ruling also goes a step further, penalizing any group found to have used gendered language in its name, constitution or promotional materials. '
'More than 50 groups could be affected.“Even if an organization’s practices are not discriminatory based on gender, presence of gendered language in a constitution amounts to de facto discrimination in that it promotes a chilling effect on the number of students seeking membership in that group,” the ruling said. '
'The ruling also took issue with campus organizations whose names included a reference to gender, including the “Here Comes Treble All-Male A Capella” group and “Women’s Curling”—even in cases where the group has no gender restrictions.“A name, even more than a constitution, may unintentionally turn away potential members with gendered language,” the student government’s judicial branch said. '
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