March 27, 1984 · Cavalier Daily

'Girls of NGSL' is Offensive

This brief letter to the editor condemns a "Girls of NGSL" feature in the Law Weekly magazine as sexist, and cites the deficit of minority and female faculty at the University. However, the letter does not provide details about the feature to which it objects.

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1984-03-27 'Girls of NGSL' is Offensive.pdf
Subject
College student newspapers and periodicals
Mass media
Feminism and higher education
Creator
Blaise Supler
Source
Cavalier Daily
Publisher
Cavalier Daily
Date
1984-03-27
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'Girls or NGSL' is Offensive
What does it take to have women taken seriously at the University of Virginia Law School? Obviously something more than the fact that we make up more than one third of the enrollment and have excelled academically at the Law School.
The Law weekly feature “Girls of the NGSL” was in very poor taste. It is hard for me to believe that the Law Weekly editors did not expect outrage at this obvious putdown to women. The fact that a “Boys of the NGSL” feature is “coming soon” does not remedy the situation and I will find it equally sexist and degrading.
At the very least, I expect a written apology from the Law Weekly to all the student and the employees at the Law School. This type of journalism can only darken the poor light Virginia is already in because of the lack of women and minority Law Professors.
Blaise Supler
LAW II
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Date Modifed December 11, 2017
Collection Cavalier Daily: articles about gender discrimination

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