May 21, 2004

Feminine Critique

By SARA LIPKA

A study of women at Duke has sparked a debate about the pressures of pursuing 'perfection'

Chart: Problems and Possible ResponsesBy SARA LIPKA

Effortless perfection. It's a beautiful phrase, evocative of an ideal to which anyone would want to aspire. Here at Duke University, however, it is the focus of a yearlong debate over how women see themselves.

Last fall Duke released a report on the Women's Initiative, a study of the status of women at the university. The single

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