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During the Academy Awards this year, many artists, as they often do, took the opportunity to advocate for various social, ethical, and political positions. Perhaps the most noteworthy instance occurred during Joaquin Pheonix's acceptance speech for best actor for his performance in the movie Joker. At its heart, Joker is a movie about marginalized and underserved groups. It uses an only nominally comic book vehicle to drive a narrative about poverty, mental illness, and political and social responsibility. It is not surprising, then, that Pheonix, a famous lifelong vegan, took a brief moment to talk about a marginalized group that has historically received far too little mention from advocates of all types—non-human animals. In his speech, Pheonix said

The first year of integration of women midshipmen was studied at the US Naval Academy. The degree of traditionalism of Ms of the Class of 1980 toward rights & roles of women in society was evaluated as a function of level of contact with F plebes, who formed a 6% statistical minority. (Contact was structurally defined as assignment to all-M or mixed-sex companies, platoons & squads.) A small effect on the Attitudes toward Women Scale was found after 5 months of integration, with men in mixed platoons or squads expressing the most equalitarian attitudes. Irrespective of company assignment, the M plebes became more equalitarian in areas that will affect them most closely as naval officers, eg, in their opinions about shipboard & other military roles for women. Upperclassmen were more resistant to the integration of Annapolis than were plebe men (19% were neutral or favorable toward coeducation vs 26% of plebe men). Fs & Ms had very different perceptions of treatment of the sexes in the 1976/77 year, with the majority of men perceiving favoritism to women, & women denying they received such treatment, except perhaps in the area of physical education. Women generally felt resented & less accepted than M peers. Greater numbers of women in more varied roles (eg, as upperclassmen) should partially alleviate several problems by reducing the overvisibility of the women & resultant performance pressures, as well as by allowing more peer contact to challenge the stereotypes held by men. Fostering a cooperative rather than competitive atmosphere between the sexes & the ensuring of equal status between groups were recommended to create the conditions necessary for positive attitude changes as a result of intergroup contact. 4 Tables. AA.