hscho@kaist.UUCP (06/14/84)
"Another Culture", formed by university women in Korea, wants to
gather information on
1) Feminist Magazines
2) Non-sexist Children's story books, musical records(we have Marlo
Thomas's "Free to Be, You and Me") and other non-sexist
educational guides.
3) Traditional Children's songs all over the world(especially those
of American Indian's and other groups who have lived in harmony
with the nature)
Please contact the following persons ;
Prof. Haejoang Cho
Dept., of Sociology, Yonsei University
Seoul 120, Republic of Korea.
(Electronic mail is not available now)
Haesoon Cho
CS dept., kaist
P.O.Box 150, Cheongryang
Seoul, Republic of Korea
(..hplabs!kaist!hscho)
>From Haesoon Cho.
(..kaist!hscho)
martillo@ihuxt.UUCP (Yehoyaqim Martillo) (06/15/84)
"Another Culture", formed by university women in Korea, wants to gather information on 1) Feminist Magazines 2) Non-sexist Children's story books, musical records(we have Marlo Thomas's "Free to Be, You and Me") and other non-sexist educational guides. 3) Traditional Children's songs all over the world(especially those of American Indian's and other groups who have lived in harmony with the nature) _______________________________________________________________________ What does living in harmony with nature have to do with feminism? I was under the impression American Indian cultures tended to have very strict sexual role stratification. Women basically became the property of conquering warriors whether they were Indians from another tribe or non-Indian settlers. -- Yehoyaqim Shemtob Martillo (An Equal Opportunity Offender)
heahd@tellab1.UUCP (Dan Wood) (06/15/84)
I'm not sure what living in harmony with nature had to do with it, but the impressions about native american sex roles are mistaken. While the sexual stratification among amertican tribes is indeed pronounced women are by no means "owned" by their husbands. In many tribes divorce was effected by the *woman* placing her husbands belongings outside the lodge. Of course the husband also had the option of requesting his wife to return to her father's lodge. Property was generally owned by the women of a tribe, all a man owned was his own personnal belongings. Virtually all tribes were matrelinial (i.e., desent was traced through one's mother). As for the pronounced sexual stratification, in a primitive tribal situation, such stratification was necessary to survival. A women who is either pregnant or already a mother would have a very hard time hunting wild game. Therefore, while the men were out hunting, the women stayed in camp and performed more sedentary tasks. The same is true of all hunter/gatherer cultures. I think the authour of the previous article has watched too many episodes of Rawhide. One should study a cultuer before condeming it. -- /\ /\ / /~~~~~~\ \ ( ( \ / ) ) Yrs. in Fear and Loathing, \ [~] [~] / The Blue Buffalo \ / || \ / Haunted by the - G \ /||\ / ~~~ o h \(^^)/ ) z o `--'\ ( n s \) o t of G ...!ihnp4!tellab1!heahd
martillo@ihuxt.UUCP (Yehoyaqim Martillo) (06/15/84)
> I'm not sure what living in harmony with nature had to do with it, but the >impressions about native american sex roles are mistaken. While the sexual >stratification among amertican tribes is indeed pronounced women are by no >means "owned" by their husbands. In many tribes divorce was effected by the >*woman* placing her husbands belongings outside the lodge. Of course the >husband also had the option of requesting his wife to return to her father's >lodge. Property was generally owned by the women of a tribe, all a man owned >was his own personnal belongings. Virtually all tribes were matrelinial (i.e., >desent was traced through one's mother). > As for the pronounced sexual stratification, in a primitive tribal >situation, such stratification was necessary to survival. A women who is >either pregnant or already a mother would have a very hard time hunting wild >game. Therefore, while the men were out hunting, the women stayed in camp and >performed more sedentary tasks. The same is true of all hunter/gatherer >cultures. > I think the authour of the previous article has watched too many episodes of >Rawhide. One should study a cultuer before condeming it. I do not watch TV. Obviously we are talking about two different classes of women. There were women who lived with their own tribe and women who were captured settlers or who were captured from another tribe. -- Yehoyaqim Shemtob Martillo (An Equal Opportunity Offender)