[net.women] A news from "Another Culture", a Korean Feminist Group

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)

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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.
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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)