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Gontonts of Ho. 58 October 1955

ANARCHY 56 {Vol § No 10) OCTOBER 1965 209

‘Tho Fale of Woman Bove Racwrtl 289
Tho Test of Baik Words Hlarrce Bowin 302
Discrimination Sursives 310
‘The Tragedy of Woman's Emancipation Foam Goin 312
‘Me, Jumes und Sergeant Chullenor Mowsin Evnals 318
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se sIN A MANS WORLD
THE ECLIPSE OF WOMAN

Dora Russell

Mis, vanuuust's SEALE stands hard by the Houses of Paramene
find, nos long ainee, an eddtion to the ae commemorated. har
Stoghtor Chrstael.” Very large numbers of people in Great Baain
Sssums, when they dink of the mater a all thatthe Bille of women
for equal sighs with mon hss Tong sine ben won, A clove lot at
the plseot day satus of omen, however, mes one wonder whether
thre a real basis for hs optimise assumption. The rect publ
‘Gilon by the Nacional Coupe Sor Chil Liber of Ss pamphlet 00
ihe isabilies andor which women sill sulle WMI retary such
TT Geil the manifoW information of “hie pamphlet nere would
be inappropriate What eco ne hrf nth wach te ios
Df varting importance sl walling to be won, a» tho question, ss
fis"mose imparant of ll, aio hob fe Bomen ae able ta nfsass
She shape and wend of society’ as a whole. "Many women. of course,
tspeually a polies Iie io this country, dehy tha nay special srs
Stale Tad ona. woman's ota: of Hew. It is Snlereting ib note
Uh hi ain sath cia tat binning coun.
‘where women seachsd equality rcenly ay parol 9 peteal revoluioa
Tn soeh connries ono finds that women form themes ino Boge
Tite orpnnisaions, ike cabs foy ranted that they are there to
Speik te sumer while he rao of women to men im thir naonl
‘Goemblts saber than nour own Pazlament
“ip laly she rote ame vo women after World War I: one of the
lit Ike of the developing women's movement wor 10 etre for the
Teles lee dassiute and maimed be the war, Renco they have alwars
comblocd stoog metcral afttude ‘wi ici feminiam. In india
tha great Wena’s Congresses are more inflaemial tan such eatherags
{a Briain. Wall, eve in a aval county Uke Albania. wotnen 0%"
sajoy grat prosign and thir public work is beld in Man extocm
‘They are In Tact sen some preference over men for some <UpeTor
postions
Th Botan in almost any office of Civil Serves department one
‘will find women <0 a large exient employed on the ovore mechani

DORA RUSSELL, whe for moans yours ran Beacon Hil Scho, i the
on of Une Righl be Happy, Tn Delence of Children, ant
ispote,or Woman and Knowsdee

RR ReTEn eo rane Rene NT
if in the upper grides—acting o¢ Vestonant, right hand, of
fice wife" fo the man ot the wp. Nor i tis boceuse the Wotmen
Tack the ablily to become top exeoutwes or almiaststors! on the
foncary, offen itis thee very ability es second fn command that
Folens up tae poilon oftheir chief. Posibiy women Tack the dounce
and sttconidence (© ike on exponsibiiy, bu this Targsls Ave ©
‘hse edueaion and the pencral stlmate Of them as “seenad clase”
‘Gtizas, Mill's "He for Good oly she Tor God tn an has sunk
‘ieep into our seclal nd economic pattern. Yet take Took at women
Whose spies resoznved by iraon as pevuliely Uys mide
‘wives, mates, chancellor ofthe eXchegucr ip the aome—here i 00
Ick isis or shoulderng of responsi.

The eacation of women Tees oar attention. che spore ab 36 it
‘was the subj ot Tong since of & controversy sparkee oi by Si John
Revsom ip he Olsorer Iewae angied, among otier pots, rt an
Novem, eierutional, theoretical Type of lessniog was unauled (0
‘Nomen, tay uso uated them forthe mae canrete and inet
foseupaione of retary and-child care. The male consbuLom
fhe diwanson wete remarkable in uirang how great a degre of
Prejudice #01 cuss in Wester countries against women of hh i
‘Silgencs and learning, of which there farther pros i tbe ery eal
irsntage of women able to geo the Universes, co study medicine,
feo fac the Ton ps nan Tteletaletason. Nor didi
“iw esas fo anyone that this pejidice—and many other sgns—
Tnlcates chat tere is something vert wrong. wth tho education of
fron, whose curriculim and. mental attitudes are obsolete and ite
‘plete the world in which thes have to live tony

"To laksa small example: the fst secondary schools for gis
founded by the Gils Puble Day School Tit wore uot oblige 6
‘husele agaist the straelebold of the Classics on education. Vor
ihe! most pare, thei pupils concentrated on mover Tnguages ana the
seeten, Caiming Patio st Grek ony wha thse were euiee
Ter agosion @ € Universi But the persistence of casseal edt
Son for mat of our spper classes has boca powerful and many
pects adverse infuse on ecational advarce ay on cur poli
End economic ie While nol decrying the eniching of our tmasina-
{ign ond inguage by clas! suis, one cue help refeciag on
fhe coundew smal boys conszuin the expics of the Roman Tests
TE Gaul and Briain, and seeing themalvon as tae Caecars of The fue,
oncuetin"iegions Caesar never know, over whch their posterity
fia held Sway! shat i tnt this ay and age Greek rational
bk mathemives have, fowaver, been a mos potent ilbencs on THe
‘Soucion of ovr present day soc

Such the four of women that i ap Seen, DY tad,
sential to. man’s eet hat Ho ehould, rom a san age, be
femoral from femioine iflveaee sos were taken Irom “helt memes
fo bepi a process of Iundehiog Jor Koighttond, or 10 0 the
Jomsery for “aaming, gta inter Gate We and tao youre ey
Uta pep school while, only te other ay, Tread sitement by a

hegimaer that all children shoud spend some time at bounding
Schoul, br ag them aay from tbr mothers

aso fay as sueason Toe Wotnen war cotsdered all. men's
fist sions appese to bave heen ttat should nol oly, fer from
het of men, Br should all sospoes, be related meas nse

Noe ip elsborste on the sitions of feminine persona hae
emi da he ag, a ai fo th Sermon for une

inne of Dr. Fordsee, meh tea when Mary Welleastonerall wes
proprio ite hee Vinee of the Raghes of Women nthe
Gpmecnih censuy. “Women, seconlitg to. De. Ferdyce, soi he
‘Heck rind, slelding, cmplacem, siec Dealgn and tender" thei
propery to" Silt so. alfectonsie soca” i thle great chim:
FRE comme. egereis st Arenath and dexterity. abscic
Paosoply and all the abscurer scienes are aot for women", Ate
Rang must be camilar with Rouen ten of the fonts. of
foniene io plese, be asta to. Us, 10 make ns love end exer
Tem, To eduotie us wich young and fake care nf us when ern Up,
iDagvise, wo conten fo sender ur os aay and agreseBes hese
re he dies omer at all imes and what they sheuld be tae
fa thei iianey

"Ecfore relevatng tic these tothe antiqne past Tet us reflect for
fons momen’ oi tie fspe ef activity aad miele ieuleated werk By
eek in ce stmen of today by the womens magazines with che
Fis and si million ccalrign—a most povert eeuatioasnlusice
fin he jouer soneralinn, Te thei point of view s0 very dilfseat
ftom ge of Rowen, of the Rev. Dr. Tordsce™

[tthe same lime compare the many ads in beaury and hints on
sex apnsalcontsied fn these jourals 9 the (erm of he Act passed
iby ou Paslinment in 170, whch fald down that oll women of at
Shor ag. ran or pofesion of degree, wheiher virgin, male widow
fat call from and acer such Act impose upon, seduce or Decry Into
trathimony any of Bis Maje-ty’s sujet, by means of soca pels,
cosmstos, washes areal Teeth, fale bate, Spurish no} ton nays,
Toute, hgh feted shoes or boktersad Hips’ saill sacur ths. poxaly of
the lap now in forse rains Wichoraft ard hike msdemasnours, and
Ihar the marriage ‘upor conviion sll stand. oll nd void"
‘worder ifthe Ast fe ever buen opaslod how devastating. might DE
eee nowadays!

‘Tis carly fetinis car wancly be blaned for scking to prove
thas wom God Team ded ol hat hocame a manatee ale is
Winans mid in which women Ive vp Tvs. Now even If wee
hethable, Te share mie scope fr presen day soca for sox difeenees
thregaciion, “We live ind wifi sate, i which the lef elu
‘the indiidea! ig measured by the servi the Taeton hich he
Ur She pastoris. Our easton Iyelores, year hy fear, Mt Cut
Sit a siffsint production guota et let sehrans, doetots, denise,
Iscis, managsit altering agers, wecinolorit, scone, taschea,
Sill workes snd silent snstemens in he simply of poods and
om

LObriousiy, practically every one of chee jobs ea be equals well
verforned by aman or 4 vimana lene, Bi tho assamption on
‘hich, allowing for eeain Gierimiaionsapsit women sic ll
Crit bus ovpenitecon ag community ix based We further sequire
Sr thew anit in ou sosety that they should he wins piaed
1 go fo work st aged mgs, to work sated ours on the wl,
to remain tthe choaen occupation mast or al of Their working Iie
‘Tolemone thes depo, high ian integral mautremene offs
virion, the snlividoal must acquire and fold a bei in the ul
fiate tims aml purpose 10 Shick the claborate mache, of which
be ie ell pe. i itecad. "These aime are. a called ot
Siuenion by sy vis al toupe ac the presene cnet ie
‘ne reacon for the frinteifon which ‘undoubtedly crs. cepeially
mong women and youre people. To this poi we wi Tetum alee

"Thur iteasing tess ts laid nowadays on yocatonal education.
a fae sometimes deplored by the adminitator, of Universities in
Seals the ancent cmos of learning nd rescorch for thir ow sake
Tl survive. But, since taining for's finlion, ina highly organised
fio, bosoms steadily more essential and complex, ic begins to take
Spots n ann ee all oer cose aa easton

‘Nur i is @ serious enor either for the individual or for sesty
‘aw whole 19 make the "work faneson" the central pins and foods
St lie and duction. Tor in performing, hovwever well, «function
fox whiea an Indl foe been tind, hie or she fy nol Hecreely
luting es « comple iniman being. Mordovec, stressing werk Tuneton
Uduly, we begin to tink of poople as neuter, or even as salamat,

‘What 1 wish to emphsie mot stroigly ere eth ewerk
‘nstion” © only a all part of an individual A human belay has
Inany other functions, es Gin, fnshind or wife father oF mother,
Shiner nr drsamer ‘Both in edisation sn mn hie we tend fo split
a uma poerowality toto these separate compartments, mukiag it
{fiat forthe man of woman to expres himself or Reset ab a whole
‘We tgparae werk trom enjoyment, Home Trem the ouside. world,
Imply a contin hetwsen mariage and carsr

(OF tate L have boon much stack by: the Ewen assumption dat
marniags and parenthood ae a sort of tmp. thesia el of 3
‘womans as well ay of a man, ae Irsly develop inv. Sole
{o fai Lows, 19 have cldfen, should cepreser a new aad Woterful
age inthe unfolding of a komen persoaity: iis imple co entslop
this with a sense of esentment and nwlling personal sacri,

‘Does this alliude arse bocauo ladviduale have come % believe
ln her mes in society 4 whale ate alea sho mot Impertan: to
Utasves? Ts hs in Acweptanc of he vas of soca oF the Stale
fen, 0, hal ae these valboe?

“The dilemea ot the split betwera the more oe Ios. impersonal
Iie of he job end the pers eof om ioe which inthe phssen,
[Hato of opinion and evil ormetion, ears ment edly of semen,
‘To augget that shey sold be mde tainly Toe mera net

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‘is patety turd, whos one relies thas for moet of them Ihe cbse
hefieen marrage anda cacet no longer exina, One thin of the
Four fore witch isos our sonmomy goltg and comibates {0 our
eh "comp of women ig soe oe allt Se
Imamiea” in he near tora iis Its has the proportion of maria
‘Nomen gainful comployed oil tke at further, rely beceare the
[Seine mor mote Selly Rand in aunt sd sacondy Baca
‘oun men‘andwomen are mating snd staring their famier mush
Sounger than inthe tay of their parents and geadparcas,

‘Sitce our suey cannot nom. apparently, do witht the con
tution made’ tyr women's works anders {no pool cf fifetons
fprstere on which fn any, we are feed withthe ness of maine
FPpnaible for motion to work outside ths home wits. harmil
resis fo ber chien or son gros a drain on thir Own etensy and
Beal ie etn dc xe be fc ae
{bon this fu from simple. pablo shown by ‘he. fenced appeals
ST ihe Minty of Euetion to mavriod women teasers fo Fur 10
Socks coupled wih the unites! of local strhortiss fo ear?
Balke ef of the ted Fanon Acts neh expen Ind down
the provision of misery schools

Be sia tune have Dosa mask out nice, at pater
for the fie of = woman io he fare, acco 10 whch she il do
feme Kind of work ast leasing school, Unveraiy or Traning Cole
Se Vil then "snd ped having tno oF sr che, rearing
to'woraer sve ‘ettanag=when these ape of shud! age. The
{tanback to is pan eat, Hee parctine work means that women
wiry he ia a ot ok pe
pool of tabour to filo gaps as Tequted, To punue u profession
Skis) job coninously Sl tobe ald for te as an diol
Stil scmesly be. prnile fn thee ctcommances.

‘There icra no other way of wlving lie problew of a mother
4 york nich fant a bor as mel arte esr Tan by he peson
at hurry schople, chy sbi play cenit ruled lo difrene age.
Fquent objection’ is made that family ite is broken up if each
mor, Sn a cary age, sua to 90 Bs ot her eve ayo te
Noles of the ie walsh shoud Sind tiem to ther ae cr
broers and sor. "Above al moter sbuuld be iste (atthe young
Sno ho wil sur gretiy they ask the svi atl seth of
ap tal'n srl gears, ois he oer chen wl Pecnme lingient
Or gram fay cam come back in hao! (othe ince of
‘nme and'a mother tcepive to the cienes,

"Tome these eeabmant dss to have some vais bt they
tis oddly in Ibe @ouibs of macy of those who aivence em. Tot
these objectors aes by and larg, thoso ory pemons in, goverment
td istry who eae fhe x0 ‘andesonome system whi presets
smote kt cilemn

"Wiss one. looks af the whole backround, pica, cv
conan of the anodem biog Tamly, the vara thingie
Saute thaneger fo survive at alk To ‘bin wil, what. sell
ed

researchers somewhat umfornalely call the “auslar” family, con
{ing of moter ener snd two or thes children ving io thle
‘Sitte iife bot of a Hut or house, quite a new detslopment
i he iy we mish mrs of li nih een eee
tp in-clowe section win andpatens, many, Wicles and
ust. Sods im te Ear ‘endive shown how Totaious hese
‘elictnvhipe a when ‘aried couples hve either with or aca the
‘ler generation. "Mothen: aad dathier, sil shop and. howekesp
tino jy’ abd soe each other four or fve times a weeke "Vilage
Min anit the ‘Sounger people beaan to move away 10. the “own,
lowed of eked eer Muciment between the guneraGons, Some:
Nine his crit be sxovwsvem that elderly sons and” daughters
‘vase the wih sl eisai tei ain. srsving
fares in the larger topna‘nowadiys, plannitg, hve pan the
‘Bhat family ats out info aw towne or hovring ate. ees behind
the Grane ane Granpas ide ithe sa, dilapidated olf premises, 9
tlhe percha up iene oft modern locks with ther diy sansa.

nce more we ohxere ee Toereasng tendency for each sii
Jo tive a separate cxitense, depending. on the Sale end commun ts
[Ge ito Sare"and services prceounty rendered. by the tail. Apest
{how breakage and weeGcnd. meal flies n0 longer of eat to
eth: ss home ds emply all-day cep for the movher aod. the
oungést chitin, unis Se also gots out Co work. 1th Bot surprising
Zhu motets ave recent been complaing of meine and islation
‘eam to eof tho communi, or fat any of Them pt 0 Wark
{toon as ponble forthe sk of companioorhip wif oder women
nd t sense of "booms

‘That Heal home with he Midge and washing machine and steam
lined Lichen advertsed Hy fhe. women's magarnss—is rer 10
ben hollow sam. 'A snare, foo, isthe coment word apart” fa
Shuth ‘test jouais perpetuate, for adult women, the fry tte woxtd
{chido 'n wer process nee prince and lives happy ever afer.
oll dim adie hy th woes magn ca be abe
to age extent the apathy of younger women to-day aa reards
nuin A tir iolerete and the Toetlesivnese of women nthe
pata eos

‘But the home now lacks former human wermih, the ouside
vwond is no beter. "Take poled Te: T'have newer been able t
Unterstind’ why we should have wanted rumen ia polis, not
‘ecuuse thy are women and not meo. But the polfian ao the
ser oma Go not agree with usin oiler a slew eitesn
finctonsry in ench of We deemed to exec I adgment between
tho varsing poprammer jeentod to the vole. In face as, ve ail
Inne, ational choice pssiy the Tat face fofencing fhe averase
Yor: prejlices, vex dlferenos. contsed emollos ofall Kin play
IEEE ifn pit omc me ard oe ey saat
Ranging ut ever foe them ax fr mens They os the Pary ie
toes asidouty tun ir ale coleaguss ey argue tam Cees
they present al hee consturas, therefore spacial championship oF

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period of pregnancy guile sncther: Tt seems strange tat women have
fot given more lesan 19 de pacholopeal, economic. and coca
oduuences ot tas diferene: 'Mueh of Melt polltial weakness
fina from heir flrs % make those demands on aocisty tha the
‘mural tole regurse Tn thei emibasism. for” conquering mens
‘work, thy fale to defend the world that was ticir ewe. Not oy
Ut, but ia ahs cally politcal stmpeles, they jlned wih men 1
diving a low status le the bering end reting of cildren and concert
wit dower ie

‘The reaction, described by Betty Friedan in ‘The Feminine
Abstigne. which has Ted -wmea to deny thr own incligence and
(duction and sures! into the Tole of houweye aid mother, is eepally
‘mistaken, Tl ot slely im the home ted in one family, tat chien
sed to he noriored and defsaded, “A thousand and-one demands
fic mime have to be meds on ob aMuent and Belisos sovsly oad
Ee mpi planer.

Sirs om the Se act, with aT the glamour with whi the adver

tixing rid surrounds i for the adalocont intense the naveeita
Which is noc uaaatral a thar sage of evelopment. Wemen become
Preoccupied wich alde f ctamal youth and heavy, young me espe
{abe pop singers, to show off an moter hiker, despite is on
the rtp of marrage sad 29 find in homonexual telatons not only &
hnwral sxprescion of sox at that ‘ge, But leo a convsaiene way of
sold ny utwurted halves. "On the hole ie the male “nage” that
evils. "Taose. who ais ot etouph lo remember the WOES of the
"ae ins" and the plum eanlemime “boys wil not thal the
moet adgied performer in ive vaciety world to-day i the sins Hung
‘ine, “When wemen apoeit, on the whole, im Agure and dacs They
ouie the male dol. Ta sple of lt tbe “tro Towe™, there i le
Balance und Harmeay hee berweea the sexen Balanc! and hiemony
recuppesse the secoention “of difernscs tobe hevwslt.lopetes,
Wheres isthe falas ot thinking that equality the same oy beg
‘tial hich prevels

‘Ata when e tall of tres love how often do we select tha thi
‘whole coreept i nauuted by the afer of sex for sue? Women ean
Shi sulci sexi the hope of leony mesl-tcket fom ® welled
Iushand, or im socessive matrager and divoree, eo econ affoch of
limon? prostitution iz oa The sncrewse; ogolon ase ich “women
alton, homesexusle pacts of their owa Sex

"Race thers goon much discussion about the increase of
isgitete Children. “Thee are nex only bor to s0-aled ignore
and innecent hrs. they appear all levels of sosiey ad sme
thor c> wamea who, inthe view of the stem morals a old enough
to Know belle, "An onoobraging feature of his sate of fairs © tha
the sleon momen a0 longer setting the pace. Neier those. Who
Tlp the mused masher nor she erate icine yet het
poticment ag sharsfol.” Bie her cconomie. dlehina, side By
With thit of the deserted wie oe tae widow with yuu clea,
bringing women up sharply up spain the diminished snse of responsi.

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bility of men for do children they have bepolten whether in oF out of
wedlock. Ia a fal vaceut dehate on widows" pensions, Me. Douglas
HRoughion, MP. expresed his surpree that, onthe cbengine. ead
dargetoas world in which we five, women should stil commi the
Sconomis suspon. of themoclves and their chidrea to thir mariage
ace "Thc. many gnomes bout widows" pensions go to show the
absurdity ot havaing tae suppor of & woman with ehilden, or 20
fldetly worn Who hes speat het Hfo in domesticity. snl’ oh the
fact of her lee ures and. duration, ‘Waal mothers eed kelp
ata money ai pensiang for ig thea plseat unpaid work whic
thoy do the home, which i a service uy secely qa ot only othe
Tush, however sable the marriago, Mvwover lone périod of
cre erding ia divas deprives the wile of the aldmate stats of
Widow is aot surpeing that men, io tre aware of what the
Suse will now de for shoe child and Yhe fact tha their wives can
fam do sao less economic respon ibiily ahd respect forthe marriage
fie” Neitner are" wives exzmpr ftom this sccunston. Bat In fat
‘ough thers may be many shane who share common family dats,
te wie, having lost her peamdusral satus ae te conte of tho
fain’y, finds more aad mare baidens heaped. upon “her. ‘She sams
for hor chiles, Eeeps and decors the fmily home, cooks ean,
‘ends for hustand and chien, huals for a plage to lve, elpe to
Arve and clsan the family car if exist, And. weck bj otk
fubsetad ty a blast of propogunda amzing hor never to Touk ouside
ie walls of her home,

What really dose happen to the cbilsea? Aro thoy rly loved
‘Mang of them ‘are deprived of one parent o¢ tho other, by. divoos i
aot by desl a shockig number of thom are taken into the cre of
Focal auhor\ es om gecount of the erasiy and neslcl of Leis paca,
for ths fat thal society Suet ie 20 aogletil thi thee whole Comal
has ao Thome wo Tve it, The eiseovery that the beating ip of youn
babies by Cie pierts is not unoommoa has msehly shocked doctors
fd the public.” Whther'we Fie iat nol, the-only soltion or al
{his Goafus‘ca is tha the connmaviy should abe fll esponsbiiy
for ating that women wiih soung children, whether waves. Nidows oF
ummarricd, shoal have all the sipport and kelp thet wal be mecded
for the ehilnen (o full Uisselves us bum beings end a cltzens,
S80 lone at Cla machine age comnyes, itis noe posible to stunt
ie old se family system, hough we should Sal try 19 ses that
education aga Ting contiions foster end keep alive family ths,
{Let those ho do enjoy the comers of family te nefle on the
rang for chiten of tase cases guile often poral in the Press
When resets sinister taken “ato care” vanish lato separate
Jnsttucons nd ay Never Und ech otter again xo ong tthe} vs,

So far, thet, the edicatoa and emancipation of omen would
seom to have date litle more, in eur eva county, than ft women
more Meaty ino the exsing stueture of -ndustial secey, a sows
‘Which woud also appear, ffom the foregoing, 10 be snimical to thelr
eepest forests and nesds, The: protent sate of the World it the
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eae, no of women’s sie. fat mfr f ei alias What
SST peal I nek a iva ty front To what
Se Fe She det sua tary oot epee wich
Sorts Sd Topline "De women spe at at ate te et
Ta ua a at tayo whe Wolo, ede he
etn nd dicaton ae arse?" gM not omen 9 ake
feng heal on such al tpl deotes?

Fie ue Seay staan Ee hep wb es women
in ur aiven mold E scmbiag uch Steper nn ho rae for
SUUREEOESEAAIS ata We nv ben Scan fet cade
Ede sierra teehee un Be mil, sore
Seat te pote, aaa fc Ie Sor hike
Ear als ret ay hc end sri ie zen?
1S SEQLEY pitts cron adi wale ope
the "By'fe ey tuted pip conor deco
‘Sealy wil amin plone, andl om the pple
HEGRE aL Hank Fash’ sts andy fore sate ale
SERRE ite? “Wacken el nt coneyl, forint, 9 ns
Seal wll Sie ticle tmguscy agent cre he
Byatt pike Slog 0p the tating ad
Bags Moka, “the undp nda atin i dex
ssn sae acpi

rfeataP ASE ti encmchig ini Sao machine at
wom he fn ngs ie re ete a sgh es
Seis et enti aey moire nop re Re
S20 nw eee hat sas hey eg vn i nic
Shy (ea? domand snc soto oly tht aioe hat
Sly aay idm ae pe

he di Mt” esther es in wprseagh othe
time pe of he Bk “nat by her nie Cara

ag PRN sa a ane
PER Pad re a SS pce

Times smd fae oda may Rave eae a one
Jost & sleappean but the set ad lose Kn organistion on ich Ie
iUspants has Bese ever more intense, as yell Js the extme dsspling
‘iinund sa body withort wich the apertion ot moder dosices f=
Stuymaibi Tt'hte hecome the eremy all that is spontaneous and
fantrchie in Wlologial ie, those txpiles that specify mater 0
ieomen, H surieee me that reviewer semirke on Pie Undemying
Tessege of iterate ply, tae Phosisire, m which the abl

i ihe oe some and" traning of the mses we sumbaicel
St Homer's iekvanse, The Hal trumps in the plas fell 70 che
Some secniht a crppled tavanty of Rar sek ead imal ets

a

cul drive to power by the misuse of soins

Tindamentally, men have alvayr loved flomelves and their
purpises beter then they bate loved Nomen. There see 4 ne Whe
Eipersticen envaloped sgvculure, Tots was worshipped ete
‘wae cul of goddewes: Bur at mon hogan tp work ip meals To
foquire Knowledge and skills, super ueelinal wal patch
poner began to come into fs chen To-day forthiy. may ell oe
{oked upon as a curse rather shan '¢ Dlesing, al Yorelore imparts
no prestige to being a oman,

inva Jccant book Robart Graves wrote as follaws: “In my view
‘he petifeal ad socal ceafasion of ose las 2,000 yer us een
nity due oo man's zvell agaist woman ns « prestest of natal
‘age. and bie dakar of her wom by the vse of inteliecs "Tal i
CF spoval interest taken sie by sie wi Ibe remarks bf Metin James,
prshiotrat in ‘he Newsom comcovens. Ie iz sneufiieniy con!
testing. "Mans Fop'shmen of Ihe Boarding tebool clase ae
{ rsleat tom ner wives that-pevple can be eildsh amd ional
fad area Tul, roms they have een tang fo ssa pase ine
Sd feason, item atthe eapense el emotion. Sach hushands serve
Si sot anoiher unplanned inlgence ‘which reinforst tie klal
favianol gee women parent aad undesmines ee chld-catel

‘And agnin: “Women’s apparens illosisalisy ie really « devious
logic which a Glignt both to themselver and their mea. Tek in
ise fst o& congestive and sensible in iy OSM Way as cep
fationaliy based oa sccendary”precess and cconary” slucon
{So commplacet Is Martin Tames in is conviction tot this aute “keal
dh aotalig” must predominate, att deus nol ewan tu so ham
Fah ag tas stance, its the masculine eduction whch i mie
Siecle)

singe Meredith is wiser

‘And the Chinose writer Han. Sun
What is being said hore in yrs ways i Anpoctant and sig

‘Wher men ise beann tw uve ceasoa, co sly mathematic, and
tne universe about then. they fownd thie en escape Iron sera
tw their biological evistone, even, by means of pod and religion the
hope of escape Trom individual each Wore, because nists
Setiul seeds. wore always associated ‘with the asimal sie of sis
fojures. in besvcot numenis of sexual extent women if not
cis for moa, who then felt themsctses the scol, radeaal, spite)
beings naa they aspired se beseme,
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‘And Rohert Graves is 30 right: on this womip of the illo,
fon tn espn, on tir api been mind and ater, boy and
Sulu hive hulk cer pilosophies, thei conscps of goverment
fue Suter Gown th agse’ Wilh Newton and Cartesian ‘mano
the mater ‘ond movion snd, wil conte the world”—"reasen the
have fie possiome” come. he mation of che “locker
vers ana "inch congue of nature” on wich tiny he
Sd sate are bul

Power vas always the concept on which man based the authorky
of the Sie int he authonky ofthe Grant, or the divine right of the
fog, but iter the worship of mechani ad he tase of dspamie
Pane, A roic of the oll eonaopes fo ve u Victor ot old man of
fh tinest the. op

Breghing must pws i tdiess and arr, Cores shound
in nutisas in woménbut in the main curves are “out” 30 far as
ietitcs and planer are: concerned. Roads mnt be_ wie. aad
‘Ghat Tor the" worshipped ar to whose: death-dealing propensities
ihre kan arounding ieiflerence. To place af the ealbedals we 20%
fhe ‘he lam and conse shsse/aperegimbel_ay one ot ther
Brebccls Himssl recently put stot Vlge The rocket, fod by fre
Gh throng ito apace. the most perce Nalls symbol of al
Shcept that ie ween cares Ge Basted "of the feds ot Ihe
Betas ta, hoy ngnione

Tp hal hy race tomar vise, aew cuncep of he Sate and
human purpose is myo Tei abe ‘hat wil mever be achiosd by
un tore Women's tes mast aot Be rived ade a BF no
Impoaance; women mst te snirumged to speak atl to ase tal
swingin mich they imdoubledy poses, however mich werk 1
Tac become by wastnline awed." Women arena by satue
‘tcapirtn, they ie on he woke, a ome ithe natural wand Ging
he they db Mgly este in the fen" and thee oth
“nna iE tha: they mowld despise miss taughe=as they have ben.
iD co sn, Already e emp on tal edie tea Hes ser
ton of woneavs digny"Moreoer the hating abd rearing of hidren
‘oe Seume, endowed wit aw sigicance Ry tie adtenes of
Tacuiins, pochology. peehisuy. and sation,” Women. ae avare
thet pen od an-all those setbties that rst upon i, medical cae,
the oleh smal cervses are fae more iipovta than aise
ore technologie Tor indent.

‘We have beau undertind that we do, in fst by hori
environment, cente human tangs who end to carry forward the
fates ech we them, ab wo are ivory tra, the fate of
Earmce Thi iden, which ought wih the congopt of hide
Ente education, gelalvely nem in our world, Tt tans thal We
an pay a more conscious par in the evolucon of hunaty

Viowever mach we may adie fhe. aciiovements of man ia
sctencta 0 wonvan would bo so angenerous a0 deny then
‘Nomen, 0 Kvow thal man it his foxiation. with mesianism. sod
Tutti proven may wll he nearing a dead end. Tf'We ane 10

2

nate posible further achievements of the bumun spirit, then we need
now pbople rather ‘hun new machines

Soochow we have 'o she an end of what Robert Graver so aptly
cals ths aus of mcchamarehy" Th 8 hecesary (0 recoll indusrial
Sian wits is oder environmen the world of plants and animals she
ovk of ie and growth, which meaeutos Cmesaot by clocks. bic by
Geriness andes dav, the setter apd she seasons, Man has to
fern curb bis restless aeazeh for power, learn to dive Sn peace wit
tis fellow mem to sop raping and syuatderiog the resources of Our
planet fer profit and seat

“tis tie sduction of huey rather than that of women which nets
cp become tore vnrete and petrenal io deal Test It SBSIONS,
‘horn, and gener eal concep

‘Wocn's“achievements have, chown that they are well able to
ope with an education devermined hy ica. what they Cok for now
What ms education should move in heir direction. Men have
Trude ul lest one stop forwand by bepianig to resolve the ism
‘find at nate

Eduction, our pandis stil el ws, must place more top rang
people tener selonee, so tat we many be able to compete Wilh Our
Tenure! teats creeas, What nonsctve ll is Ty, Te industry 10
pron expanding and eapoting. Ue the poridge po inthe fairy ale,
PIG feds allvd no ane an stop 3? Already las new Industry
ievzromg up fo the Unied Stator for dasuoying Industral products,
Sortie more maybe gld and more profit mae

‘We have to begin educate bags and as to be human beings,
ingen of dling sem in subjects Tor exams and the rt race oF a
Crees "They need wider views, tel so much aasrow specialisation,
they need to be able to look ar their world es a wile,

Ar present aggression und compaltvensss are sil foster, dis
cobeainnde in abit autory fr stil visited with the sinenes ot he
ine "Yet neh resameh hes <hown at these methods induce bad
ehoviows sather then conformily”"Orber esperinen’s have shown
That i's posse to cdeeste children for democracy, torneo and
Corpperat, by moarares of selegovernment, helped ‘by adulls who
[Ede Su do mt stand constantly om thei gai

‘above all its sducatioa. fr Ting spd furan ceatons which
shocld be uppermost. Both boys and sis nsed to fear thal, whatever
fn one imay have with sex ty mest lovely uso 1 a8 an rsa of
fensitve aid subtle uncentndine. Parenthood sould be presen.
fot as selfsulsfecion and eellantilizenest, but ag te most m=
ortan: acvily on which bora amen ahd women can be engaged. TT
Mie woe gocepoed, there would be inmerte changes in the onze
tion ind diecion of our ovonemtc and social Tis

[Raion ran, indtial mat, man the gcioce, mam the escapist,
seis ho sighs Tara landing on the moon. Meuasime be munlers and
reputes fe murder millinsof his own hiod and igpores her countless
Erilions who ane ignorant, starving aol ciscaed site this tht
‘e should lve ang that women should bear children?

if thee ees |
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(Gary by valuing life and creation und by seing in the mortars of
‘our clive the posible of our fature sal we be able soo shape
the purposes of the State the it times trom violence, greed ad 1a
Fpuman Blaming, so bosome the tr father and miele Of the people
‘Man and wom, neither domiaant, working togecher, could tekieye
The ‘So farts ie Know, such a ding bes never yet huppenet
Inumun hisory.” To see i come to pase isthe ope may youn
Poole, Bote men aid womet, of ‘hie genoeation,
’Are Itsy, toa, oning (or he Poot?

eT A MANS WORLD
OF BOTH WORLDS

Harriet Unvein

‘Mega ‘igs 100 vans 9 the minster who efit af the wedding
Of busy Slone, an try American fom aie, sd oa. aw oseson, wih
fale sympa care the aas, Laser perform the marriage
‘cstmory wihowt a retewed soose ofthe igus of sysiem By which
tan and wite are ene, and Ubal ove the husband" The dees
larcy at al ud cet {vey sre auch of eonsclence, an spe ther
fare esbend' allyiaice tn her enn Tifoswork. wich it 1885 she
efi in these femmes n aduction, i marcage, in ceiien, in
Sresthing dseppoirtmen: ithe fv of svoman, It salt be the busiest
of my fe to derpen tha chsippoimiment In every woman’ bear ul
She bows down te Ro longer” Yet in 1988. scacly 100 years ater
ney" Sons deslration, arin opie of all hat falloned fave ina
fn Amarcan.hsbead ‘plamively coning a macrage wudaice
huavslions "The way 1 see, sage lakes to poeple, cach Inne
Tic ooa Is and shen paring them twowiher Mig seme =p chin we
ho eaght co Tv, ana es mine

‘ots Fredan’s The Veminine Mvoique (iest published in the
USA in 1963, reosfly tose here ws. Penguin) chats he sad
‘eealr oate by which Amecioan women hive "progtesod™ sins thelr
‘Snunclpacing sb a point ete taey expme) ame desife 0 rater
Schiesement ia thoir-own Iie than can ee grasped with one hand
‘whe clging'e"theit Rosbands shirts wi the other. The

HARRIET UNWIN wos eivcoted ot progressive schools in Enalond
Ghat ut Brown University, Rode fsa Belore her marrage se Wa
Redionat Voush Oftcer of the United Notions Asian and thew an
Inspector of Pactorice She is mow a teacher of Liberal Studies ta a
Collge for Further Edwaton

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emnine mystique”—ke iow that a woman can only fn fulimene
thrmugh murnege and mocberheal and hat all olber tepecs of her life
“Should be proud uaderfoot im porsil of that onde replaced the
emt stucl'ee of 19eh century Wome to send dete promklanghies
Spine back to the bome: dad wth all she force of "the America
Barro lle beljad the Dew mystijue i Ces. Clem ther almost as
[obey Tow cid this sony movers come abet? BY wat ions do

sooo, womanly” Lacy Slane aad her comrales live on Amoi can
ponory merely as 4 dicy joke? Aller Amelia Eashar. gig Flesnar
Rewovehy mitt hes mae “the sone oa fo Heneire” de only
SucepUblefemine image im the porte cla? Cat Leas ail, i he
Nous be Tile magazines ti book arived to provoke the dass
fu" of almust everyone wo Teads 1°,

SMe. edan ke and answere these questing, and hoy are
relevent enough fn cis side of the Ailumtic or the” hook tn he of
Inert io readers hete- She plots the American wavage of the Good
‘Ship Feminr and serasaibes very baznacle on be eal wih, sank
fhe ‘She takes a tool Ine at today’s “eastealed” American mal st
he empy-beale, bce sister, and or tae Ameraar “mon” 0
Drodvces them, er tala quest is them fo discover wha has produced
fis goreon “icon and her answer. with thomplna.vehowicnes, Is
the eannine mystique"
trois ihe system is selhperpotusting, and permancoly galling wo

Got eine stall!

"The book ig writen in thst emtlonal, foiady drum‘e syle of
the women's magazines ia which Mes, Freda developed hers, an it
ie ually a chore fo read, "The aftfals of documentation may fish
tn reader oyood comvtion the point of een fy ema ho
has jugaice ier two toler in fe wil Taadly need a. whole chapsor
knlaintg tat “Howsewieey Pxpapds to Fil the Tiive Avlah
But the sseiopaychulun!sple ad weighe oF the 200k ane deliberate,
St souse-it ean to sou sathoratie to the iver, ait nes

“Certainly the melenal ploevod as cvidence Ip fawcincnp, | Fist
and ‘hy follonen, Margie! Mead and her fucjonulst colleagues,
‘romen's mavasine eto and the demon sho pay ie silaros, ars
Iined ap wih college presidents and igh sehucl Socational counstons
tora their share of the blame for burng pulions of Ametfean
Somes ave" I heve yer studing Freod, and L am sclonishd to
Find tbat vor to b's “rossi ito the fersnine sul” (as ne
rot by his Ghcples), my forse im abstract ideas and te Frames
om

‘of human society. even pethaps my innocent afeetion for nechanieal
Scrirapconsy et novking more tad spomiservy" (Penispride ia
‘en Lave lone been fuilar with as a Woman drier, of cous, and
When the man L havo just overakea ac 60 mpi. re-overakas at
herandoas 751 sunpris my, inrtaton dfeaciey: “Al well poo
fellgwhe can't have babies), ‘Ths svcuse for faidog feminist ae
prale-covstors an bo cen ia tho Waxds (apocryphal, Taran In acd)
Ecributed im a-ffageta Rene on "Tae: Vows: Men have a part
‘jeajon mhish has hoen denied coat. Th for ob tale tt capa
Tour hands and wim isto oar advancage”” but to lap. from thie got
{ove fold to me by sIelongfomiaiz) fo ths eolamn warning soatinad
moan vented Amsvivan socie-peychologcal study af” 1947,
Svominiam was at as sore a deep Maes” is, a8 Mes. Freda
says cole check

Te indictment of the Amtian “sex-rceted eusatn's” for di
acceptance st not instigation of fhe femaine nyse = partculacly
Intersting (9 me ae a graduate of an Amsrcan Univers and. noe
aesener sum 1945 enwande, Mere Fradan tals us she panier ot
‘eumen suing to colle: In ths USA. aseilyinzcessd But the Benet
‘pomp on rum there nia the professions fel low she protwar lev
Shy lie eas 1367s, woainde of women stagents ware dropping
belurepeadimon inte rush to get marred and cents 1 the hay
thom, ine carmeula of even tke most academic svamcts clogs
were “sutened” lo incade “psendo-sienttic. marrige ous"
ies of “the Xemily" not at foclologcal enquiry hut ak £ proses
ot "Teadjysnent da Which & searely-concealed chjee.va
‘Ste the “exceptional” wth the uadesitale (eg. an "exceotional™
‘Wino cm combine bome end career, ut most cat, and ihetefore
iC yaw alts uy, ie wil probably end in neurosis). To the highschool
the: pacess reches own fo the Lalitae with lett eal The
Slay" chiel™ Divs ard Don's for Dating, for Ile a9 Vsaazold ge
Tis fur enon © ash “IE am edgeution geered 10 the growth of tho
nanan mhiad sakens [omiaiaiy, ell an education mare to fami
‘weaken tho growth of the mind?™. This caper ei sian less ot
{his county where onthe whole euation for gis is led
for remanior the goodsheartad Si Toho Newsom yes gu in the
Ohwerver ay Toe Fahcatin Women Need? “Covi hs by. ay
hance he "e-adhaxcmen™?

lived dough sone of that era io America ays, When T
adv ia 1981 the eusriesiun oF amy Univer” hall not foam
fampered with (perhaps it has no), uc T well renember my lat
Sune qa Gradeation ‘Day, Wiha goed dgios teed under hy. sem
‘but no diemoad fing on my Ringo (ib ay day ths ideal was to achive
Bout). Condicegca by 4 scars of the fominine mystique ie AMCHCa,
‘when I meumed hone shsepaly sone ap wow uf ny acti unt
5 sear intr hen af fit T could Yaport my marriage co te Aiba
Bullen (n whieh by dhat tine mos! of my clasates were announcing
fhelr thind ot fourth babs). Tam sshaiad aod not 2 tals reat
fox $9 lane beet on thee year of reepomsle prfesinnel ware and

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4o rele how file T pal im itor got oul of i, waiting for my “eal
fMifiment™. "My discoateat was pany iclogy, of cour. fo most
‘women oan co five wth men, smd in time they do wane children,
bur Twas diwconcerted to fad, "wo. yeus and Tw bio liar, that
‘his ta bot my. orly ales) in hie afer al AC the same moment,
the sniden death of my sband shone he daor_on the ous
‘vork)y a it tien sosmed “er ever", and Ihe prciptatel a nip
‘evsion ol the morzone at my “‘wemin's world" My ethin fe
ily few wosks, bul my ellos ce prise open the dor ain, tok
4} year, und were only mude possible by my childrens remarkably
chin ‘area by ur ky pono of ie eh ok
fevers one wile het time sd etergy am the Sate Se pusimonions
{Gall hushundlese mothers ad oer lane ducks

fies my" oun tikes ory as an example of how the feminine
‘mystique works. Te will sifice as am illustration of Mrs. Freda’
Thon for Thowe who ge nol eyo io reid ibe book which, pers
stould be eequited feaing for American housewives (and probebly 3
By how), but scorsly for renders of ANaneaN, Her interprtints of
fhe work of oiher sel scentins can only essed by Pets hele
‘atti an Tg to ie hens fever fot ay Ue Anais T
Sispuct she una ta Margaret Mend), This boo sich pes
fverinard for one. idea, and we. may wonder whether some. Of the
Spioms of socal malice which Mex Fredan ssebes to the feminine
Inpetgue cha apaly and aimlssbex nf soang poop, for exams.
eee the rst of tha, Ta eae fear pate of esl,
Walch ‘Mrs Friedan shar, haw dolled roe than ae aopact of 2
Esacml sickase, and porn wo have vel lo see th deine ingress
‘Seana to cach physi'an his ow,

The feminine myrigve mas 1 (oe?) hase cowed women in our
somewhet less contort seve, but ths problems of women’s (90
foles are ilusirated od sauseum in tbe cormspundence calurmas of the
‘Onrarser ete and lly wth an ekons et heal over Tight. For
‘women whe ae Loe Ia eoese, the questary of beter a2 Sie 19
io co svar cam only be nailer for ada juin, our
1 en feo caning eins an exhoron ofr
Bowlby aad mater deprivation’, Tey aed male onerpotsee
ake your mck? ‘Tis certainly uafortumate hat Ihe Sheage Of
hety schol allows sa few mothers the freedom to. choose, foe i
‘ueto! be gos for hore snd intial tole tba shut up all day
{eit hove a ntable mower

AIT this as hon said say tes bofore, Wat ae, poi. sit
fecvives Tes ietion in the Saas" newspapers than i donee
‘Newsom gave tno lle thoueh: ta the satsial 30 gears of 50 ofp
Ghilthearing We which Wastes aMueoce hax besewred ow mocers

"iy erg, fn) Gt Mert oO ah ng
Pepi SoHo dls nlee Neel ad