WMST-L LOG9409A ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 31 Aug 1994 16:51:51 EDT Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Rosa Maria Pegueros Subject: Burning in effigy In my lifetime, I have seen a number of political leaders burned/hung in effigy, including at least 3 California governors and U.S. Presidents Johnson, Nixon, Carter and Reagan. It's something that is guaranteed to please the mobs, particularly if they are college students. Actually, I think I participated in burning Reagan twice--once when he was governor of California and once as president. And I think I remember Bush being hung in effigy during the Gulf War. IMHO it is the most common of political insults. Now tar and feathering, well, that's something else... Rosa Maria Pegueros PEGUEROS@URIACC.URI.EDU Dept. of History University of Rhode Island ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 31 Aug 1994 15:40:55 EDT Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: judy long Subject: search comm To Jane Elza's observation about exposure to diversity I would like to add that we need to learn how to LISTEN to difference or it is wasted on us --or it may stoke preexisting prejudice. Didn't we learn this in the sixties when we found information did not cure prejudice? --JUDY LONG, SOCIOLOGY DEPARTMENT, SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY -- --103 SIMS IV, SYRACUSE, NY 13244-1230, USA (315)443-4580 -- --Bitnet: JLONG@SUVM Internet: JLONG@SUVM.ACS.SYR.EDU -- ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 31 Aug 1994 19:38:56 -0400 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Connie Koppelman Subject: Women's Hair Survey State University of New York at Stony Brook Stony Brook, NY 11794-3456 Constance E Koppelman Womens Studies 516 632-9176 31-Aug-1994 06:36pm EDT FROM: CKOPPELMAN TO: Remote Addressee ( _wmst-l@umdd.umd.edu ) Subject: Women's Hair Survey FOR WOMEN ONLY THE FOLLOWING SURVEY QUESTIONNAIRE WAS PREPARED FOR A PAPER I AM WRITING ABOUT ATTITUDES TOWARDS WOMEN'S HAIR. I WOULD APPRECIATE IT IF YOU WOULD TAKE A FEW MINUTES TO ANSWER THESE BRIEF QUESTIONS. SEND YOUR ANSWERS BY SNAIL MAIL TO CONNIE KOPPELMAN, WOMEN'S STUDIES, OLD CHEM 105 STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT STONY BROOK STONY BROOK NEW YORK 11794-3456 OR BY E-MAIL TO CKOPPELMAN@SUNYSB.EDU 1. What color was your hair the first few years of your life? __________________________________________________________________________ 2. What color hair did you want when you were a teenager? ____________________________________________________________________________ 3. Have you ever dyed your hair?____________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 4. What color(s) have you dyed your hair?___________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ 5. Do you use wash in colors or professional salon procedures? ______________ _______________________________________________________________________________ 6. Is there any circumstance which would convince you not to dye your hair? ________________________________________________________________________________ 7. Do you think that grey hair makes woman look older?______________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ 8. Do you think that men prefer blonds?____________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ 9. If you answered yes to #8, why do you think they do?_____________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ 10. Have you ever straightened your hair?______________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ 11. Have you ever had a permanent?_____________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ 12. Is there any circumstance which would convince you not to perm?___________ ________________________________________________________________________________ 13. Do you prefer long or short hairstyles on yourself or do you alternate? long___________short____________alternate_______________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ 14. Do you think that head hair is sexually attractive if it is long?_______short?______both?______neither?_____________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ 15. Which of the following influences you when choosing a hair style? a)fashion magazines___b)T.V.___c)hairdresser___d)moviestars___ e) other (please specify)__________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ 16. Your age a) under 30_______ b) 30-49__________ c) 50-59__________ d) 60 and over____ IF YOU WOULD LIKE A COPY OF THE SURVEY RESULTS, PLEASE ADD YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 31 Aug 1994 16:28:47 -0700 Reply-To: Lynn Louise Sharp Sender: Women's Studies List From: Lynn Louise Sharp Subject: Re: Effigy of Hilary In-Reply-To: <199408311851.OAA21806@holmes.umd.edu> Let me add myself to the list of visceral reactors to the Hillary burning. The one thing no one's yet mentioned is the special case of Hillary. Judy Kaufman points out she's protrayed [Hillary, not Judy] as the one who wears the pants. More to the media point, I think, is Hillary as transgressor of women's roles in general and not just in terms of her relationship with Bill. She is not so much trivialized as demonized as the woman who tries to do/be what she shouldn't. Here is where the intersection between the burning as an act against a political figure and as an act against women may lie. Lynn Sharp Women's Studies UC Riverside/ History UC IRvine ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 31 Aug 1994 21:19:48 -0500 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: K R McLain Subject: Re: Women's Studies + JD Degree My reply directly to Robin was bounced back. Please send further information as it becomes available regarding a joint JD and MA in Women's Studies. I was looking for such a program earlier this year when I was seriously considering returning to college full-time. That is one of the very few programs in which I would be interested I will lose my email account soon so please mail information to me: Karen R. McLain P O Box 640249 Kenner LA 70064 ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 31 Aug 1994 18:25:46 -0700 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Myra Dinnerstein Subject: o.j. simpson re: our discussion of using O.J. Simpson as a topic in an Intro to W. S. There is an article in today's N. Y. Times (8\31) describing the number Myra Dinnerstein myrad@arizona.ccit.edu of courses that are using the case as a course topic. ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 1 Sep 1994 09:29:39 -0400 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Sherry Linkon Subject: In search of Marilyn Richardson Does anyone know how I can contact Marilyn Richardson, the editor of a collection of speeches and essays by Maria W. Stewart? The book doesn't give any bio on her, and she's not in the professional directories or e-mail phone books I've checked. Reply privately, of course. Thanks--Sherry Linkon (sjlinkon@unix1.cc.ysu.edu) ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 1 Sep 1994 09:49:00 EDT Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Joan Korenman Subject: Format for WMST-L Messages (User's Guide) Each month, I post sections from the WMST-L User's Guide to remind subscribers of the list's resources and procedures. If changes have been made since the last time a section was posted, the subject header will begin "Revision:". Also, you can now consult the User's Guide anytime you'd like if you have access to gopher. Gopher to gopher.umbc.edu and select #6 (Academic Department Info), then #9 (Women's Studies), then #5 (WMST-L). Meanwhile, here is the section dealing with certain features all messages to WMST-L should have: ******************** 1) "IS THERE A PREFERRED FORMAT TO USE FOR MESSAGES SENT TO THE LIST (I.E., TO WMST-L@UMDD OR WMST-L@UMDD.UMD.EDU)?" Yes. First of all, ALWAYS put your name and e-mail address at the end of every posting. (It is important that people be able to contact you privately if they wish, and some mail systems do not identify the writer anywhere in the header.) Also, please include a meaningful subject heading, so that people will know whether your message deals with a topic of interest to them. (MANY people automatically delete messages with no subject heading or with one that doesn't interest them.) Finally, if you are replying to someone else's posting, BRIEFLY quote or summarize that posting before you offer your reply. Doing so will make your message clearer and avoid confusion. (New subscribers are continually joining the list; they may not have read the original message. And since a number of topics are often being discussed on the list at any given moment, even long-time subscribers may not remember what prompted your remarks unless you remind them.) NOTE: if you're replying to a long message, do NOT quote it in its entirety! Include just a few relevant lines. ******************* Joan Korenman Internet: korenman@umbc2.umbc.edu Bitnet: korenman@umbc ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 1 Sep 1994 10:27:27 EDT Reply-To: Jean.L.Potuchek@cc.gettysburg.edu Sender: Women's Studies List From: Jean Potuchek Subject: Graduate Work in Feminist Film Theory I am sending this inquiry for a friend who finished her undergraduate work last year with a double major was in Women's Studies and Film Theory. She is now looking into Ph.D. programs with an emphasis on feminist film theory. Her preference is for graduate programs in the west or southwest. We have consulted the NWSA Guide to Graduate Programs in Women's Studies, but would appreciate any other leads or suggestions from members of this list. --------------------------------------------- Jean L. Potuchek Women's Studies Gettysburg College jpotuche@gettysburg.edu ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 1 Sep 1994 12:20:08 -0500 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Molly Subject: query: "rule of thumb" Greetings, Below is a query from the president of my university which I am forwarding to this list for your collective assistance. When I received it I did some further checking in reference books on proverbs, dictionaries of measures, etc, without finding the meaning refered to below. I do not have access to legal history sources... If you, too, have heard this claim, I'd be interested in knowing where, and by whom, but I am most interested in actual citations to reputable scholarly sources which would verify it. Not knowing how much others may be interested in the results of my query, I would prefer that you mail me directly. If many of you indicate interest I'll be happy to summarize for the list. Thanks, in advance, for your help. The Question: >... last spring I heard a speaker say that the phrase "rule of thumb" > derives from the thickness of a stick with which husbands used to be allowed > to use to beat their wives. That shocked me and many others from the two > president's staffs and we have worked since to banish that phrase from our > lexicon. > But when I heard the same claim mentioned twice in speeches over the summer, > I began to wonder if this might be one of those claims that a popular > author makes and which others, out of respect for the author or the author's > position, simply repeat without ever checking its accuracy. > So I looked in my Oxford English Dictionary (1971, p. 885, col. 1) and I > could find no such mention of the origins or usage of the phrase "rule of > thumb" in the size of sticks which one could use to beat a wife. Instead it > talks of methods derived entirely from experience, rather than scientific > knowledge (with the first example being from 1692, "What he doth, he doth > by rule of Thumb, and not by Art" and a choice one being from 1802, "Too > often did she apportion the drugs by rule of thumb.") > One of the definitions of a "thumb" (p. 389, col. 3) is that it is about an > inch and, as such, was used in the seventeenth century to refer to errors > which were allowable in measuring cloth. The word "thumb" also seems to have > many uses suggesting something dimunutive, rather than grand. (p. 390, col > 1-2) -- suggesting perhaps the contrast between a rule of thumb and a RULE > OF SCIENCE. _____________________________________________________________________________ Molly O'Hara Ewing Public Services Librarian Alcuin Library 612-363-3207 St. John's University mewing@csbsju.edu Collegeville, MN 56321 ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 1 Sep 1994 13:42:08 -0400 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Janice M Schaeffler Subject: Re: Women's Hair Survey In-Reply-To: <199409010436.AAA27079@holmes.umd.edu> from "Connie Koppelman" at Aug 31, 94 07:38:56 pm 1. blond 2. blond 3. no 4. n/a 5. yes 6. yes 7. yes 8. some 9. ? 10. no 11. yes 12. yes 13. alt. 14. both 15. me 16. b Interested in results and what this survey is being used for. Send to 1901A Darryl Drive, Tallahassee, Florida 32301 or e-mail address. Thanks. > > State University of New York at Stony Brook > Stony Brook, NY 11794-3456 > > Constance E Koppelman > Womens Studies > 516 632-9176 > 31-Aug-1994 06:36pm EDT > FROM: CKOPPELMAN > TO: Remote Addressee ( _wmst-l@umdd.umd.edu ) > > Subject: Women's Hair Survey > > FOR WOMEN ONLY > THE FOLLOWING SURVEY QUESTIONNAIRE WAS PREPARED FOR A PAPER I AM WRITING ABOUT > ATTITUDES TOWARDS WOMEN'S HAIR. I WOULD APPRECIATE IT IF YOU WOULD TAKE A FEW > MINUTES TO ANSWER THESE BRIEF QUESTIONS. SEND YOUR ANSWERS BY SNAIL MAIL TO > CONNIE KOPPELMAN, WOMEN'S STUDIES, OLD CHEM 105 > > STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT STONY BROOK > STONY BROOK NEW YORK 11794-3456 > > OR BY E-MAIL TO CKOPPELMAN@SUNYSB.EDU > > 1. What color was your hair the first few years of your life? > __________________________________________________________________________ > 2. What color hair did you want when you were a teenager? > ____________________________________________________________________________ > 3. Have you ever dyed your hair?____________________________________________ > ______________________________________________________________________________ > 4. What color(s) have you dyed your hair?___________________________________ > ______________________________________________________________________________ __ > 5. Do you use wash in colors or professional salon procedures? ______________ > ______________________________________________________________________________ _ > 6. Is there any circumstance which would convince you not to dye your hair? > ______________________________________________________________________________ __ > 7. Do you think that grey hair makes woman look older?______________________ > ______________________________________________________________________________ __ > 8. Do you think that men prefer blonds?____________________________________ > ______________________________________________________________________________ _ > 9. If you answered yes to #8, why do you think they do?_____________________ > ______________________________________________________________________________ _ > ______________________________________________________________________________ _ > ______________________________________________________________________________ __ > 10. Have you ever straightened your hair?______________________________________ > ______________________________________________________________________________ __ > 11. Have you ever had a permanent?_____________________________________________ > ______________________________________________________________________________ _ > 12. Is there any circumstance which would convince you not to perm?___________ > ______________________________________________________________________________ __ > 13. Do you prefer long or short hairstyles on yourself or do you alternate? > > > long___________short____________alternate_____________________________________ __ > ______________________________________________________________________________ _ > 14. Do you think that head hair is sexually attractive if it is > > > long?_______short?______both?______neither?___________________________________ __ > ______________________________________________________________________________ __ > 15. Which of the following influences you when choosing a hair style? > a)fashion magazines___b)T.V.___c)hairdresser___d)moviestars___ > e) other (please specify)__________________________________________________ > ______________________________________________________________________________ __ > 16. Your age a) under 30_______ > b) 30-49__________ > c) 50-59__________ > d) 60 and over____ > > IF YOU WOULD LIKE A COPY OF THE SURVEY RESULTS, PLEASE ADD YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS > ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 1 Sep 1994 12:48:02 -0500 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: 10casmith@BSUVC.BSU.EDU Subject: gender bias in SATs Does anyone know of research on gender bias in the Scholastic Aptitude Test? I seem to recall hearing that the math section is biased in favor of males. Christine Smith 10casmith@bsuvc.bsu.edu ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 1 Sep 1994 14:09:01 -0400 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: BHOWARD Subject: Gender bias in verbal SATs There's considerable scholarship in composition studies to demonstate ethnic and class bias in the verbal SATs. I'd be glad to provide a few references, Christine, if that's useful to you. But now I'm curious: has any gender bias been detected in the *verbal* portion of the SATs? Becky Howard BHOWARD@CENTER.COLGATE.EDU Department of Interdisciplinary Writing Colgate University, Hamilton NY 13332 Voice (315) 824-7315; FAX (315) 824-7121 ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 1 Sep 1994 15:37:00 -0400 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Carolyn Redl Subject: Re: Women Explorers and Feminism You might want to have a look at the journals of Canadian Rockies explorer, Mary Schaeffer, who is accredited with being the first white person to view Maligne Lake in Jasper National Park and with naming several peaks in the region. She came from Philadelphia and, in my estimation, from a moneyed background. Best of luck with the thesis! Interesting stuff. ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 1 Sep 1994 15:21:26 EST Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Sarah Bingham Subject: Re: Women's Hair Survey State University of New York at Stony Brook Stony Brook, NY 11794-3456 Constance E Koppelman Womens Studies 516 632-9176 31-Aug-1994 06:36pm EDT FROM: CKOPPELMAN TO: Remote Addressee ( _wmst-l@umdd.umd.edu ) Subject: Women's Hair Survey FOR WOMEN ONLY THE FOLLOWING SURVEY QUESTIONNAIRE WAS PREPARED FOR A PAPER I AM WRITING ABOUT ATTITUDES TOWARDS WOMEN'S HAIR. I WOULD APPRECIATE IT IF YOU WOULD TAKE A FEW MINUTES TO ANSWER THESE BRIEF QUESTIONS. SEND YOUR ANSWERS BY SNAIL MAIL TO CONNIE KOPPELMAN, WOMEN'S STUDIES, OLD CHEM 105 STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT STONY BROOK STONY BROOK NEW YORK 11794-3456 OR BY E-MAIL TO CKOPPELMAN@SUNYSB.EDU 1. What color was your hair the first few years of your life? blond______________________________________________________________________ 2. What color hair did you want when you were a teenager? _____blond__________________________________________________________________ 3. Have you ever dyed your hair?____________________________________________ highlighted___________________________________________________________________ 4. What color(s) have you dyed your hair?_lighter blond_____________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ 5. Do you use wash in colors or professional salon procedures? salon_________ _______________________________________________________________________________ 6. Is there any circumstance which would convince you not to dye your hair? ______health reasons____________________________________________________________ 7. Do you think that grey hair makes woman look older?_yes__________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ 8. Do you think that men prefer blonds?__maybe_____________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ 9. If you answered yes to #8, why do you think they do?_____________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ 10. Have you ever straightened your hair?___no_________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ 11. Have you ever had a permanent?____no_______________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ 12. Is there any circumstance which would convince you not to perm?___________ _________________________________________n/a____________________________________ 13. Do you prefer long or short hairstyles on yourself or do you alternate? long long_____X_____short____________alternate_______________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ 14. Do you think that head hair is sexually attractive if it is long?_______short?______both?___X__neither?_____________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ 15. Which of the following influences you when choosing a hair style? a)fashion magazines___b)T.V.___c)hairdresser___d)moviestars___ e) other (please specify)___ ______________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ 16. Your age a) under 30_______ b) 30-49__________ c) 50-59__________ d) 60 and over____ IF YOU WOULD LIKE A COPY OF THE SURVEY RESULTS, PLEASE ADD YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 1 Sep 1994 14:30:58 CST Reply-To: codell@iunhaw1.iun.indiana.edu Sender: Women's Studies List From: Cynthia O'Dell Organization: Indiana University Northwest Subject: Re: gender bias in SATs There are really two questions here. Do women on average have lower scores on different sections of the SAT? Are these scores due to a bias in the testing? Yes they do have lower math SAT scores. Are the scores due to a bias in the test - probably more so in the past than now. Instead I would be inclined to believe that the larger contributor to the equation is that women are put at a disadvantage in the educational system and so do not have as large a knowledge base about mathematics and this acounts in part to their lower scores. Myra and David Sadker's book FAILING AT FAIRNESS: HOW AMERICA'S SCHOOLS CHEAT GIRLS has a small section on this topic, and they do cite research articles to support their ideas. There are also several books just on the bias in testing issue which I do not have handy to list references to, but they do exist. ********************************************************************** Cynthia O'Dell "In the end, antiblack, Department of Psychology antifemale, and all forms Indiana University Northwest of discrimination are Gary, IN 46408 equivalent to the same (219)980-6986 thing - antihumanism." CODELL@iunhaw1.iun.indiana.edu -Shirley Chisholm (1970) ********************************************************************** ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 1 Sep 1994 17:18:44 -0400 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Shirley Piazza Subject: Intergenerational Relationships I am looking for references on intergenerational relationships between older and younger women who are not kin and who are not in a sexual relationship. Although I am particularly interested in relationships that would be considered significant (as opposed to casual), at this point any reference will do. I am not interested in references on career mentoring The references may be from any discipline in the humanities or social sciences. The sources I have found generally are studies about relationships between family members or are about career mentoring. If you know of any references, I would appreciate it if you would share them with me. Please send them to my personal E-mail address: piazzas@ucunix.san.uc.edu. ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 1 Sep 1994 14:39:28 PST Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Andy Kelly Subject: Re: query: "rule of thumb" Date: Fri, 19 Aug 1994 10:28:16 PST Molly has the right instincts (look things up in the OED) and has come to the right conclusions. I repeat here the message I sent on 19 Aug. 1994 in response to a call for critiques on Christina Hoff Sommers's Who Stole Feminism: According to my research, Sommers is right in saying that the expression "rule of thumb" did not originate in the context of wife-beating, but she is wrong to repeat Philip Hiscock's assertion (really an unsubstantiated guess) that it comes from the practice of woodworkers or construction workers (see his message to this network on May 11, 1993). The OED under "thumb" notes that the breadth (NOT the length of the first joint) was taken for an inch, and examples are given from the cloth trade. But this does not mean that the expression originated in the cloth trade. The sad truth is that we don't know where it comes from. As far as I have seen, "rule of thumb" was first associated with wife-beating by Del Martin in 1976, but she was being whimsical (a point that Sommers fails to make). It was seriously associated with wife-beating by Terry Davidson in 1977, completely without historical foundation; and authors who cited Davidson jumped to the conclusion that the alleged common law of rule of thumb gave rise to the expression (N.B. I would be grateful if anyone can find earlier associations of "rule of thumb" with wife-beating). Sommers is partially right on Blackstone, and partially mistaken, both in her book and in her reply to Linda Hirshman's critique (the critique appeared in the Los Angeles Times, 31 July 1994, M5, and the reply on 13 August '94, B1). She reads Blackstone as saying that the old law [before 1660] allowed moderate chastisement but prohibited violence. Not so: Hirshman is right in saying that Blackstone qualified it as excessive violence (he does this by quoting a Latin writ). Sommers is wrong in her reply to say that the sense of the Latin was included in her citation, but right in finding Hirshman mistaken for suggesting that this was current law or Blackstone's own opinion of current law. Sommers is also mistaken (in her book) in citing Blackstone to say that the courts still permitted husbands of lower rank to restrain wives of their liberty, or that the prohibitions against violence went largely unenforced, especially among the lower rank. What Blackstone says is that moderate violence used to be allowed, but not after the time of Charles II, though the lower rank of people still claimed it as a right; but the courts did still allow husbands (of all ranks) to restrain their wives in cases of gross misbehavior. I document all this in an article, "Rule of Thumb and the Folklaw of the Husband's Stick," to appear in the September issue of the Journal of Legal Education. I unpack all of Blackstone's sources, including Roman civil law, and analyze the American cases in which thumb-measurements or other criteria for the husband's stick are mentioned, and I also deal with an English judge of the king's bench, Sir Francis Buller, who in 1782 was lampooned for his view that husbands could use a smaller-than-thumb stick. Andy Kelly (aka Henry Ansgar Kelly, English Department, UCLA) ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 1 Sep 1994 18:04:00 EDT Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Joan Korenman Subject: DO NOT RETURN SURVEYS TO WMST-L!!! Please please please. Most of the 3000 people on WMST-L don't care what color your hair is. Or even whether you have hair! NEVER--repeat, NEVER--return a survey to WMST-L. If you can't return it privately, please forget it. DO NOT RETURN SURVEYS TO WMST-L. Also, those of you sending surveys to WMST-L should add a Reply-to header forcing replies back to your private email address. If you don't know how to do this, ask the computer support staff at your institution. Not all mail systems make this possible, but many do. PLEASE MAKE EVERY EFFORT TO ADD A PRIVATE REPLY-TO HEADER. Once again, for those who were asleep earlier, DO NOT RETURN ANY SURVEY TO WMST-L. NEVER. Many thanks. Joan Korenman Internet: korenman@umbc2.umbc.edu Bitnet: korenman@umbc ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 1 Sep 1994 15:38:58 -0700 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Karen Anderson Subject: bias in SATs One of the most important problems with relying on the SATs is that they are supposed to predict undergraduate academic performance, but women students get higher grades than men in college. Clearly, those differences mean little when it comes to the predictive capacity of the SAT for women. Karen Anderson Univ. of Arizona ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 1 Sep 1994 18:54:32 EDT Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: pat ulbrich Subject: Re: Intergenerational Relationships In-Reply-To: Message of Thu, 1 Sep 1994 17:18:44 -0400 from See Carol Stack's book _All Our Kin_ for a discussion of "fictive kin" in black families. ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 1 Sep 1994 17:54:20 -0700 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Martha Mar Caminero-Santangelo Subject: madness, again Recently there was a "women and madness" discussion on this list. I was wondering... could anyone point me towards anything dealing with conceptions/stereotypes (popular as well as clinical) of "madness" with regard to African-Americans? I am particularly interested in unearthing any subtly and not-so-subtly racist perspectives on mental illness and African- Americans, particularly in the post-WWII period, as well as any subsequent critical discussions of these. (I am NOT looking for detailed sociological / psychological studies of particular aspects of African-American mental health.) And...have there been any written critiques of the diagnostic category "borderline personality"? One psychologist told me this diagnosis, given mostly to women and with very vague defining characteristics, is perhaps today's equivalent of "hysteria" in the earlier part of the century... And...maybe a stupid question, but how does one get one's hands on the fourth edition of the _Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders_? (In which, by the way, I hear that PMS is now listed as a "mental disorder"...) I've been absent from the list for a while, so forgive me if I missed something in the previous discussion. Please respond privately (unless any of this would be of interest to others). Thanks, Marta Caminero-Santangelo eahg267.orion.oac.uci.edu p.s. woops, forgot to fix my margins. sorry! ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 1 Sep 1994 21:36:42 -0400 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Carole Shmurak Subject: Re: gender bias in SATs See the AAUW report (1992) How the Schools Shortchange Girls. It has a section on the SATs. ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 1 Sep 1994 23:10:02 EDT Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Katherine Side Subject: Re: Intergenerational Relationships In-Reply-To: Message of Thu, 1 Sep 1994 17:18:44 -0400 from I am also looking at the area of women's friendships, and can share these sources: Friendships Between Women: A Critical Review, Pat O'Connor, The Guilford Press, London, 1992. Boston Marriages: Romantic but Asexual Relationships Among C Contemporary Lesbians, Esther Rothblum & Kathleen Brehony,[Eds.] The University of Massachusets Press, Amherst, 1993. Friendships in Context, Helena Znaniecka Lopata, London, JAI Press, 1990. I would be very interested in seeing the responses that you receive. If it is not an inconvenience, could you please forward a list of those references that you've received privately. Also, it might be of interest to you that in Canada, the General Social Survey asks questions specifically about friendship, and the support obtained by friends. They do break it down by gender, although I'm not sure that they specifically ask if friendships are inter- generational. (Much of this research has been done by someone named Lerory Stone..I'll try to trace an exact title for you). Best of luck. Katherine Side klside@vm1.yorku.ca ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 1 Sep 1994 21:20:49 PDT Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Jennifer Spencer Subject: Alternatives to 'Bachelor, Masters,' etc I'm looking for suggestions of more inclusive terms for the traditional 'bachelors', 'masters', and most particularly, 'fellowship'... Our dean is interested in finding alternatives to the above, however, she is not expected to accept the Daly-esque 'spinsters' and 'crones'... Any other ideas? Please respond privately and if others are interested I'll compile suggestions and post to the list... Thank you! Jennifer Spencer, University of Victoria (spencerj@uvvm.uvic.ca) ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 2 Sep 1994 08:16:51 -0400 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Dennis Fischman Subject: Re: Intergenerational Relationships In-Reply-To: <199409012128.RAA43188@acs3> This is kind of an off-beat research suggestion, but you probably know there are programs that specifically link old people with younger ones, sometimes children, sometimes teens, sometimes young adults. Might you try talking with them? Also, in well-established religious organizations, sometimes people of different generations sit on the board of directors or run rummage sales together for years. Friendships develop (as do grudges, of course). It's another thought outside the library resources. Dennis Fischman dfischmn@acs.bu.edu (617) 776-4701 home (617) 353-2907 work "Ph.D. in changing the world" ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 2 Sep 1994 08:26:00 EDT Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Joan Korenman Subject: LISTSERV or WMST-L? (User's Guide) Each month, I post sections from the WMST-L User's Guide to remind subscribers of the list's resources and procedures. If changes have been made since the last time a section was posted, the subject header will begin "Revision:". Also, you can now consult the User's Guide anytime you'd like if you have access to gopher. Gopher to gopher.umbc.edu and select #6 (Academic Department Info), then #9 (Women's Studies), then #5 (WMST-L). Meanwhile, here is the section explaining when to send mail to LISTSERV and when to WMST-L; it includes mention of how to unsubscribe: 2) "WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN LISTSERV@UMDD AND WMST-L@UMDD? 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You'll receive a file entitled LISTSERV.MEMO. (See section 11 for how to retrieve files sent to you in Netdata format.) If you have a question about your subscription that you want a human being to read, do not send it to either WMST-L or LISTSERV. Instead, send it to the list owner, Joan Korenman [KORENMAN@UMBC (Bitnet) or KORENMAN@UMBC2.UMBC.EDU (Internet)]. Joan Korenman Internet: korenman@umbc2.umbc.edu Bitnet: korenman@umbc ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 2 Sep 1994 08:32:46 -0400 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Dennis Fischman Subject: research on violence by women against men Dear folks, A friend told me about this list, and I hope you can help me figure something out. On another list, someone posted the following summary of research on violence by men against women and vice versa. It seems intuitively wrong, but I don't know the research. Can you enlighten me, either about the specific study and its methodology if you know about it, or more generally about violence by women against men? I would appreciate it. Sincerely, Dennis Dennis Fischman dfischmn@acs.bu.edu (617) 776-4701 home (617) 353-2907 work "Ph.D. in changing the world" ************************************************************************** >From odin@gate.net Fri Sep 2 08:26:03 1994 Date: Fri, 2 Sep 1994 06:36:42 -0400 (EDT) From: PNEWS To: pnews@igc.apc.org Subject: Violence by Women also Unacceptable ---pnews.d-- From: holzhausen lissa For the people calling for papers, Get Murray Straus and Glenda Kaufman Kantor to come as speakers. I recently called the Family Research Laboratory (University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH, 03824-3596) and received a paper that Murray Straus presented with Glenda Kaufman Kantor at the 13th World Congress of Sociology, held in Bielefeld, Germany (July 13th, 1994). The paper is related to SPOUSAL ASSAULTS and compares national rates of men with those of women across the last three decades. I have taken the time to summarize some of the data and to provide some commentary as to what the findings seems to indicate given the sociopolitical times we are in and to dispell some prevalent myths which are continuing to be propagated by other researchers, the media, and policy makers of our country. Minor assaults were defined as pushing, shoving, grabbing, slapping or throwing something at the spouse. Severe assaults were defined as kicking, biting, punching, hitting with an object, beating up, threats involving a knife or gun, and using a knife or gun on the spouse. One major finding is that over the last three decades, the reported SEVERE assaults perpetrated by husbands on wives has STEADILY DECREASED - even when age, SES, and ethnic composition are controlled. When comparing rates per 1,000 couples by who is reporting (husbands reporting on themselves AND wives reporting on their husbands) for 1975 and 1992 THIS TREND REMAINS. This IS good news. The fact that the rates are decreasing for severe assaults perpetrated by men on their wives indicates that men in America are getting the message - this type of violence is wrong. The fact that this information is corroborated by the data collected from the wives, and that there is a high level of agreement between wives and their husbands as to the rate at which it does occur, ensures that the reports are valid. Rates per 1,000 couples on MINOR ASSAULTS by husbands on wives showed DECREASES from 1975 to 1985, regardless of who was doing the reporting. While rates for minor husband assault on wives continued to show a decreasing trend from 1985 to 1992 when men reported on their own behavior, women reported a dramatic increase in husband minor assault on wife. The trend from 1975 to 1985 was good news. The fact that the rates decreased for minor assaults perpetrated by men on their wives indicates that men in America were getting the message - this type of violence was also wrong. The discrepancy between husbands and wives reports for 1992 is disconcerting. The discrepancy between the data provided by husbands and wives for 1992 seems to indicate something different may have happened during this time frame. The fact that there is a high level of disagreement between wives and husbands as to the rate at which it does occur indicates that the reports may be invalid for that year, but does not substantiate whose reporting is off. Rates per 1,000 couples of MINOR ASSAULT perpetrated by wives on husbands from 1975 to 1992 demonstrate an INCREASING trend - regardless of whether the information comes from husbands or wives. This is NOT good news. The fact that the rates increased for minor assaults perpetrated by wives on husbands indicates that women in America were getting the wrong message. The message women are getting is - be violent. The fact that this information is corroborated by the data collected from the wives about their own behavior, and that there is a high level of agreement between wives and there husbands as to the rate at which it does occur, seems to lend more credence to the type of message women are not only receiving, but putting into practice - be violent. Rates per 1,000 couples of SEVERE ASSAULT by wives on husbands stayed pretty much the same, or decreased slightly, depending on the perspective of who was doing the reporting from 1975 to 1985. Women reported a dramatic INCREASE in the number of severe assaults they perpetrated on their husbands in 1992, while husbands reported a continued DECREASE in the number of severe assaults they experienced from their wives. The discrepancy for 1992 is rather disconcerting. The fact that the rates stayed pretty much the same for severe assaults perpetrated by wives on husbands across 1975 and 1985 indicates that women in America may have been getting no message at all about this type of violence. The message women were getting between 1985 and 1992 was different as indicated by the increase in reported severe assaults, as reported by themselves about their own behavior - be violent. The fact that there is a high level of disagreement between wives and there husbands as to the rate at which women severely assault husbands seems to indicate that men are also receiving a message - be quiet, don't mention it, you deserve it. The rates of SEVERE assaults by husbands on wives for 1992 is roughly 23 per 1,000 couples as reported by wives. The rate is roughly 17 per 1,000 couples as reported by husbands. The rates of SEVERE assaults by wives on husbands for 1992 is roughly 58 per 1,000 couples as reported by wives. The rate is roughly 33 per 1,000 couples as reported by husbands. Regardless of whether the information is provided by husbands or wives, the rates of SEVERE assaults perpetrated BY wives ON husbands for 1992 are HIGHER than the rates of severe assaults on wives. In fact, they are nearly DOUBLE. The fact that the rates for severe assaults perpetrated by wives on husbands is double that of husbands on wives is eye opening. When taken with the information mentioned earlier, men have not only been sent a clear meassage that severe assault is wrong, they have internalized this message to the point that their behavior is much more acceptable. Women, on the other hand, are not only being given the opposite message (severe assault is OK), they have internalized it to the point that their behavior is becoming much more unacceptable. The real problem with this scenerio is that little is being done by the media to portray these facts accurately. It is politically incorrect to say that women are becoming more violent and men are becoming less violent (with respect to severe assaults perpetrated in the home on spouses). In fact, much has been done to continue propogating the myth that men are just as violent to their wives as they have ever been and that women are as sweet and kind to their husbands as they have always been. The rates of MINOR assaults by husbands on wives for 1992 is roughly 115 per 1,000 couples as reported by wives. The rate is roughly 83 per 1,000 couples as reported by husbands. The rates of MINOR assaults by wives on husbands for 1992 is roughly 99 per 1,000 couples as reported by wives. The rate is roughly 91 per 1,000 couples as reported by husbands. Regardless of whether the information is provided by husbands or wives, the rate of MINOR assaults by husbands and wives on their respective spouses indicates an EQUAL propensity for this type of violence in the home. The fact that the rates for minor assaults perpetrated by wives and husbands is nearly the same for this type of violence is disturbing. Only when we see ALL forms and types of violence in the home decrease will we need to celebrate. The media, researchers, and social policy makers need to stop negating the gains in appropriate behavior by men (when it come to severe assaults), overlooking the increases in unacceptable violence perpetrated by women (when it come to severe assaults), and condoning the continued high levels of minor assaults perpetrated by both husbands and wives in the home. ===================================================================== Douglas L. Flor dflor@hestia.fcs.uga.edu Project Coordinator Program for the Study of Competence in Children and Families Department of Child and Family Development The University of Georgia Family Science Center II Athens, GA 30602 (706) 542-1297 or 542-4824 **************************** I am a father, a son, brother, and grandson. I have been a husband. My manhood is the point of connection which tied them all together and made sense of it all. For that, I am grateful. ===================================================================== ---- via PNEWS ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 2 Sep 1994 09:08:26 -0500 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Joan Korenman Subject: Re: research on violence by women against men Dennis Fischman's recent query about violence by women against men prompts me to remind everyone that most discussion of gender-related societal issues does not belong on this list. Dennis' message was appropriate, since he is asking about a specific piece of research. If you know about specific research that would be useful to Dennis, you can send your message to WMST-L if you think others would be interested, too (or you can send your replies to him privately at DFISCHMN@ACS.BU.EDU). If, however, you wish simply to express your opinion or talk off the top of your head, please DO NOT reply via WMST-L. Send your message to Dennis privately. If for any reason you can't get through, then prepare your courses, tend your garden, paint your apartment, read a good book--do anything else, but do not reply via WMST-L :-). Many thanks. Joan Korenman Internet: korenman@umbc2.umbc.edu Bitnet: korenman@umbc ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 2 Sep 1994 09:53:34 -0500 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Elizabeth Ihle Subject: Introductory Women's Studies in Paris I am putting together a proposal to teach an Introductory Women's Studies class in Paris and am looking for French sources (preferably translated into English) to replace or supplement my usual text, Feminist Frontiers. I know, of course, about Simone de Beauvoir's The Second Sex. I would be grateful for suggestions of other French authors suitable to the course and for suggestions about possible halfday field trips within Paris and its environs which students could take. Respond privately to Elizabeth Ihle, James Madison University, in English or French. fac_eihle@vax1.acs.jmu.edu ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 2 Sep 1994 09:10:11 CDT Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: "ines s." Organization: North Dakota Higher Education Computer Network Subject: bias in SATs In the discussion about bias in SATs, someone referred to Myra and David Sadker's book Failure at Fairness... For those of you who are in eastern North Dakota and western-central Minnesota schools: I received a notice that the Sadkers will be leading a workshop at Wadena Campus Northwest Technical College on Nov 17 and at Detroit Lakes Campus Northwest Technical College on Nov 18. Here is a number given in the announcement: 800-247-2007 **the title of the book above is not underlined because I don't know how to do underline in this e-mail message system yet. Ines Shaw, Women's Studies Coordinator North Dakota State University ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 2 Sep 1994 11:24:43 AST Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Parveen Hasanali Organization: St.Thomas University Subject: Re: c.f.p.: Society for Medieval Feminist Scholarship It would be useful if the dates, place and format of the various sessions on the Medieval Feminist Scholarship are posted. It was'nt clear whether these sessions would be via network or conference style. Perhaps this information was posted earlier? Anyway, I found the topics to be extremely interesting and would like to participate further and perhaps add new sessions or at least questions and issues that might have been overlooked. Parveen Hasanali St.Thomas University Fredericton, N.B., Canada Email HASANALI@StThomasU.ca ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 2 Sep 1994 11:49:35 -0500 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Pat Murphy Subject: Re: research on violence by women against men For those interested in this issue I'd reccomend the following references: "Physical Assault by Wives: A Major Social Problem, by Murray Straus Pp67-88 in _Current Controversies on Family Violence_ Gelles & Loseke Eds, 1993 Sage. "Physical Assaul by Husbands: A Major SOcial Problem by Demi Kurz, Pp 88- 104. in the above book (these articles have the authors responding to each other) "The Myth of Sexual Symmetry ihn Marital Violence" Pp 71-91 Vol 39 _Social Problems_ "Wife abuse, husband abuse, or Mutual Combat" by Daniel Saunders, Pp 90-113 in Feminist PErspectives on Wife Abuse, Yllo & Bogorad Eds, Sage. The Kurz article has a bib that lists additional research. The Gelles & Loseke reader is very good for class use of a variety of issues including date rape as it presents both sides of the issues, and gives stu dents enough information for lively debates/discussions in class. The data Straus & Kantor found is "real" to the extend that it is valid and reliable survey data. The problems, addressed in the articles above is the lack of context for the violence, and in the interpretation. Pat Murphy Murphyh@uno.cc.geneseo.edu ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 2 Sep 1994 13:14:00 EDT Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Joan Korenman Subject: Gremlins attack subscriber list Hi. If you've been trying unsuccessfully to use the list of WMST-L subscribers that is now available on gopher and World Wide Web, the problem probably has nothing to do with you. For some reason, when I post the list on gopher and WWW, hungry email gremlins immediately eat about a thousand names. They're especially fond of people in the USA whose email domains (the part after the @ sign) lie alphabetically between CC and TA. I've just sent a note to the UMBC computer support staff. I have no idea how long it will take to fix the problem, but please rest assured that your non-appearance on the gopher/WWW list has no effect on your status as a subscriber. Also, if you're eager to find other subscribers' addresses and can't wait for the overburdened UMBC computer staff to fix the problem, you can always send the command REVIEW WMST-L (or REVIEW WMST-L BY NAME or REVIEW WMST-L BY COUNTRY) to LISTSERV@UMDD.UMD.EDU to get a list of all 3000+ subscribers (BY NAME will arrange them alphabetically by last name, while BY COUNTRY will group them together by country). Joan Korenman Internet: korenman@umbc2.umbc.edu Bitnet: korenman@umbc ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 2 Sep 1994 13:20:13 EDT Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Ann Travers Subject: AAUW studies & briefs Are there any files of AAUW studies/briefs available through this list or LISTSERV@umdd.umd.edu? Thanks. Ann (Agtravers@AOL.COM) ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 2 Sep 1994 14:08:44 -0500 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: "IRENE HANSON FRIEZE. PSYCHOLOGY" Subject: Re: research on violence by women against men For some other data showing that women are not always passive recipients of violence from their male partners, one could consult the following recent articles of mine [there are many others such as Pirog-Good & Stets book, "Violence in Dating Relationships" published by Praeger in 1989]: Bookwala, J. et al (1992). Predictors of dating violence: A multivariate analysis. Violence & Victims, 7, 297-311. Frieze, I. & McHugh, M. (1992). Power and influence strategies in violent and nonviolent marriages. Psychology of Women Quarterly, 16, 449-465. !************************************************************ ! Irene Hanson Frieze, Ph.D. Internet: FRIEZE@vms.cis.pitt.edu ! Professor of Psychology, ! Women's Studies & Business Administration ! University of Pittsburgh Phone: (412) 624-4336 ! Pittsburgh, PA 15260 (USA) FAX: (412) 624-4428 !************************************************************* ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 2 Sep 1994 10:16:07 CDT Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Judy Kaufman Subject: Re: gender bias in SATs On gender bias in the SAT - Carol Jackson & James Braswell from Educational Testing Service in Princeton looked at math and tried to identify factors in the test which favored males. Also Edward Curly & Alicia Schmitt looked at the verbal and found a bias for females - these folks are also from ETS. To my knowledge this is the first bit of research on the SAT to actually emanate from ETS. Judy Kaufman Oklahoma State University kaufman@osuunx.ucc.okstate.edu ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 2 Sep 1994 14:28:30 CST Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Rebecca Hill Subject: Re: research on violence by women against men You might want to check the survey that produced the data that is cited in your friend's analysis. In their book, _Women, Violence, and Social Change_, Emerson and Becky Dobash have done quite an excellent critique of the new sociological methods used to quantify "spousal abuse" from the "Family Violence" or "Family Systems" perspectives. They argued that surveys which quantified violence without dealing with particulars might find that women were more frequently engaged in violent behavior than men. Throwing a pillow was classified as violence equivalent to a man slapping his wife. The surveys often don't account for levels of force, as I remember. Anyway, these statistics sound familiar but inaccurate to me. -Rebecca Hill hillx018@maroon.tc.umn.edu ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 2 Sep 1994 15:57:00 CST Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: BARTLETT ANNE Subject: Re: c.f.p.: Society for Medieval Feminist Scholarship Thanks, Parveen, for pointing this out. The call for papers was written originally for a medieval feminist discussion list in which the participants by and large already know about the conference in session. It was thoughtless of me to post to WMST-L without revising the c.f.p. to reflect the broader audience. So the missing facts are these: the sessions I'm organizing for the Society for Medieval Feminist Scholarship will take place at the 30th International Congress on Medieval Studies, at Western Michigan University, May 4-7, 1995. These sessions were suggested and voted upon by the membership of the Society for Medieval Feminist Scholarship for this year, but other topics are always welcome for next year's Congress sessions. (If you'd like to learn more about the SMFS or its discussion group, Medfem-l, feel free to contact me privately.) Anyone interested in submitting an abstract for any of the sessions that I mentioned in my previous post is sincerely invited to contribute; contact me if you need further information. Again, sorry for the incompleteness of my original c.f.p. post. Anne Clark Bartlett DePaul University engacb@orion.depaul.edu ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 2 Sep 1994 16:52:01 -0500 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Pat McDermott Subject: women and gardens I am requesting information on behalf of a graduate student at the University ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 2 Sep 1994 17:07:48 -0500 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Pat McDermott Subject: women and gardens I am requesting information on behalf of a graduate student in my department at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County Campus. She is interested in the use of public/private space by women through their gardens. Her specific interest is in the late 18th and early 19th century in the U.S., but would appreciate any historical or theoretical pointers on the subject. Please respond privately and I will supply WMST-L with a compilation of the gathered information. Thanks. Pat McDermott American Studies, UMBC MCDERMOT@UMBC2.UMBC.EDU ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 2 Sep 1994 16:36:19 EST Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Marsha Miller Subject: Re: AAUW studies & briefs As an AAUW member, Indiana State Director of Membership and email user, at this time I am not aware of AAUW being online as we think of it -- there is AAUWide, I believe, still available via Compuserve, but that's all -- people interested in AAUW stuff: I can supply you with order info... Marsha Miller, Instruction Librarian Indiana State University Libraries Terre Haute IN 47809 Internet: libmill@cml.indstate.edu. Bitnet: libmill at indst.bitnet Phone: 812/237-2604 Fax: 812/237-2567 ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 2 Sep 1994 16:56:46 -0600 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Lori Neidel Subject: Re: Intergenerational Relationships In-Reply-To: <199409021221.IAA23058@holmes.umd.edu> another source for your research might be sororitys, especially those who have a large national membership base such as kappas, pi phis, delta sigma thetas.i wouldn't think the size of the sorority's national membership would have any bearing on the intergenerational relationship but there could possibly be more documentation available to you. good luck, lori neidel neidel@sluvca.slu.edu Lori Neidel Saint Louis University Law School neidel@sluvca.slu.edu ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 2 Sep 1994 15:35:16 -0700 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: kathleen Subject: Re: attributing gender to nature? In-Reply-To: Message of Mon, 8 Aug 1994 12:36:38 -0700 from see Joni Seeger's (sp?) Earth Follies ------------------------------------------- Kathleen Ferraro Assoc. Director, Women's Studies ASU, Tempe, AZ. 85287-1801 (602) 965-2375 ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 2 Sep 1994 20:06:54 CDT Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: "Pauline B. Bart" Subject: violence by women against men Violence Against Men by Women In addition to the references you received several excellent articles appear in the book Violence Against Women: The Bloody Footprints, Sage, l993. I call your particular attention to Lisa Brush's article as well as Demi Kurz's . Lisa's is called "Violent Acts and Injurious Outcomes" and uses the Wisconsin family survey. Neither article supports the Straus Kantor position, particularly when harm and context is examined. Pauline B. Bart U17334@UICVM.UIC.EDU (University of Illinois at Chicago) AKA (also known as) Cassandra / Iphigenia Don't kill the messenger! ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 2 Sep 1994 20:30:45 CDT Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: "Pauline B. Bart" Subject: Hanging Hillary as misogynous act-not just pro tobacco I do not think that burning Hillary in effigy is simply the way American politics arre. It is not an isolated anti-Hillary act. When we put it together with the bumper stickers "Impeach the President-and her Husband too" as well as the comments people have told me they have heard many times, that Hillary is a lesbian and thatis why her husband has to play around, we have the sort of misgyny that we saw or read about with Eleanor Roosevelt, and to some extent with Rosalind Carter. Furthermore remember Grandmother Bush callin Ferraro a bitch (by implication) , something a man wouldn't have been called, and kthe way the Catholic Church came down on her, although they didn't on Kennedy who took the same position on abortion and we have a pattern. Any woman who in any way seems to rise above her husband, is other than a traditional wife, attends cabinet meetings, gives her opinion on topics other than clothes, china and children, will be attacked viciously. There are many people who are anti-tobacco. Why was the lynching of Hillary only. It is no accident. As I say over and over again, any analysis of women's condition that does not take misogyny into consideration as an analytic category is not worth killing a tree for. Pauline B. Bart U17334@UICVM.UIC.EDU (University of Illinois at Chicago) AKA (also known as) Cassandra / Iphigenia Don't kill the messenger! ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 2 Sep 1994 20:17:23 -0600 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Jana Everett Subject: McLaughlin "feminism" show I watched the show this evening and was disappointed with the lack of substance or breadth on feminism---it seemed especially that the issues of working class women and women of color were invisible (with the exception of a few comments by Malvaux and Politt). I taped the show thinking I might use it in class--at first I thought it would be a waste of students' time, but perhaps it is instructive concerning the image of feminism on tv interview shows-- how many women in Congress, will there be a woman president, and the dicothomy presented between "do me" and "victimology" feminism (besides the absurdity of that the images chosen to represent each side could be the basis for an interesting critique). I didn't think Sommers came off very well--she seemed to mainly be trying to plug her book and some new organization. jana everett political science university of colorado at denver jeverett@cudnvr.denver.colorado.edu ========================================================================= Date: Sat, 3 Sep 1994 07:52:14 -0400 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Barbara Winkler Organization: West Virginia Network Subject: Tenure-track positions in Women's Studies I've been asked by the Center for Women's Studies at West Virginia Univ. to ask for information about tenure-track core positions in Women's Studies - not joint appointments or other departments - from those of you who are in Women's Studies Programs, not departments. If your program has such a position please contact me directly: Barbara Scott Winkler e-mail: winkler@wvnvms (bitnet) or winkler@wvnvms.wvnet.edu (internet) or c/o Center for Women's studies West Virginia University 218 Eiesland Hall P.O. Box 6450 Morgantown, WV 26505-6450 (304) 292-4935 We are considering the possibility here and need help in making the case to the administration. Thanks, Barbara Scott Winkler ========================================================================= Date: Sat, 3 Sep 1994 10:03:00 EDT Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Joan Korenman Subject: Replying to WMST-L (User's Guide) Each month, I post sections from the WMST-L User's Guide to remind subscribers of the list's resources and procedures. If changes have been made since the last time a section was posted, the subject header will begin "Revision:". Also, you can now consult the User's Guide anytime you'd like if you have access to gopher. Gopher to gopher.umbc.edu and select #6 (Academic Department Info), then #9 (Women's Studies), then #5 (WMST-L). Meanwhile, here is one of the MOST IMPORTANT SECTIONS, on when to reply to WMST-L and when to reply PRIVATELY. PLEASE READ THIS CAREFULLY! ******************* 3) "WHEN SHOULD I REPLY PRIVATELY RATHER THAN TO WMST-L?" WMST-L is set up so that replies will automatically go to all subscribers. If you respond to a WMST-L message by hitting a reply key or typing "reply," everyone will read your response. This is appropriate when the contents are likely to be of interest to a number of subscribers (most suggestions for reading lists and teaching strategies fall into this category). However, if you are writing to request a copy of a paper someone has mentioned, please send your request PRIVATELY, NOT to WMST-L. Similarly, comments directed at a particular person (e.g., "Right on, Rhoda. Good point," or "Thanks for the info," or "What a horrendous experience that must have been. I don't know why people do such things," or "Hi, Jane, I'm glad to see you've joined the list. Write to me," etc.) should be sent PRIVATELY, NOT to WMST-L. Also, short general statements of approval or disapproval (e.g., "Hooray! I'm glad someone finally said that!" or "I can't imagine how anyone can believe such nonsense") should NOT be sent to WMST-L. ******************* Joan Korenman Internet: korenman@umbc2.umbc.edu Bitnet: korenman@umbc ========================================================================= Date: Sat, 3 Sep 1994 15:42:00 +0000 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Judy Evans Subject: Re: attributing gender to nature? In-Reply-To: <"leeman.yor.940:02.08.94.22.27.22"@york.ac.uk> On Fri, 2 Sep 1994, kathleen wrote: > see Joni Seeger's (sp?) Earth Follies > I have lost a lot of email - heaven only knows where, I begin to know what ethernet means! - so forget the query. I have reviewed Joni Seager's book. Earthscan pubs, as I recall it. I would not call it the best source for this. That is not a generally negative comment - I liked the book. Seager covers a massive amount of ground and gives obviously only a small part of what is a mass of interesting material to the topic. That she is good on it is another story. There are writers she cannot cover in the time\space. Of course. They are not unimportant. (In haste, coping with backlog of mail that did get through!) _________________________________________________________ Judy Evans | jae2@unix.york.ac.uk University of York | Department of Politics | York YO1 5DD | ========================================================================= Date: Sat, 3 Sep 1994 11:45:13 -0500 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: "Barbara J. Peters" Subject: New List Date sent: 3-SEP-1994 11:41:19 Hi, A while back there were some great discussion regarding working-class and gender. Some of us participating in that discussion felt the need to continue it on a more permanent basis. This is to announce the start-up of a new discussion list for working-class academics. We will continue to discuss the intersections of race, class, and gender and focus on our common working-class backgrounds. To subscribe please send a message to majordomo@sol.acs.uwosh.edu the meassage should read subscribe working-class-list [your internet address] Eliminate dates, signatures, etc. for this message. Thank you. BARBARA PETERS University of Wisconsin Oshkosh Depts. of Sociology and Public Affairs Oshkosh, Wisconsin 54901 (414) 424-0848 Bitnet Address peters@oshkoshw Internet Address peters@vaxa.cis.uwosh.edu ========================================================================= Date: Sat, 3 Sep 1994 12:47:02 -0500 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: "D. Atkins" Subject: Warrior Marks I am preparing a discussion about the film WARRIOR MARKS by Alice Walker and Pratiba Parmar. Does anyone out there know of any published academic critiques of the film. I have seen letters in MS. and OFF OUR BACKS but am looking for some scholarly critiques. Dawn Atkins datkins@blue.weeg.uiowa.edu ========================================================================= Date: Sat, 3 Sep 1994 17:58:22 EDT Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List Comments: Converted from OfficeVision to RFC822 by PUMP V2.2X From: "Linda Lopez McAlister " Subject: FILM REVIEW ADDED: EAT DRINK MAN WOMAN On Saturday, September 3, I reviewed "Eat Drink Man Woman" on The Women's Show a feminist radio magazine on WMNF-FM (88.5) and now it is on the WMST-L film filelist. To obtain this review send the following command to Listserv @UMDD (Bitnet) or UMDD.UMD.EDU (Internet): GET FILM REV119 FILM To obtain a list of all the film reviews available, send a message to the same listserv address that says: INDEX FILM To get more than one review, put each command on a separate line: GET FILM REV6 FILM GET FILM REV14 FILM GET FILM REV39 FILM The opinions expressed in these reviews were mine when I wrote the review and represent one woman's opinion at a particular time.We have over 2800 subscribers to WMST-L so there are probably 2799 other views. If you would like to share yours, please do NOT do so on the WMST-L itself, but send your messages to me personally at the addresses below. I have appreciated the feedback I've received. Thanks. Linda Linda Lopez McAlister/Hypatia ========================================================================= Date: Sun, 4 Sep 1994 10:39:00 EDT Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Joan Korenman Subject: "Why can't I post messages?" (User's Guide) Each month, I post sections from the WMST-L User's Guide to remind subscribers of the list's resources and procedures. If changes have been made since the last time a section was posted, the subject header will begin "Revision:". Also, you can now consult the User's Guide anytime you'd like if you have access to gopher. Gopher to gopher.umbc.edu and select #6 (Academic Department Info), then #9 (Women's Studies), then #5 (WMST-L). Meanwhile, here is the section that explains why you may be unable to post messages on WMST-L: 4) "I'VE TRIED TO POST A MESSAGE TO THE LIST, BUT I RECEIVED A MESSAGE BACK SAYING THAT I'M NOT AUTHORIZED TO DO SO. I'M A SUBSCRIBER--WHY WAS I TOLD I'M NOT AUTHORIZED?" Only people whom the LISTSERV software recognizes as subscribers can post messages on WMST-L. To subscribe, send the following message to LISTSERV@UMDD (Bitnet) or LISTSERV@UMDD.UMD.EDU (Internet): SUB WMST-L Your Name (e.g., SUB WMST-L Jane Smith). If you've already subscribed to WMST-L and you run into problems, chances are that you subscribed under a different address than the one from which you sent your recent message--e.g., you subscribed under your Bitnet address and then sent a message from your Internet address. The LISTSERV software recognizes subscribers by their e-mail address. If you subscribe under a Bitnet [or Internet] address, you have to send all messages to LISTSERV and WMST-L from that same address. If you are unsuccessful posting a message to the list's Bitnet address, try sending the message to the list's Internet address. If your e-mail address has changed since you subscribed, please contact me PRIVATELY (not via a message to WMST-L). ****************** Joan Korenman Internet: korenman@umbc2.umbc.edu Bitnet: korenman@umbc ========================================================================= Date: Sun, 4 Sep 1994 11:04:57 EDT Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: "Diana H. Scully" Subject: Re: Tenure-track positions in Women's Studies In-Reply-To: ; from "Barbara Winkler" at Sep 3, 94 7:52 am Sorry to post this to the list but my private e-mail to Barbara Winkler bounced. I'm also interested in what you learn about tenure track position in women's studies. Could you post a summary to the list or create a file for the archives. Diana Scully dscully@cabell.vcu.edu ========================================================================= Date: Sun, 4 Sep 1994 11:32:00 EDT Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Joan Korenman Subject: 3 announcements The following three announcements may be of interest to WMST-L readers: 1) Job: Sexual Assault Education Coord/Asst. Director (Virginia Tech) 2) CFP: _Violence Against Women_ 3) Call for Contributions: Women's Work and Informatics (Frauenarbeit und Informatik) For more information, please contact the people named in the announcements, not WMST-L or me. Joan Korenman (korenman@umbc2.umbc.edu) *************************************************************************** 1) Sexual Assault Education Coordinator/Assistant Director The newly established Women's Center at Virginia Tech is seeking a Sexual Assault Education Coordinator/Asst. Director. The Center provides advocacy, support services and educational programming concerning women's issues for faculty, staff, students, and community members. Responsibilities include providing workshops and seminars related to sexual assault, sexual harassment and dating violence for students, faculty, and staff; training and supervising student peer educators in the area of sexual assault; and serving as an advocate for survivors of violence by providing them with crisis intervention services and referrals. The Coordinator/Asst. Dir. would work closely with law enforcement officers, faculty, residence life staff, counseling services, health services, and the campus judicial system. Administrative duties would include managing the Center during the summer months and when the Director is unavailable. Teaching responsibilities may include an Introduction to Women's Studies course. Applications should possess experience in the area of sexual violence and a Master's Degree in Social Work, Counseling, Student Affairs, or related field. Full-time position/calendar year. Return cover letter, resume, and the names of three references to: Penny Burge, Director, Women's Center, VPI&SU, 211 Lane Hall, Blacksburg, VA 24061-0254; (703) 231-7806. Review of applications will begin September 15. Virginia Tech has a strong commitment to the principle of diversity and does not discriminate against employees, students, or applicants on the basis of race, color, sex, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, national origin, religion, or political affiliations. Individuals with disabilities desiring accommodation in the application process, please call (703) 231-6258 (TDD). From: The Chronicle of Higher Education, August 17, 1994 *************************************************************************** 2) CALL FOR PAPERS VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN: AN INTERNATIONAL & INTERDISCIPLINARY JOURNAL VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN is dedicated to the dissemination of original research and scholarship on all aspects of violence against women. Articles are solicited from scholars, researchers, clinicians, and advocates. Submissions should be empirically based, using quantitative or qualitative methods, and may include historical and cross-cultural analyses. The editor also welcomes theoretical papers, research notes, book reviews and review essays, and articles/poetry from survivors. Manuscripts are sought on such topics as: sexual assault and coercion, incest, female infanticide, dowry deaths, domestic violence, sexual harassment, female circumcision, and female sexual slavery. Manuscripts should not exceed 25 double-spaced pages. Include an abstract of approximately 100 words, with figures, tables, and references on separate pages. Citations and references should conform to the style of the manual of the American Psychological Association (4th edition). Submission implies that the article has not been published elsewhere, nor is it under consideration by another journal. Please send three copies of the manuscript to: Claire M. Renzetti, Editor VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN Department of Sociology St. Joseph's University Philadelphia, PA 19131 USA ***************************************************************************** 3) Women's Work and Informatics (Frauenarbeit und Informatik) Call for Contributions Please forward this call - Please forward this call - Please forward this call "Women's Work and Informatics" (Frauenarbeit und Informatik) is the name of a Special Interest Group founded eight years ago in the German Society for Informatics (Gesellschaft fuer Informatik). Today our group has about 500 members and is a forum for female computer professionals to exchange experi ences in the discipline and in the various work situations. Our general aim is to increase the influence of women on the design and application of information technology. 12 local and thematic working groups are concerned with topics like women's research, promotion of women, motivation and encouragement of young women, the installation of an experts network, etc. In addition we are member of the national council of women's organisations to emphasize the interests of female technicians in the political environ ment. The next issue of our biannual journal "Frauenarbeit und Informatik" will focus on international perspectives and we hope to get your contributions from all over the world!!! Possible Contents In the following we summarize some possible aspects of the issue. Please keep in mind that we are collecting for a journal - so we are interested in articles as well as in brief information boxes, statistics, comments, etc. And of course the following points must not cover the national or professional situation as a whole; informations about special branches, situations, problems and solutions are also important, details appearing trivial or obvious to you might be new for a german readership! 1) The "One-Minute-Contribution": An international issue demands an international cover and here we need your help: Please send us the title "Women's Work and Informatics" in your native tongue and writing!! 2) Figure data: - General employment rate of women in your country? - Women's proportion in technical studies? - Women's proportion in the field of EDP professions? - How does this field look like (job titles, the demanded education/training, etc.)?... 3) Women's Advancement: - at university in the field of computer science - in industrial or govermental EDP-area, in your company? - Possibilities of part time work? of child care? of reengagement and further training?... 4) Amalgamations of women in computing: Do you join or know a professional organization, a network in your country? How is it organized, are there regular or irregular publications, what are the main aims and acitivities?... (Adresses and short description welcome for the planned index!) 5) Gender specific aspects of the influence of IT on the labour market? 6) Women's Research in the computing field (possibilities, experiences, results...)? 7) Last but not least: Feel free to describe whatever is important for you. Formal conditions: Articles: should not exeed 1.500 words. Language: English or German. References: Alphabetical order at the end of the article. Artwork: Sorry - but we don't have colour print If the artwork not your own, please clear up the copyright. Deadline: September 30, 1994 Please send your contribution to the woman contacting you or to one of the following addresses: Roswitha Behnke Mayskamp 8 D-45357 Essen Germany behnke@iug.uni-dortmund.de Veronika Oechtering Jenaer Str. 39 D-28215 Bremen Germany oechteri@informatik.uni-bremen.de Doris Koehler Wittmunder Str. 15 D-28219 Bremen Germany koehler@rrz.uni-hamburg.de ========================================================================= Date: Sun, 4 Sep 1994 12:27:09 -0400 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Dennis Fischman Subject: Domestic Violence--Information request (fwd) Anyone able to help this person out? Dennis Fischman dfischmn@acs.bu.edu (617) 776-4701 home (617) 353-2907 work "Ph.D. in changing the world" ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Sat, 3 Sep 1994 23:52:56 -0400 (EDT) From: PNEWS To: pnews@igc.apc.org Subject: Domestic Violence--Information request [via PNEWS] From: Reed Altman I'm looking for information on how to counsel international students or international spouses who have been victims of domestic violence or sexual assault. This information will be used as part of a conference session as well included in a resource guide for counselors and advisers. Please direct responses to: raltman@unity.ncsu.edu Thank you for any help you can give. Sincerely, Elizabeth Altman ========================================================================= Date: Sun, 4 Sep 1994 12:12:52 -0500 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Cheryl Meyer <0100614@NORTHWEST.MISSOURI.EDU> Subject: Subscribing to Mail-men I am having a great deal of difficulty loggging another faculty member on to the Mail-men listserv because of a number of incomplete or bad addresses. Has anyone been successful? Please respond to her privately. Debra Zendlovitz 0100644@northwest.missouri.edu ========================================================================= Date: Sun, 4 Sep 1994 13:16:49 -0700 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Joan Ariel Subject: Job Ad, UCI WOMEN'S STUDIES ASSISTANT PROFESSOR UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, IRVINE The University of California, Irvine, Program in Women's Studies invites applications and nominations for a tenure-track position beginning July 1, 1995. Appointment will be at the Assistant Professor rank in Women's Studies or shared with a cooperating department. Qualifications: Ph.D., broad knowledge of the field of Women's Studies and a record of feminist teaching, scholarship, and professional service. Discipline open; field of specialization women of color (United States or US/international) and/or lesbian studies. UCI's location, 40 miles south of Los Angeles and five miles from the Pacific Ocean, offers the cultural and economic resources of an urban area along with access to the scenic, recreational areas of Southern California. The campus has an ethnically and culturally diverse population of 16,770 students in undergraduate, graduate, and professional programs. The Women's Studies Program, established in 1975, currently offers a B.A. in Women's Studies and an undergraduate minor. A new Graduate Emphasis in Feminist Studies will be offered beginning 1994-95. The UCI Program is an active participant in the University of California systemwide Council of Women's Programs. Applications should include a statement of research and teaching interests, curriculum vitae, relevant syllabi if available, a writing sample, and names and addresses of three referees. Send to: Cornelia Dayton Chair, Search Committee Program in Women's Studies 201B HTC University of California Irvine, CA 92717-2655 Deadline for receipt of applications: December 1, 1994. UCI IS AN AFFIRMATIVE ACTION/EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER *************************************************** Joan Ariel Academic Coordinator, Women's Studies and Women's Studies Librarian University of California, Irvine jariel@uci.edu (714) 856-4970 *************************************************** ========================================================================= Date: Sun, 4 Sep 1994 14:15:00 MST Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Sue Morrow Subject: Request: Fem Psy Internship Sites I have a student in counseling psychology who will be applying for psychological internships next year. Her interests are in Gilligan, voice, nontraditional women's life transitions, and feminist therapy. She would particularly like to be in a setting that can not merely support her feminism, but offer training in feminist approaches to counseling. However, even a good feminist-friendly site would be great! If you have any leads re: feminist-supportive internships (APA or equivalent), please respond *personally*, not to the list. I'll be happy to compile a list and send to anyone who is interested. Thanks- Sue =+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+= Sue Morrow, Ph.D. Internet: MORROW@GSE.UTAH.EDU Dept. of Educational Psychology 327 Milton Bennion Hall University of Utah Salt Lake City, UT 84112 (801) 581-3400 FAX: (801) 581-5566 =+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+= ========================================================================= Date: Sun, 4 Sep 1994 16:18:27 -0400 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Barbara Winkler Organization: West Virginia Network Subject: tenure track positions in women's studies This is in response to Diane Scully's request to the list. I will be happy to post a summary when I get more info. Right now I've only gotten a couple of response. Also, I am only compiling information on which schools have such positions - I expect the Center for Women's Studies at WVU will want to ask for additional info later. Diane - please try to message me again - Winkler@wvnvms.wvnet.edu or try Winkler%wvnvaxa.bitnet@vtbit.cc.vt.edu. ========================================================================= Date: Sun, 4 Sep 1994 21:02:10 CDT Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Janice Dawson-Threat Subject: McLaughlin Group Did I misspell the name of that show? I laughed quite a bit as I watched and taped it. I thought Julianne Malveaux was great and very real. Politt was polite and unoffensive. I think Sommers came across very well, just as she did on 60 minutes. She likes to dangle herself out there as the innocent, yet fact facing femininst. A lot of young white women will be attracted to her poise, lack of emotionalism, non-retalitory responses etc. The host always made everyone shut up when she had something to say. That gave the apprearance of having more power than the other two women. I plan to use the tape in my class. I have a copy of the "do me" article although I would not dare to distribute it in my class, but I think the students should analyze the tape in light of the various things I have been teaching this semester. Such as understanding the effects of research, how data can be used to shape policy and opinions, understanding the historical aspects of femininsm and how that shapes todays discussions, and how do they plan to continue the discussion. Maybe I'll do a mock tv thing in class and let them extend the tv discussion into one of our classes. Glad I'm on the list and can learn of these things before they happen. jthreat@iastate.edu ========================================================================= Date: Sun, 4 Sep 1994 22:29:41 -0500 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Arnie Kahn Subject: Re: Subscribing to Mail-men >I am having a great deal of difficulty loggging another faculty member >on to the Mail-men listserv because of a number of incomplete or bad >addresses. Has anyone been successful? Please respond to her privately. The moderator of Mail-Men is trying to quit and find a new moderator. Until that time he will not take new subscriptions. Arnie Kahn fac_askahn@vax1.acs.jmu.edu fac_askahn@jmuvax ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 5 Sep 1994 09:00:19 -0400 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: "Joan D. Mandle" Subject: Re: McLaughlin Group I thought that the McLaughlin Group "discussion" was not a discussion at all but a superficial shouting match. Perhaps it always is or that is all the American people (or the media) can tolerate on a serious subject. I felt no one was able to communicate or explain her/his position. It looked like a circus and I felt communicated a negative impression of feminism as a whole. Should feminists or political people generally go one such shows? It is clear that the h ost has control of what is said and that any in-depth explanation of positions is impossible. Is it more important that people simply know that feminism exists in various forms or do we lose more than we gain by looking foolish. Katha kept saying "This has nothing to do with what is actually going on in the real world" but was not given an opportunity to explain what she meant by this. Two minute sound bites make everyone look foolish but we have a lot to lose. I guess my bottom line is that we should try to find a different way to get our messages across. Television is not inherently a harmful medium by which to do so but a host like McLaughlin ruins the chance for dialogue. Joan D. Mandle Colgate University jdmandle@center.colgate.edu ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 5 Sep 1994 10:21:40 EDT Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Susan Shome Subject: Job Announcement, Women's Cemter, Virginia Tech The newly established Women's Centerat Virginia Tech is seeking a Sexual Assault Education Coordinator/Asst Director. The Center provides advocacy, support services and eduational programming concerning women's issues for faculty, staff, students, and community members. Responsibilties include providing workshops and seminars related to sexual assault, sexual harassment and dating violence for students, faculty, and staff; training and supervising student peer educators in the area of sexual assault; and serving as an advocate for survivors of violence by providing them with crisis intervention services and referrals. The Coordinator/Asst Dir. would work closely with law enforcement officers, faculty, residence life staff, counseling services, health services, and the campus judicial system. Administrative duties would include managing the Center during the summer months and when the Director is unavailable. Teaching responsibilities may include an Introduction to Women's Studies course. Applicatants should possess experience in the area of sexual violence and a Masters Degree in Social Work, Counseling, Student Affairs, or related field. Full-time position/calendar year. Return cover letter, resume, and names of three references to: Penny Burge, Director, Women's Center VPI&SU, 211 Lane Hall, Blacksburg, VA 24061-0254. (703) 231-7806. Review of applications will begin September 15. Virginia Tech has a strong committment to the principle of diversity and does not discriminate against employees, students, or applicants on the basis of race, color, sex, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, national origin, political affiliations. Individuals with disabilities desiring accomodation in the application process, please call (703) 231-6258 (TDD). ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 5 Sep 1994 11:15:49 -0500 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Joan Korenman Subject: Re: McLaughlin Group I agree with Joan Mandle that "The McLaughlin Group" did not provide an opportunity for substantive discussion of feminism. That is the nature of that show. I had hoped that since the entire program was to be devoted to one issue (usually, several issues are "discussed"), more substantive discussion might occur, but it didn't. Nonetheless, millions of Americans watch that show each week (including my mother and my mother-in-law), and many have their ideas shaped by what they hear and see there. Had people of the caliber of Julianne Malveaux and Katha Pollitt refused to appear, McLaughlin might simply have found less knowledgeable and less articulate people to speak for feminism, and the right wing would have prevailed. That didn't happen. Christina Hoff Sommers and John Leo were effectively challenged and refuted at every turn. While I doubt that viewers gained a nuanced understanding of feminism, at least they may not accept as gospel Sommers' contentions about "victim feminists," nor McLaughlin's silly dichotomy between "do me" and "victim" feminism (which all four panelists rejected). I agree strongly with Joan Mandle that we should find a better way to get our message across, but I also think Julianne Malveaux and Katha Pollitt performed a valuable service for feminism through their appearance on "The McLaughlin Group." Joan Korenman Internet: korenman@umbc2.umbc.edu Bitnet: korenman@umbc ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 5 Sep 1994 12:34:00 EDT Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Joan Korenman Subject: How to stop mail temporarily (User's Guide) Each month, I post sections from the WMST-L User's Guide to remind subscribers of the list's resources and procedures. If changes have been made since the last time a section was posted, the subject header will begin "Revision:". Also, you can now consult the User's Guide anytime you'd like if you have access to gopher. Gopher to gopher.umbc.edu and select #6 (Academic Department Info), then #9 (Women's Studies), then #5 (WMST-L). Meanwhile, here is the section that describes how to stop WMST-L mail temporarily. Please note that regular messages and the digest have different procedures: ****************** 5) "I'M GOING ON VACATION FOR SEVERAL WEEKS. CAN I STOP MAIL WHILE I'M AWAY, OR DO I HAVE TO UNSUBSCRIBE?" You can stop mail temporarily (except for the digest) by sending the following message to LISTSERV@UMDD (if you subscribed on Bitnet) or LISTSERV@UMDD.UMD.EDU (if you subscribed on Internet): SET WMST-L NOMAIL [NOTE: NOMAIL is one word] When you want mail to start arriving again, send the following message to the same address: SET WMST-L MAIL If you want to stop the DIGEST, even temporarily, you have to send the message AFD DEL WMST-L PACKAGE . To re-start it, send the message AFD ADD WMST-L PACKAGE (and ignore the request that you establish a password). Note: BE SURE TO SEND THESE MESSAGES TO LISTSERV, NOT TO WMST-L! Also, if you receive a message back telling you you're not a subscriber, see section 4) above. ****************** Joan Korenman Internet: korenman@umbc2.umbc.edu Bitnet: korenman@umbc ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 5 Sep 1994 12:58:19 -0400 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Alden Bumstead Subject: Query: Women's Studies M.A.'s In-Reply-To: <199409042024.QAA11002@holmes.umd.edu> I'm interested in hearing from anyone who is or has been involved in a Women's Studies M.A. program, as a student, professor or administrator. Any information would be useful--what are the requirements of the degree, what do recipients go on to do, what are the numbers of students involved, etc? I'm trying to gather information for the Duke Women's Studies program, because we do not have such a program, and are looking into the feasibility of instituting one. Replies can be sent to my e-mail address. Thanks in advance! Alden Bumstead aldbum@acpub.duke.edu ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 5 Sep 1994 12:58:35 -0400 Reply-To: Alden Bumstead Sender: Women's Studies List From: Alden Bumstead Subject: query: internships for credit In-Reply-To: <199409051636.MAA19510@holmes.umd.edu> I am interested in finding out if there are women's studies programs out there that offer undergraduate credit for internships. I would appreciate hearing from anyone who knows of such a program, or is in any way involved with one. Specifically, how is the program run: is it in conjunction with other departments or programs, what are the administrative difficulties and/or advantages, and so on. I'm interested in programs that are literally giving credit for internships, not creating an independent study for a student who wants to get credit for an internship. Replies can be sent to my private e-mail. Thanks in advance! Alden Bumstead aldbum@acpub.duke.edu ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 5 Sep 1994 14:35:41 CDT Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: "Pauline B. Bart" Subject: utility of term radical feminist and remarks about Echols I was the person to whom Rebecca Hill referred when she criltiqued my remarks about Radical Feminists not liking Alice Echols book and the logic of still using the terms. First, of course Christine Delphi is a radical feminist and uses Marx. Kitty MacKinnon is a radical feminist who uses Marx (Kitty has said that the labels are not useful because radical feminism is feminism hence feminism unmodified) I am a radical feminist and use Marx, because Marx dealt with the cui bono question as well as the issue of power. Carole Ann Douglas who has written extensively about radical feminism and reviews books for Off Our Backs, a radicalfeminist publication, said that it was inaccurate. I believe, and if I wanted to take up more space on the list I could dem on straight that there are still differences distinguishing among various types of feminist perspectives in how women's studies is taught. Radical feminists address the issue of violence against women more than other feminists do. Socialist feminists addresss women in the workplace and class issues somewhat more. The books they use were different e.g. Iused Feminist Frontiers while socialist feminists were more likely to use the Hunter College book. Moreoever Echols uses the term cultural feminists to essentially put down people I would call radical feminists. Very few women identify as cultural feminists. If you would like this discussion to go on at greater length please answer privately. And you could read my article in Etskowitz's sociological Rennaissance or the Rennaissance of Sociology, Peacock Press. And, with some hesitation I must point out that a radical feminist women's studies program would not have gone along with the Dean of Liberal Arts and Science to ban me from "his" college so that I can no longer teach women's studies and sociology. Pauline B. Bart U17334@UICVM.UIC.EDU (University of Illinois at Chicago) AKA (also known as) Cassandra / Iphigenia Don't kill the messenger! ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 5 Sep 1994 17:38:31 -0400 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Elaine Orr Subject: women and lit Does anyone out there have a syllabus for an undergraduate (300-level) course in "Women and Literature" that is both historically deep and culturally diverse (perhaps the syllabus is "narrowed" in some other way--for example, coming of age narratives or autobiographies). If you do, please respond privately: elaine@unity.ncsu.edu. Thanks, Elaine Orr P.S. Perhaps such a syllabus exists in a file available through this list; if you know that one does, please alert me. Thanks again. ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 6 Sep 1994 08:24:16 -0400 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: "Heather Munro Prescott, Department of History" Subject: McLaughlin Group Would someone who remembered to videotape the McLaughlin group featuring Sommers please send me a copy? I was away this weekend and did not get a chance to watch or tape it. Thanks, Heather Munro Prescott Department of History Central Connecticut State University New Britain, CT 06050 prescott@csusys.ctstateu.edu ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 6 Sep 1994 08:46:18 -0500 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Joan Korenman Subject: Re: McLaughlin Group Recently, Heather Munro Prescott wrote: > Would someone who remembered to videotape the McLaughlin group featuring > Sommers please send me a copy? I was away this weekend and did not > get a chance to watch or tape it. At the end of the show, there was a notice that transcripts were available for $5.00. Send the money and the date of the show you want (the feminism program was broadcast in most places Sept. 3-4) to: Federal News Service 620 National Press Building Washington, DC 20045 They also gave a toll-free phone #: 1-800-969-3677. Joan Korenman Internet: korenman@umbc2.umbc.edu Bitnet: korenman@umbc ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 6 Sep 1994 12:09:57 -0500 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: "NAOMI B. MCCORMICK" Organization: SUNY at Plattsburgh, New York, USA Subject: correction, Feminist Book on Sex Dear Colleagues: I goofed on the 800 telephone number when sending this announcement on my new book to our list last week. So, Here is a correction of the 800 number! Thanks for your patience. Naomi ******* >>Naomi B. McCormick, President of The Society for the Scientific >>Study of Sex and Distinguished Teaching Professor at the State >>University of New York-Plattsburgh, is pleased to announce the >>November 1994 publication of _Sexual Salvation: Affirming Women's >>Sexual Rights and Pleasures_ (ISBN: 0-275-94359-3; cost=$22.95, >>hardcover). Illuminating the wide-ranging experiences that women of >>all ages, ethnic groups, and sexual orientations have had with >>sexuality and intimacy, her book links both radical and liberal >>feminist scholarship with woman-affirming social science research and >>psychotherapeutic work. In addition to forewords by Elizabeth Rice >>Allgeier and Albert Ellis, the 304-page book includes chapters on: The >>Search for Sexual Salvation; Lessons in Seduction; Love and Intimacy; >>Lesbian and Bisexual Identities; Women Sex Trade Workers; Sexual >>Victimization and Pornography; Woman-Affirming Models of Sexual >>Fulfillment; Sexual Rights and Pleasures in the Next Century. More >>information on _Sexual Salvation_ is available from Greenwood >>Publishing Group, Inc., 88 Post Road West, P.O. Box 5007, Westport, CT >>06881-5007; customer service telephone (203) 226-3571; FAX (203) >>222-1502; toll-free, 24 hours-a- day telephone service at (800) 225-5800. ****************************************************************** Naomi B. McCormick Dept. Psychology State University of New York at Plattsburgh Plattsburgh, NY 12901 USA @@@@@@@@ @@ @@ Telephone (518) 564-3076; 564-3382 @@@ (A A) @@@ FAX (518) 564-3397 @@@ L @@@ % \ {} / % E-mail MCCORMNB@SNYPLAVA.BITNET ---- MCCORMNB@SPLAVA.CC.PLATTSBURGH.EDU | | /******\ ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 6 Sep 1994 12:15:34 -0700 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Myra Dinnerstein Subject: positions available at U. of A. POSITIONS AVAILABLE AT UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA The Women's Studies Program at the University of Arizona invites applications for Assistant Professor (2 positions), beginning August 1995 (pending funding). We seek 1) applicants whose research is interdisciplinary and can contribute to an emerging campus-wide focus on women and health from both a theoretical and applied perspective (evidence of writing on women and health from a feminist perspective is required) 2) applicants whose research is interdisciplinary and focuses on women, sexualities, and gender with a preference for specialists in lesbian/bisexual studies (evidence of writing on women, sexualities, and gender from a feminist perspective is required). For both positions: Ph.D. is required as is evidence of excellence in teaching. The appointees will be involved in developing both graduate and undergraduate courses in Women's Studies. Success in obtaining funding for research is especially desirable. The appointment will be in Women's Studies, but affiliation with another unit is possible. Applicants from all disciplines--and minority candidates especially-are encouraged to apply. Please send a letter of application, c.v., and the names, addresses and phone numbers of at least 3 individuals who will provide references to 1) Women and Health Serch Committee or 2) Women, Sexualities, and Gender Search Committee, Women's Studies, Douglass 102, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721. Review of applications will begin 1 November. Salary dependent upon qualifications. The University of Arizona is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action/ADA Employer. Women and Minorities are Urged to Apply. ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 6 Sep 1994 14:43:54 -0700 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Joseph Boles Subject: women in antiquity/sexuality in British fiction Requests: We have a faculty member who will be teaching a class on women in antiquity {Greece, Rome, Near East, Egypt} and who is looking for a text that might work--she assumes she will need to do a course packet but are there any suggestions out there for a textbook? Also, if there are any good essays she should use in the class as part of her packet, please let us know as well. Additionally, we have a faculty member looking for titles of British novels since Doris Lessing that address questions of sexuality. Suggestions will be appreciated. Send responses directly to me so as not to clutter the list but I will be glad to compile and forward the results to anyone who asks. Thank you ************************************************************************** Joseph Boles Women's Studies Program Box 5695 Northern Arizona University Flagstaff, AZ 86011 Internet= Boles@NAUVAX.UCC.NAU.EDU Bitnet= Boles@NAUVAX Phone= 602-523-3300 **************************************************************************** ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 6 Sep 1994 16:14:57 -0700 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: "Starleen K. Meyer" Subject: Re: women in antiquity/sexuality in British fiction In-Reply-To: <199409062145.RAA14434@holmes.umd.edu> from "Joseph Boles" at Sep 6, 94 02:43:54 pm Dr. Boles, I can suggest Amy Richlin's book Women In Antiquity. She is a professor at the University of Southern California. She also released a book a couple of years ago called something like 'pornography' which also is good. I would like to receive a copy of the list of the suggestions sent to you. That would be great! Star Meyer meyer@usc.edu University of Southern California Fine Arts Dept. ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 6 Sep 1994 21:29:19 -0500 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Arnie Kahn Subject: Consultants for a Climate Study I received the following email requesting possible consultants for a climate study. If you've had experience with consultants and could recommend someone, please let me know privately. My address is at the end of this message. Arnie ************************************************************ We would like to ask for your assistance in obtaining the names of some prospective consultants who could be solicited, through an RFP, to come to JMU's campus to work with us on the climate study for which we have a relatively modest budget to work with. We would appreciate receiving the names, addresses and phone numbers for any consultants you might wish to recommend. Obviously, we would like to move ahead with this task as soon as possible, so we'd appreciate your input as soon as it is convenient for you to respond. ******************************************************************************** Arnie Kahn, Psychology, JMU, Harrisonburg, VA 22807 (703) 568-3963 - day fac_askahn@vax1.acs.jmu.edu (703) 434-0225 - night fac_askahn@jmuvax (703) 568-3322 - fax ******************************************************************************** ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 6 Sep 1994 22:13:15 EST Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Gaea Honeycutt Subject: SAT Bias A good source is Dr. Patricia Campbell. She conducts workshops and research in the area of gender bias in education. In addition, she's had a number of WEEA grants (her current grant on what helps girls succeed in coed classrooms). You can reach her at Campbell-Kibler Associates, Groton Ridge Heights, 80 Lakeside Drive, Groton, MA 01450, 508/998-6311. Other sources may be your regional desegragation assistance center or state education/sex equity coordinator at your state department of education (I can give you both). Gaea Honeycutt Women's Educational Equity Act (WEEA) Publishing Center Education Development Center, Inc. 55 Chapel Street Suite 275 Newton, MA 02158 800/225-3088 or 617/969-7100 WEEAPUB@EDC.ORG ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 7 Sep 1994 09:20:59 -0400 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Beth Mintz Subject: Call for abstracts: Lesbians in academia Our apologies if you have received this announcement more than once!!!!! CALL FOR ABSTRACTS: LESBIANS IN ACADEMIA Beth Mintz and Esther Rothblum are editing a book on lesbians' experiences in academia. We are interested in the personal experiences of lesbians in academic settings, and we offer the following questions as general guidelines: 1. Outness - Are you out as an academic? - Were you out at your job interview? - If not, why not? If yes, what were the consequences? - If partnered, what is your partner's role in your academic life? 2. Research/Writing - Do you work on lesbian/gay/bisexual issues? - If not, why not? If yes, how is this work received at your institution? 3. Teaching/Contact with students - Do you come out in the context of teaching? - Do you teach about lesbian/gay/bisexual issues? - If not, why not? If yes, how is this received? 4. Politics - Have you been politically active on campus on lesbian/gay/bisexual issues? - If not, why not? If yes, what were the consequences? 5. Other issues - How accepted are you on campus? Please include a description of your academic position, discipline, background, etc. The above questions are not meant to be exclusive - creativity and flexibility are greatly encouraged. Authors are requested to submit a one-page abstract to either Esther Rothblum, Department of Psychology, John Dewey Hall, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT 05405 or Beth Mintz, Department of Sociology, 31 S. Prospect St, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT 05405 by November 1, 1994. E-Mail abstracts may be addressed to bmintz@moose.uvm.edu. The abstract should include the author's name, address, telephone number, and a 2-3 sentence current biographical description. We are looking for a one-page essay, not a question-and-answer format to the above guidelines. If authors wish, they can write under a pseudonym to protect their identity. We will inform authors whether we would like them to write full- length articles for the edited book. We hope to include accounts from lesbians from a diverse set of institutions; who are members of ethnic minority groups; who are from working class backgrounds; or with nontraditional experience. Abstracts that are persuasively written and that catch the reader's interest will have priority. ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 7 Sep 1994 10:18:42 EDT Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: "S. Georgia Nugent" Subject: Re: women in antiquity/sexuality in British fiction In-Reply-To: Message of Tue, 6 Sep 1994 14:43:54 -0700 from Probably the texts most frequently used for a basic "Women in Antiquity" intro. course are Sarah Pomeroy's _Goddesses, Wives, and Whores_ (which was pretty much the original "Women's Studies" work in Classics) and the collection edited by Mary Lefkowitz with the title (more or less) _Women's Lives in Greece and Rome_. A recent text which is intended to be used as an intro. in such a course is the edition of the Homeric Hymn to Demeter, with a number of classic interpretive studies included, which was put together by Helene Foley and came out last year from Princeton. There are, of course, a number of more specific studies, like Susan Treggiari on Roman Marriage, Suzanne Dixon on The Roman Mother, etc. Hope these are helpful Georgia Nugent ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 7 Sep 1994 11:00:42 -0400 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: "Heather Munro Prescott, Department of History" Subject: psychological studies on lesbianism I have a student who is working on an honors project on the history of psychological descriptions of lesbianism. I have given her the standard primary sources -- Freud, etc. -- as well as some secondary sources, Carol Smith-Rosenberg's in particular. Does anyone have any other suggestions? This is primarily a history paper, although some contemporary studies might be helpful. Thanks, Heather Munro Prescott History Department Central Connecticut State University prescott@csusys.ctstateu.edu ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 7 Sep 1994 11:19:38 -0400 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Linda Pershing Subject: Job Announcement Women's Studies Position, State University of New York at Albany The Women's Studies Department invites applications for an anticipated senior rank core appointment starting in the Fall 1995. We are seeking an established scholar who can also provide leadership and vision to the department by assuming the position of Chair for a three-year rotating term, with the possibility of renewal. Preference will be given to scholars with interdisciplinary research and teaching interests in one or more of the following areas: women in cross- cultural or global perspectives, women of color studies, lesbian and gay studies, or public policy. We are particularly interested in candidates whose work addressess the intersections of gender, race, ethnicity, class, and/or sexuality. Specific responsibilities also include two undergraduate or graducate courses per year and advisement of students. Candidates will be considered until position is filled. The department will begin reviewing applications on October 1, 1994 and expects to bring candidates to campus my mid-October. Candidates from under- represented groups are particularly encouraged to apply. Send application or nomination letters to: Edna Acosta-Belen and Judith Barlow, Co-Chairs, Search Committee, Women's Studies Department, Social Sciences 341, University at Albany, SUNY, Albany, New York 12222. For more information call (518) 442-4220 or fax (518) 442-4790. ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 7 Sep 1994 11:23:00 EDT Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Joan Korenman Subject: WMST-L digest/index (User's Guide) Each month, I post sections from the WMST-L User's Guide to remind subscribers of the list's resources and procedures. If changes have been made since the last time a section was posted, the subject header will begin "Revision:". Also, you can now consult the User's Guide anytime you'd like if you have access to gopher. Gopher to gopher.umbc.edu and select #6 (Academic Department Info), then #9 (Women's Studies), then #5 (WMST-L). Meanwhile, here is the section dealing with the WMST-L **edited** digest and the (unedited) index: 6) "DOES WMST-L EXIST IN A DIGEST OR INDEX FORMAT?" Yes. If you choose the digest option, each day you will receive anywhere from one to five files containing most of the WMST-L messages of the past day (messages that should not have been sent to the list to begin with are omitted). Related messages will usually be put in the same file, and each file will begin with a table of contents. The digest reduces both mail clutter and, usually, mail volume. (Please note that this is NOT the huge, unselective bundle of messages that many listserv digest features provide. Do NOT use their digest command.) If you would like to receive the daily digest file rather than individual mail messages, you should send the following 2-line e-mail message to LISTSERV@UMDD (if your WMST-L subscription is under your Bitnet address) or LISTSERV@UMDD.UMD.EDU (if your subscription is under your Internet address): AFD ADD WMST-L PACKAGE SET WMST-L NOMAIL Note: If you've subscribed on Bitnet, the digest may arrive as a file rather than as an e-mail message. If you don't know how to receive a file, see section 11 of the WMST-L User's Guide or ask the computer support people at your institution. If you'd prefer to receive the digest(s) inside mail message(s), alter the abovementioned AFD ADD statement to read as follows: AFD ADD WMST-L PACKAGE F=MAIL . However, even if you receive the digest(s) as mail messages, YOU CANNOT REPLY AUTOMATICALLY! If you wish to reply to a message in the digest, you must start a new message and address it either to WMST-L or to the individual. Also, LISTSERV may ask you to set up an AFD password. You're best off not doing so. Finally, if at some point you wish to STOP receiving the digest, either temporarily or permanently, send LISTSERV a message that says AFD DEL WMST-L PACKAGE . If you wish to unsubscribe AND stop the digest, add a second line that says UNSUB WMST-L . If you find the amount of mail from WMST-L daunting, even in digest form, you can arrange to receive just an Index of the day's WMST-L messages; the Index includes the name/email address of the writer, the subject header she/he has provided, the number of lines, and a message number for each message. It is send out shortly after midnight (Maryland time) and looks something like this: Index Date Size Poster and subject ----- ---- ---- ------------------ 06154 02/26 8 From: JLONG@SUVM.BITNET Subject: lesbian reference work 06155 02/26 7 From: Amy Kastely Subject: Women's Centers 06156 02/26 40 From: dklein@TRITON.UNM.EDU Subject: Menopause refs 06157 02/26 19 From: Phyllis Holman Weisbard Subject: menopause 06158 02/26 17 From: P_CAPLAN@UTOROISE.BITNET Subject: library research vs asking the list [See Section 6 of User's Guide for the details about how to retrieve the Index messages you want] Joan Korenman Internet: korenman@umbc2.umbc.edu Bitnet: korenman@umbc ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 7 Sep 1994 11:29:55 EST Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: pgross@ACAD.URSINUS.EDU Subject: Re: A more recent Sadker article (or something like it) Sadker & Sadker have written a book entitled FAILING AT FAIRNESS - well worth purchasing for students. ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 7 Sep 1994 14:09:00 EST Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: RHODA UNGER Subject: Re: psychological studies on lesbianism The best book that I know of in the area is Celia Kitzinger's "The social construction of lesbianism." I don't have the book in my office, but I know it was published by Sage sometime in the late 1980's (1987 I think). It was originally published by London Sage, but it is now available through the U.S. branch too. Rhoda Unger unger@apollo.montclair.edu ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 7 Sep 1994 13:07:34 -0700 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Linda Garber Subject: Re: psychological studies on lesbianism In-Reply-To: <199409071503.LAA24984@holmes.umd.edu> from "Heather Munro Prescott," at Sep 7, 94 11:00:42 am In terms of more recent studies, your student might be interested in an anthology called _Lesbian Psychologies_, edited by the Boston Lesbian Psychologies Collective. It was published some time in the late '80s. I assume that at least some of the essays present some historical perspective. > > I have a student who is working on an honors project on the history of > psychological descriptions of lesbianism. I have given her the standard > primary sources -- Freud, etc. -- as well as some secondary sources, > Carol Smith-Rosenberg's in particular. Does anyone have any other > suggestions? This is primarily a history paper, although some > contemporary studies might be helpful. > > Thanks, > > Heather Munro Prescott > History Department > Central Connecticut State University > prescott@csusys.ctstateu.edu > ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 7 Sep 1994 13:42:14 PDT Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Pat Huckle For research on women scientists and public policy, I would appreciate hearing from those studying breast implant surgery. Have women scientists been central to the public debate? Are they women scientists who are working in community clinics or government agencies or elsewhere. Appreciate any information. RESPOND TO EMAIL HUCKLE@SCIENCES.SDSU.EDU, THANKS ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 7 Sep 1994 16:31:56 -0600 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: "Margaret Madden, 414-832-7360" Subject: General books on gender, multicultural issues, and liberal arts For a bibliography to be distributed at a conference on residential liberal arts colleges, I have been asked to suggest books or articles. Can list members suggest sources of a general nature on gender and multicultural issues in the liberal arts and/or liberal arts colleges? Most of what I know is specific to my discipline of psychology and this conference will include faculty members from numerous disciplines and student services personnel. Please reply privately to MADDENM@LAWRENCE.EDU. I will compile and post responses I get if they seem of interest to the list. ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 7 Sep 1994 16:53:18 CDT Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Lisa Auanger Subject: Re: SAT Bias In-Reply-To: Message of Tue, 6 Sep 1994 22:13:15 EST from Another question, motivated by curiosity, not intent to do research on the subject, but important enough to ask, I think... Have SAT scores been studied with regard to economic situation of test-taker, o r socio-economic `status'? Average per capita income of school zone or distric t? of region? What about educational level of parents? Lisa Auanger (grad. student; UMC)