Return-Path: <nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.9.3/8.9.0.Beta5/980425bjb) with SMTP id KAA01981; Fri, 7 Apr 2000 10:36:44 -0400 (EDT) Date: Fri, 7 Apr 2000 10:36:44 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <6b.2f52f37.261f4bf7@aol.com> Errors-To: alcrsb@langate.gsu.edu Reply-To: nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: AWilder106@aol.com To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-WOMENLIT:646] Re: men, women X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas X-Mailer: AOL for Macintosh sub 146 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Status: OR Hi all, Let me start back with the basics, or as my history teacher used to say, "first steps for little feet." I went to an all girls school for 8 years, before college. There was one male teacher in the building. When we have class reunions, which are increasingly treasured, I feel an enormous sense of relief that once again I am with my friends with a shared history and once again I am in an all women group. We can talk about common experiences we have as women, jobs, marriages, children, men, getting older, the women's movement, causes we have participated in, and so on. Feelings I have are validated because other women know what I am talking about and I am not just a voice crying in the wilderness. I think a lot of women on the list know what I mean, are probably in women's groups, also. I have close friends who are men. We are charmed by the differences and similarities, and we have to have a wide tolerance for different ways of approaching problems, but what might be difficult is usually gotten over because we care enough about each other to take the differences on trust and not be threatened by them, simply to be engaged and pleased. I think men and women both need the single sex groups to be able to talk about what applies to them alone. I can see no reason not to build this in as an option in an adult literacy program given enough space and staff. There is more to say on this topic, but I wanted to lay some groundwork, and I have to get back to work. Later, Andrea
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