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 NAA09913; Tue, 11 Apr 2000 13:45:04 -0400 (EDT) Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2000 13:45:04 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <63.4155032.2624bddd@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:655] Re: Men's involvement 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 When I lived in karachi, Pakistan I had to negotiate the two worlds and I certainly learned about the social construction of gender. I had short hair and talked with both men and women, and accompanied my husband to his work and around town, so when we visited people's homes, it was a problem of whether I should stay in the front room with the men or go in the back room with the women. Since I acted like a man and looked like a man, I become a man and stayed in the front room. Other times I did become part of the female world of family and food, and I will never forget my admiration for women who were commanding in their own spheres, talked with authority, and were wonderfully feminine at the same time. Another western woman of my acquaintance popped up this year with the same observation. She souldn't explain it either. Obviously a small data slice, but I have always wondered... Andrea Andrea
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