Return-Path: <nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id j6LCxOG22637; Thu, 21 Jul 2005 08:59:24 -0400 (EDT) Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2005 08:59:24 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <77A35AC5.14F48102.0A349A3F@aol.com> Errors-To: listowner@nifl.gov 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:3269] Re: segregation and sisterhood X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 X-Mailer: Atlas Mailer 2.0 Status: O Content-Length: 943 Lines: 15 Daphne, All I have is my experience to go by. When I heard administrative women speak about education, again, they were more feminine, seemed to speak more openly, with greater abundance, and naturalness than I was used to here. Eye and ear opening. Dress--I never saw women who crossed that female boundary, they dressed as traditinal women. Not true, here. Power suits, and dress for success clothes are usual. I am talking about educated women in educated circumstances, not tribal women living in rural villages. Lives can be very hard, there. I saw "Born into Brothels' last spring, fell in love with the children. Did anyone else see this? Pakistan is Moslem; I also visited Sri Lanka. basically Buddhist and Hindu--a more relaxed sense of life, rules not Moslem strict. So I think there are several types of differences that can be talked about. I would love to hear others discuss this topic on the list serv. Andrea
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