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OUR LIFE MONTHLY , p u b lis h e d by U krain ian N a tio n a l W omen's L eag u e o f A m erica Vol. XXXV APril 1978 NO. 4 BETWEEN LOVE AND HATRED This issue of "OUR LIVE” appears at the time be tween two celebrations of the same feast — between Easter according to "new” (Gregorian) and the "old" (Julian) calendars. There are among our readers those who have already celebrated; those who are still ob serving Lenten: and, in fact, there are some who celebrate each year at their convenience. The way and the date we celebrate is not only a matter of conscience for each of us: mostly, it depends upon the way recognized by the parish of which we are members. To make matters even more complicated, there are places where one (or more) Ukrainian Catholic parish celebrates according to the new and another according to the old style. It is not up to us to judge which way it ought to be. But what concerns us deeply is the mutual intolerance which permiates our society in this connection. It staggers us to notice that differences in opinion are apt to bring about not only understandable disputes, but often mutual censures and charges which border on hatred. As a matter of fact, this phenomenon is not limited to the problem of double celebration of religious holidays but so encompasses other segmentsof our life: political, organizational, even cultural and scientific. CHRYSTOS VOSKRES CHRIST HAS RISEN An employee in charge of personnel in an American bank once asked a Ukrainian fellow-worker: "Why is it that you, Ukrainians, always cannot but hate or love somebody"? This question may sound strange or even unfair; but we cannot blame this observant American employee experienced in dealing with people for coming to such a conclusion. There are also regrettable situations when our personal like or dislike of others,our love or antipathy, determines our judgment of their qualifications and suitability for a job or social position. Let’s give some thought to love and hatred in our social life during this period of Easter, when we remember with humility and admiration Him who gave His life out of love and to conquer hate. WOMAN VIEWS & NEWS IN WOMAN'S WORLD Contiuation What she, and the entire educational system have been doing for millenia is educating children to assume sex-stereo typed roles in life. Both female and male — that is, human — growth have been diminished and limited as a result. Society, morality, culture, as well as the quality of life, have been severe ly damaged. Rather than correcting the damage already done by fostering understanding and respect between the sexes, we reinforce the lesson that female/male are different and that the differences are predetermined and irreconcilable. Ignoring the reality that men and women live together on the same earth, we categorize, segregate and predudice our children, educating them to be suspicious of, and competitive towards, the opposite sex. Perpetuating the mistakes of former generations, we sacrifice humanistic values to sexual — as well as ethnic, religious and racial — prejudices we artificially separate the sphere of the family and home from the rest of human endeavor and society, to the detriment of both, and inculcate impressionable young minds with this schizophrenic world view. The detrimental process of sex stereotyping and socializa tion begins — as I myself witnessed — at the nursery school le- MOTRIA KUSHNIR vel. Each consecutive step on the educational ladder rein forces these lessons over and over. For example, from the very first grades, school children are exposed to textbooks which portray characters in stereotypical roles. In first-grade primers, Dick jumps, father works, mom cooks and Jane looks; not only does a child learn to read when using such texts, s/he also learns that boys are active, men are productive, women are domestic and girls are prim, pretty and passive. A study of elementary readers disclosed that fully 74% of the characters — even anthropomorphised animals, like Peter Rabbit — are male; of the female characters found in these books, more than half are identified only as mothers and over 80% are not self- ctualizing — that is, like Tom Sawyer’s Becky, they are on lookers and admirers of male adventures and exploits or, like Sleeping Beauty, semiconscious dummies cum beautiful victims. For older students, we supply history books in which wo men are largely ignored or, better yet, transformed in order to fit our prejudiced expectations. A case in point is the famous Betsy Ross who was not, in fact, a dainty, pink-cheeked lady who demurely stitched a few stars on Washington’s flag. Thrice 22 НАШЕ ЖИТТЯ, КВІТЕНЬ 1978 Видання C оюзу Українок A мерики - перевидано в електронному форматі в 2012 році . A рхів C У A - Ню Йорк , Н . Й . C Ш A.
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