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From: jan@orc.olivetti.com
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Subject: Re: Discrimination studies?
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Date: 13 Sep 89 15:54:08 GMT
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In article <6491@columbia.edu> travis@douglass.cs.columbia.edu (Travis Lee Winfrey) writes:

>Perhaps your daughter could simply watch TV for a few weeks with a
>logbook, identifying in shows and advertisements what roles each
>gender plays: (....)who
>appears more, who is active or passive, who's wearing the clothes and
>who's not, 

She tapes a soap rather than watching evening or late-night TV, so the *guys* 
are always stripping...   ;-)

(As a drama person, she *does* notice what kinds of roles are available for
men vs. women, sometimes she notices sexism (in both directions) I would have 
overlooked.  (For instance, she thinks it's silly to portray fathers as 
incompetent caregivers). I am saving all replies for her, there's good 
stuff there.)