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<DIV><SPAN class=947580121-06042005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>And it
raises the question of whether IGALA could usefully play a role as a pressure
group in response to this sort of thing.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=947580121-06042005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Jane
Sunderland</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>Jane Sunderland</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>Director of Studies, PhD in Applied
Linguistics by Thesis and Coursework and New Route PhD</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>Dept. of Linguistics and English
Language</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>Lancaster University</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>Lancs. LA1 4YT</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2><A
href="mailto:j.sunderland@lancs.ac.uk">j.sunderland@lancs.ac.uk</A></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader lang=en-us dir=ltr align=left><FONT
face=Tahoma size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> International
Gender and Language Association [mailto:GALA-L@LISTSERV.LINGUISTLIST.ORG]
<B>On Behalf Of </B>Valentina Pagliai<BR><B>Sent:</B> 06 April 2005
21:48<BR><B>To:</B> GALA-L@LISTSERV.LINGUISTLIST.ORG<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re:
Language, Gender and Healthy Eating<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>Wonderful example to
use in my class when on language and gender, thanks! As to what to do, I am
not sure. What about a website dedicated to these kinds of
stereotypes?<BR><BR>Valentina Pagliai<BR>Oberlin College<BR><BR>On Apr 6,
2005, at 4:39 PM, Lucy Horder wrote:<BR><BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE><?fontfamily><?param Verdana>Dear List
members,<?/fontfamily><BR><BR><?fontfamily><?param Verdana>Recently, I
decided to buy a juicer. According to the literature, juicers are a great
way to fit in your RDA of 5 portions of fruit and veg if you're like me and
don't really enjoy eating fruit.<?/fontfamily><BR><BR><?fontfamily><?param Verdana>The juicer I ended
up buying included a leaflet that gave some tips on healthy eating, as well
as a few recipes and ideas. I was stunned by the inclusion of the following
paragraphs in this guidance:<?/fontfamily><BR><BR><?fontfamily><?param Verdana>"The average
woman - say someone who weighs 10 and a half stone - uses in an average day
around 2000-2200 calories. Of those calories, 1400-1500 will be burned by
her body performing its everyday bodily activities - heart pumping, tissue
renewing, general maintenance and functions.<?/fontfamily><BR><BR><?fontfamily><?param Verdana>A mere 600-700
calories will be burned by her preparing and taking the children to school,
going to work all day, cooking tea for her children and dinner for her
husband, followed by perhaps an hours ironing!"<?/fontfamily><BR><BR><?fontfamily><?param Verdana>No mention is
made, incidentally, of men who might wish to eat more healthily, and the
kinds of activities that they might engage in to help them burn off calories
(although perhaps that's for the best...)<?/fontfamily><BR><BR><?fontfamily><?param Verdana>I have written to
the manufacturers and protest heavily at the inclusion of this statement in
their leaflet, but, unsurprisingly, have not yet had a reply. I'd be
interested to hear some comments from you all if you are as alarmed by this
whole episode as I
am.<?/fontfamily><BR><BR><?fontfamily><?param Verdana>Yours (fuming),<?/fontfamily><BR><BR><?fontfamily><?param Verdana>Lucy<?/fontfamily>
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