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<P>Dear Lucy, Corsetts,cosmetics,corrective surgery,clubs or gyms, jewelry, and the list reaches right down to the everyday phrase, "oh,boy!". Women are image-bound as an antiquated need to attract a husband/money-maker. What's "oh,boy!" got to do with it? Or the Chinese saying: "Girls are like worms in your rice. They cost you money." It is so old in most every culture that an innocent sounding phrase like 'oh,boy' is forgotten to have come from the desire to have male children,not girls.{To the point of infanticide! even these days}. So, for years - 9 nine as or yesterday - I repeatedly tell my daughter that " She can't do that [ any activitiy will do ] cuz you're a girl." Yes, it has got her ire more than a few times and gasps from any adults or older kids about at the time. One more thing:fifteen yesrs ago I was takingmy son to Mexico for a fortnight. The airline
agent would not sell me a ticket without a notorized statement from his mom. When I asked if his mom would need one from me if she were taking our son, she promptly admitted that she would not. Hence, I said that the rule was discriminatory and invalid. "Ok," says she,"I'll sell you a ticket,but Mexico still will not let you into the country." I got the notorized letter. Anyway, men get dissed,too. What's the name of the company? More letters would be useful. Enjoy the juice, Chamae <BR><BR></P></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>>From: Lucy Horder <lucy.horder@BRITISHLIBRARY.NET>
<DIV></DIV>>Reply-To: List for the International Gender and Language Association <GALA-L@LISTSERV.LINGUISTLIST.ORG>
<DIV></DIV>>To: GALA-L@LISTSERV.LINGUISTLIST.ORG
<DIV></DIV>>Subject: Language, Gender and Healthy Eating
<DIV></DIV>>Date: Thu, 1 Jan 1970 03:17:45 +0100
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<DIV></DIV>>Dear List members,
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<DIV></DIV>>Recently, I decided to buy a juicer. According to the literature, juicers
<DIV></DIV>>are a great way to fit in your RDA of 5 portions of fruit and veg if you're
<DIV></DIV>>like me and don't really enjoy eating fruit.
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<DIV></DIV>>The juicer I ended up buying included a leaflet that gave some tips on
<DIV></DIV>>healthy eating, as well as a few recipes and ideas. I was stunned by the
<DIV></DIV>>inclusion of the following paragraphs in this guidance:
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<DIV></DIV>>"The average woman - say someone who weighs 10 and a half stone - uses in an
<DIV></DIV>>average day around 2000-2200 calories. Of those calories, 1400-1500 will be
<DIV></DIV>>burned by her body performing its everyday bodily activities - heart
<DIV></DIV>>pumping, tissue renewing, general maintenance and functions.
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<DIV></DIV>>A mere 600-700 calories will be burned by her preparing and taking the
<DIV></DIV>>children to school, going to work all day, cooking tea for her children and
<DIV></DIV>>dinner for her husband, followed by perhaps an hours ironing!"
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<DIV></DIV>>No mention is made, incidentally, of men who might wish to eat more
<DIV></DIV>>healthily, and the kinds of activities that they might engage in to help
<DIV></DIV>>them burn off calories (although perhaps that's for the best...)
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<DIV></DIV>>I have written to the manufacturers and protest heavily at the inclusion of
<DIV></DIV>>this statement in their leaflet, but, unsurprisingly, have not yet had a
<DIV></DIV>>reply. I'd be interested to hear some comments from you all if you are as
<DIV></DIV>>alarmed by this whole episode as I am.
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<DIV></DIV>>Yours (fuming),
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<DIV></DIV>>Lucy
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