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Chinese women: past, present By Frank Shaw Of the Emerald The view of women in Chi nese classics is "not encour aging," the general picture for women in China is improving, said a University professor Monday Mary Ann Burris, a University English professor who has stayed briefly in China, spoke on “Women in China: an outsiders rninct rociums 8th & Willamette 18th and Hilyard EVERY TUESDAY 99 HOT FUDGE SUNDAES view of the inside” at a lecture sponsored by the Center for the Study of Women in Society Confucianism, one of the main Chinese religions portrays women s roles as obeying their fathers while young, their hus bands while married and their sons as widows, Burris said Women were traditionaly kept illiterate, and were not allowed much political power, she said One method of ensuring a women's helplessness was the practice known as "foot binding.” This practice has a woman's feet bound so the toes broke and curled under the foot, leaving a ''hulk of bro ken flesh,” Burris said The purpose of this was to improve physical beauty, pre serve chastity (because the women had trouble leaving their chambers) and serve as an erotic stimulus "Fondling a hulk of dead flesh was considered a prelude to the sex act,” Burris said After her stay in China Burris made several generalizations concerning contemporay Chinese women's roles, " Till death do us part” is how she sees marriage in China today Women marry for more cV'P^ practical reasons, she said, and since divorce is political it is rarely seen Students in one of her classes could only recall two divorces in the city Burris refers to the division of household chores as "Who does the dishes, who wears the pants,” and says men work at domestic chores as much as women "You ask me how I know men did domestic work,” she said "There is no word for privacy in Chinese — I know.” Another observation, and one Burris says she misses the most, is ‘‘Can’t you keep your kid quiet,” and refers all the aunts, uncles, cousins and nieces for children in China Raising a child is a society task, she said “Mirror, mirror on the wall," is how Burris sees the lack of Chinese women s interest in appearance If she walked into a bathroom in China she says there would be people going to the bathroom, while if she walked into a bathroom in PLC there would likely be women combing their hair and making sure they look good "I didn’t meet any women who said if I can't make it (in school) I’ll just get married ," she said jg ^ ^^ Contlnued ,rom Pa9e 1 Hosticka formerly taught with the University's now-defunct community services and public affairs school Barrows says he doesn’t know how higher education funds compare with other allocations because "that's purely a matter of judgement He says the people in higher education think their budget is low in proportion to basic school support, which supports kindergarten through 12th grade “But the people in elementary schools say It’s not that way at all,’ " Barrows says. Although higher education proponents are concerned about their share of state money, Oregon manages to keep its colleges and universities afloat, he says Oregon's higher education funding is not the strongest in the nation "but it’s certainly not the poorest." Barrows says Courtesy ot the University News Bureau Art from the covers of Life Photographs of statesmen, poets, scientists, actors and artists by the late Philippe Halsman, an internationally known portrait and Life magazine photographer, will be displayed at the University art museum beginning Wed nesday The exhibit contains more than 150 black and white and color photographs, including dramatic portraits of celebrities Marilyn Monroe. Humphrey Bogart, Winston Churchill, Marlon Brando, John Kennedy and Albert Einstein "Halsman was one of the great portrait photographers of our time,” said Richard Paulin, art museum director “He caught the inner essences of all those he photographed." Halsman's photographs appeared on 101 Life covers between 1942 and 1970, more often than any other photographer His work also was published in hundreds of issues of Look and Saturday Evening Post magazines U S postage stamps were created from four of Hals man's photos FREE with a purchase of $10°° or more: 1 pair of NIKE laces AND 1 NIKE pencil and 1 NIKE Triangle Pen!! Coupon must be presented at time of purchase Otter good til 3-31-83 or while supply lasts ■ J WITH THIS COUPON DUNKIN' BUCK A BAG 6 Donuts only $1.00 12 Donuts only $2.00 j Limit Two Dozen Per Customer Not Valid with Any Other Promotion TWO LOCATIONS TO SERVE YOU 1520 Highway 99 Otter Expiree March IE, 1M3 485 E. Broadway J
