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CLIP COUPON —1 j 1 FREE Soda j * plus i 10$ OFF any slice Coupon good Monday-Thursday 11 30 Midnight. Mon • Fri 3 30 - Midnight. Weekends 1211 Alder on Campus 6869598 Coupon good thru 1/25/87 —■■CLIP COUPON—J Gender roles explored at upcoming conference By Mary Courtis Of the Emerald Investigating the ways children think about gender and social roles will be the subject of the keynote address at a state conference on women and women's studies to be held at the University Saturday. Sandra Hem. a Cornell University professor and promi nent researcher, will deliver the address to some 100 faculty members. She is well known in the social science field for her work on androgeny. or the study of the combination of male and female personality traits in individuals. Oregon West - FITNESS -— ACT NOW! For great savings, for a great tan, ask about morning tanning and special packages. membership not required BEST HOURS • BEST PRICES 6am-11pm 7 days a week 485 1624 1475 Franklin Blvd Across from campus This interest led to her pre sent concern of how children develop gender concepts and why they place so much impor tance in them, Bern said. "My approach questions why is it and how is it that little girls and little boys are turned into psychologically male and female people.” she said. "1 believe that people look at the world through ‘gender lenses.’ "In other words, what we see is gender colored,” Bern said. "We ask, what sex is this thing? What am 1? If the thing's sex and the person’s match, then they are likely to check it out. But if something, such as a par ticular behavior, does not match up with our sex. then we are less likely to explore it." she said. Why this process occurs is also an important focus for Bern. “My view says that children pay so much attention to gender not because it is natural to them, but because our culture communicates that it is a very important quality.” Rethinking how children think about gender can also have important implications, especially in terms of psychological theory and tradi tional concepts of male and female. “Sex doesn't necessarily have to be so important or entail so many other implications as it does in our culture.” she said. "Adults, like children, look at themselves through gender lenses. We need to take these lenses off to start looking at ourselves and others in a new way." Bern also believes that the concept of gender lenses can be used to explain other psycho sexual phenomenon, such as transsexualism. "Transsexuals are people who are saying that. ‘I am one sex psychologically, and my body is another sex,’ " she said. "Transsexuals are extra heavy wearers of gender lenses, just like ultra-masculine men and feminine women. If culture didn't consider that sex and gender were so important, there might be fewer transsexuals," she said. The current trend toward more flexible gender identities and roles in our society can be Turn to Gender, Page 9 IFC grants requests of student groups At Thursday's Incidental Fee Committee meeting, the Peace Week steering committee was granted their request, as was the HALLEY'S COMET ALLAttM BROS. COFFEE 40$ (801.) 50$ (12oz) rnee Half a Half Across from IS* UO Soofcstor* Open 24 Hours kinko's Great copies Great people 860 E. 13th 344-7894 —UOBoo kstore CASH FOR BOOKS COURSE BOOKS BUY BACK EVERYDAY IN THE BOOK DEPT. 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The Emerald will request an increase from $1.99 per student per term to $2.25 during the spring term ASl K) elections. I EC member Hob Baldwin I 1 Repairs • Buy and Sell | STEREO WORKSHOP S 1409 Main Sprmglield 741*1597 11111111111111 said he was worried that not enough information regarding the request would be gathered if the Emerald requested funding through the hallot. Michelle Brence, Emerald editor, assured the IFC that she and other staff members will be available to talk to students about the budget request. The IFC passed the request 5-2, with Baldwin and Jodie Mooney voting against the proposal. The ASIJO requested to return $9,000 it was granted by the IFC last year to he used for audio-visual equipment. Originally, tin: money was in tended to be used to purchase equipment the ASUO could either lease or give to ASIJO programs as a money-saving device. 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