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UNIVERSITY Men support women, don’t march By Gernt Kot'ppmg Emerald Reporter An tin; women carrying placards and lit < andles began the Take Hack the Night march on Friday, a number of men stayed behind to dis< uss their role in stopping violence against women Men were not allowed In either the man h or the open-mike that followed So while women marched against violence and spoke aland how it had affuctod their lives. Men Against Rape, which helped sponsor the Take Hack the Night March, hold a presentation on rape from a male perspective Thu 11 men in attendance said they supported the del ision that only women he allowed to march in the event Marek Loos, MAR general coordinator . said the purpose of the march was for women to take lae k the night for themselves and to allow men to man h might rob women of an independent fuel ing "Besides,” hues said, "we as men already own the night ” While the men did support the dei Ision, Randy Bir/.er said he had attended a march where men were allowed at the University of California at Santa Barbara ' The men had to walk at the hat k of the mart h. hut that still took some (.mirage to walk by the fraternities and ell their t atcalls." Bir/.er said While support for the no men policy of the man h was universal, some of the men said it would have la i n educational to attend the open mike "speakout" that was held after the mart h "They’re concerned that with men around. r women won't lx- mi open, i • * s said Hut on tin other hand, this is something that men need li hear No members of MAK were able to attend the or gam/ationnl meetings that planned ti e i sent hoes saw) Hut if men were not allowed in light rape in tin man h, thi s were enr ourageii to no ogni/e thi grim reality behind rape Lees said that men .ire not taught to fear \s.ilk mg alone at night Hut he said that confident e i> ill advised Imh aiu.se 10 pen ent of a IT rapes an against males Yet men are more likely to he rapists ralhei than the victims ol rape, Lees said The prevalence of rape, lares said, is caused by a sex lali/oition that emphasizes control 'We are taught to Ixr in control, especially in c ontrol of our women." fie said I bis kind of value system. Lei's said, has cre ated a rape continuum these Ixihaviors that are on the continuum, Loos said, .ire all similar Ixo ause they express an underlying view of women as objec ts. rather than individuals l.ees said on one end of this continuum is stranger rape, with dale or accpiaintanre rape At the other end is the chivalrous opening ol a door making sexist jokes and c omplementing a womai on her looks "When we say you're pretty' we may Ixr s.iynij thill's all you're worth." Lees said In the middle of the continuum. Lees said, i sexual harassment and consensual Intercourse where you don't care alxnit the other person' feelings SHOAH W E E K The University's Holocaust memorial remembering the extermination of over 6 million Jews only 50 years ago. /V p I I I 2 f> fnti H«t>Wirr<rT li> ».-• iMjr - nr >j . * i cipciicncs i> i mb' h< rx:11. Mu «t. ! -i" - \ 4 <0 p m tom I mdcr Room. 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F Nil -If. * « i' >» M .. • --...It "rf'iiif Professor traces gay history in New York By Came Dennett £rr*#ak1 Ast>ocsale ILcMor Historv ha> largely ignored the presence of gays i,n<l lesbi ans. resulting m !fn- public assumption that "c loseted" lives were the norm In fin t, in some permits of historv. gav s and lesbians were able to lead full, rich lives, with some degree of openness atsnit then sexuality. said George Chauncey |r . the opening speaker of the sec ond segment of "( homing the I’ust/Croatmg the Present Chauncey, an assoc iate professor ol historv at the Universi ty of Chicago, said that in the earlv part of this centurv. gay. men m New York City were able to build a gav city in the midst of a hostile official city In his Friday talk, "Cay Men's Survival Strategies in the Karlv 20th Century," Chauncey said gav men were able to claim commercial and public spates for themselves, includ ing bars, restaurants, public parks and street corners Chauncey said that .it that time, there were many more men having sex with other men than there were defined ho mosexuals. bis ause for many working e lass men, compulsory heterosexuality was not necessarily a part of their lives. This phenomena was unique to working-i lass men. he said tan ause they defined their "manhood" in terms of their physic al. labor intensive jobs Middle class men, however, moving into a ( hanging workforce that used their minds but not tfieir txidles, began to define themselves as men through their biology their heterosexuality . Chaunc ey said These men, unlike the work ing-class men, often felt threatened by gay men A! th.it time, he said, sexual preference was less of an Issue than were gender roles Homosexuality did not necessarily get men labeled as 'dairies,“ nor did heterosexuality guaran Its- that men y\ ere c onsidered "normal I lamia ty ant I y dressed gay men, knoxvn as the fairies, won Id i .-Iten attr.u ! and sleep with working i lass men While the men kneyx the fairies were not women, tie- Luries real firmed gender < onventions by alloys mg ' straight men to in terac t with them e. if they were ysuineu Chauncey sale! gay men. especially fairies, writ- thought of m die same manner as were female pros! lutes : . s' mine 1 from the belief licit both homosexual acts and prostitution wen- atmoimal aiii.ua: crimmalaiuipatlioiogu.il as well as from the sharing of street t timers and other lot ales It was reiatlyelv easy tor straight men to use buries in tilt same yyav they use.) prostitutes without losing ilutir nor Some gay men shied away from being Luries, but others ,-mb; at - d t lie ppoi I u n 11V to ! ike .a. hate ter is! u s type ally a-., nbt d to yx omen he -.aid The busy xx as getiei ai I y Inlet.iled fiy ;t■ rv vieyve I as more amusing than abhorrent, hut lor felted lespei t and their privileged status -is men For this mason, many lames only dressed up in neighbor as straight in hostile environments (iiiaum ev sau! 1 -1»r many gay men the gender rules were so strung that the only yx ay to allow themsi Ives to th-sire other me:, w.. : i h ; i mu ■ ii: it yx Jinan I y he said The talk is from t haunct-y s upi oming hook vvhu.li is based on his awardwinning doctoral tiissertation, Cay New Vo rk I rh.in ('ulturr mJ file A hiking .»/ a (.'ay A/.n’e It, rhi Chauncey , co editor ot the luitu he mk HithIt'll trom //l.xf, try Kft.Liiminf! the G./V am/ Lta>biun /'.i'.', said gay and lesii.an history is a relatively new di-velo; i:i• ■:it For a long time, the only people yx ho risked s. holarly work in gav history were people outside of academia or tenured professors in the early funds a handful of graduate students began writing dissert.Unties in this area As a graduate student .it Yale, Chauncey said lie vxas sup ported m his yxork on gay history , hut vxas warned against it by friends who had my Ih-sI interest at heart Although he was intensely interested in g.iy historv and how it relates to urban and gender history . Chauncey said i! Was not easy dec cling to pursue this ac .identic path bet else lie would fai e discrimination in Ins b scare h F EUROPEAN BODY & PAINT DOMESTIC & FOREIGN COLLISION REPAIR CENTER . a :ty & phc -; s.s« sa ac -;y & -5a st s r * S 'Mr S' V AMY AN , A-*-* AS., . A ' ;> * A ’ A A; -.A S ": ! i mt * i;mn ass • MS M f 8AM • b ;,M •s : ■ t , <A it fy ••••• MAY 31. 1901' 485-0370 UU JIAILaOAD BLVD. EUGENE At tin Bff|j!ivtuA4 el Hirer