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
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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
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