No rib
l.ia Salciccia's spirited opinion
"I am nobody’s rtb" of the July
15 Emerald finds support in the
current issue of Atlantic Month
fy, where biblical x< holnrsltipand
the effects of pat ruin hy are exam
ined There is a real movement
now that is healthy for both gen
ders — irritated with dominance
themes in patriarchy and weary
of a one-sided attempt at social
governance.
Patriarchy is nicely trashed in
John Bradshaw's Creating Love.
in Alice Walker's The Secret of
Possessing low and in most of the
writings of Alice Miller's Han
ished Knowledge, who has come
to attention through John Brad
shaw and who receives thanks in
his publications in AI is e Walk
er's and in Robert Bly s (Iron
fohn) for observations on the dark
side of patriarchy The issue is
that authoritarian repression is
not good for women or children,
and therefore, not good for men.
So. before the good Christian
women of Eugene and Spring
field get real mad at Salt it t ia for
not wanting to In; anybody's rib,
they might have a look at the
Atlantic article, an interview with
Elaine Pagels, whose work on
Salt.ii i in's theme is based on
studs of ancient Coptic lexis
Bible scholars are finding out that
lots was left out
The i reation stories we all
know appear to have been sani
tized in Roman times to vanish
the Goddess anil diminish Her
role
Does anybody think history is
the belter for it?
Sylvia Hawley
Career Information System
Trespasser
So. l.ia Salt ict ia. I guess since
the word "trespass has no mean
ing for you I t an sneak into your
home anv time I want if I think
that Emerald readers are "dying
to find out" (Of>E. Jul\ 1 it) w hat
your home is like After all. you
smn k into my home (the Oregon
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mum
Country Fair), so apparently pri
vate property is a concept you
know or i are nothing about.
I don’t suppose maturity, cour
tesy or i ornmon sense are notions
you've run across either Forget
responsible journalism altogeth
er. Shame on you for intruding,
and shame on the Enutrald for
giving you the space to brag atxmt
it.
This "elite crowd" you write
about that stays at the fair after
the public: leaves does so because
it was responsible enough to find
a job for itself pic king up the
garbage, cleaning the toilets, sell
ing its wares, direc ting traffic or
providing sec untv against Ires
passers sue h as yourself
Unfortunately, our jobs are
made harder and longer by para
sites who contribute nothing to
the fair and believe* it is their right
to go wherever they want, invit
ed or not. earned or not. private
property !>e damned
I believe it i osts about $40 per
person to provide servic es for
those staying at the fair So you
owe the ()regon Country Fair $40
and a very hig apotogv Don't
worry, you'll make lots of mon
ev working for the supermarket
tabloids, vvhic h. it appears, is the
c areer you have mapped out for
yourself
Norma Sax
Classified Staff
Pronouns?
For Thomas I lot kabo to foe us
on the lack of "non-gender spe
c itie pronouns" {ODE |ulv JO) in
the English language as the sole
reason Christianity appears sex
ist is similar to ac cosing Hitler of
atroc ities bee a use he had a had
mustache.
{'he intent of Christ, and tin
lack of diverse pronouns used in
the- Inhle has very little to do with
the prac tical applii ation of the
Bible's tone lungs (Christianity. on
the w hole, is notorious for plac
mg women in a role subservient
to men.
To Ik* Christian does not auto
malic ally make one a patriarc h.
Inil it does show a faith in a palri
in hal religion.
Personally, it is not my intent
to crusade against Christianity.
hut it is sdlv to pretend that a reli
gion that has woman created
from the rib of a man is an equal
opportunity denomination
Faith in a pretense is hardly
faith at all
Scott Camp
Political Science
lam not blind
I have been pondering over the
opinion set forth by bin Sail ic< 1.1
(ODF. July 15. 1 am a Christian
woman, so of course her title.
"Christianity fails to honor
women." caught mv eye
I would like to address bin's
final paragraph She i om ludes
by sav mg that she i an t convini «■
all Christian Women that they re
lining sexually harassed by their
religion Instead, she slates that
she will not "blindly worship .1
Cod whose followers refer to
humanity as Man" and "shall not
follow the men who follow this
Cod (localise they "consider me
inferior."
I)y stating this bio is doing the
exai t thing she seems to hate the
most — attai king women Her
statements imply that any woman
yy ho worships Cod must he
"blind" and thus inferior Isn't
that what she is so opposed to 01
Christianity being considered
inferior' She has excluded any
possibility of intelligent women
making a chon e, and thus has
done what she teels that men are
so guilty of doing — she has dis
counted Christian yvomen
I am not blind I have done
quite a lot of study in m\ faith
1 know what 1 believe because I
have read it. tested it and,above
all, I have questioned it I do not
nci opt what others 111 the church
say simply Ins a use it was said in
1 Inin h 1 have a brain, ami I use
it I have also been enrit lied
tieyond lielief Ins ause of my faith
in Jesus (lirist
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