Writer to speak on solo sex
The Women’s and Gender Studies
symposium today in Knight Library
will study the history of masturbation
By Chelsea Duncan
Senior News Reporter
Students and faculty from all over campus will have
the chance to leam about the history of masturbation
today at the inaugural "Currents in Gender Studies"
symposium.
The symposium, which begins at 11:00 a m. and lasts
until 1:30 p.m. in the Knight Library Browsing Room,
will focus on University of California-Berkeley history
Professor Thomas Laqueur's latest book, "Solitary Sex: A
Cultural History of Masturbation."
Women's and Gender Studies Director Judith Raiskin
said the point of the symposium is to bring students and
faculty from different disciplines together in a discussion
about current scholarly works.
"We really need to make these events happen so we are
exposed to the important scholars in many different
fields," she said.
Laqueur, who also wrote "Making Sex: Body and Gen
der from the Greeks to Freud," said his new book exam
ines the point in the 18th century when masturbation be
came a cultural debate, which meant that women's
sexuality came into the limelight for the first time.
"Most sexuality before the 18th century didn't actually
pay attention to women," he said in a telephone inter
view. "For the first time actually, the sexuality of women
became critical."
He said the book focuses on cultural thoughts about
masturbation, which gradually shifted from being
viewed as a societal wrong to being a way in which
women could extol their sexual identities.
"It's an important part of the feminist movement," he
^ said.
Philosophy graduate student Amy Story, who plans to
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attend the symposium, said masturbation's role in the
feminist movement was important for women in assert
ing control over their sexuality.
"Women's bodies don't belong to men; they actually
belong to women themselves," she said. "It represents the
statement of autonomy."
She said it is important for students to be exposed to
historical analyses such as Laqueur's book, because they
help people understand current social trends in sexuality.
"Books like this reveal a sort of trajectory of history that
allows us to better understand where we stand today,"
she said.
Raiskin said the symposium is unique because instead
of simply hearing a quick presentation from a guest
speaker, attendees were encouraged to read the book in
advance. She said this makes the event "a little more
leisurely and a little more luxurious."
Women's and Gender Studies Assistant Professor Eliz
abeth Reis, who is also speaking at today's symposium,
said in an effort to encourage reading, free copies of the
book were given to the first 20 people who signed up for
the lecture. She said the conversation should be produc
tive because most people have read the book.
"It brings together faculty and students across campus
to have a creative and stimulating conversation about in
tellectual issues," she said.
Raiskin said the University is fairly isolated geographi
cally, which makes sharing scholarship across campuses,
or what she calls "cross-fertilization," difficult.
She said she hopes the symposium, which is spon
sored by the College of Arts and Sciences, the Oregon
Humanities Center, the Center for the Study of Women
in Society and the Women's and Gender Studies Pro
gram, will become an annual event. Each year, the sym
posium will highlight a current work of an international
ly renowned and influential scholar.
Contact the higher education/
student life/student affairs reporter
atchelseaduncan@daiiyemerald.com.
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cooperate and work with the board
on the office functions until June.
Goldschmidt said during last
week's board meeting in Portland
that the search for a new chancellor
will begin once the office's restruc
turing is completed. On Thursday,
he formally announced the ap
pointment of former state Depart
ment of Administrative Services Di
rector Jon Yunker as chief
operations officer and executive vice
chancellor for OUS, according to an
OUS press release.
Jarvis is currently one of two
candidates for the presidency of
San Jose State University in Cali
fornia, OUS spokeswoman Di
Saunders said.
Contact the higher education/
student life/student affairs reporter
at chelseaduncan@dailyemerald.com.
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wages back to the University."
Goff later added that GTFs essential
ly "have to pay for the materials we
teach with." But University Vice Presi
dent for Research and Graduate Stud
ies Richard Linton, who is a member
of the University's bargaining team in
the negotiations, responded after the
protest, saying, "Most institutions
don't subsidize fees for graduate stu
dents." Linton also added that the sit
uation for GTFs at the University is
quite good relative to GTFs at the Uni
versity's eight other peer comparator
institutions. These are institutions that
the University uses to measure com
parative faculty salaries and include
University of North Carolina at Chapel
Hill, the University of Iowa and the
LJniversity of California-Santa Bar
bara." If you look at total compensa
tion (salary, benefits, tuition waivers)
... when we compare ourselves to our
peer comparator institutions ... we're
currently ranked third (in GTF total
compensation)," he said. "Three out of
nine is very competitive."
Another major issue of contention is
that certain University departments are
hiring undergraduates at hourly wages
to fill positions typically filled by GTFs.
Linton said the practice provides
undergraduates with "important edu
cational experiences" and cited such
positions as undergraduate peer men
tors or lab assistants.
According to Linton, the positions
are often ones that could not be filled
by a CTF because the posts require far
fewer hours than the minimum hours
for a GTF. Departments also turn to
undergraduates when the graduate
student pool for a particular depart
ment has been exhausted, he added.
Lindgren said the practice might
decrease the quality of education for
undergraduate students. It also, he
said, undermines the GTFF and de
prives the employees of the benefits of
union membership and GTF status,
which include tuition waivers, bene
fits and access to the grievance process
and collective bargaining.
"Undergrads might wonder about
the quality of their education when
they're essentially being supervised by
undergrads," Lindgren said. "It under
mines our union." The negotiations will
continue later this month, with the next
bargaining session scheduled for April
19. Lindgren said the University's cur
rent offer includes a $40, or 15 percent,
fee reduction. However, the controver
sial practice of hiring undergraduates re
mains largely unresolved, Goff said.
The earliest the GTFF could strike is
June 30, according to state law.
Senior News Reporter Jared Paben
contributed to this report.
Contact the people/culture/
faith reporter
at moriahbalingit@daiiyemerald.com.
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• Women's and Gender Studies Lecture featuring a talk by Thomas
Laqueur from the University of California-Berkeley, Browsing Room,
Knight Library, 11 a.m.-l:30 p.m. Part of the "Currents in Gender
Studies” series.
• An Afternoon of Italian Music, Poetry and Celebration featuring mu
sic and presentations, Browsing Room, Knight Library, 4-6 p.m.
• Philosophy Lecture by philosophy Professor Naomi Zack entitled
"Rule by Women: Feminist Ideas of Politics, History and Class,”
Room 360, Condon Hall, 4-6 p.m.
• Morse Center Conference Lecture featuring Percy Schmeiser, the
Saskatchewan farmer sued by Monsanto for patent infringement when
their "Roundup Ready” seeds were found in his canola field, entitled
“David v. Goliath: Foreign Enforcement of U.S. Patent Law and the
Might of Monsanto,” Auditorium, Agate Hall, 7-8:30 p.m.
• Oregon Ballroom Dance, Room 220, Gerlinger Hall, 7:30-11:30 p.m.
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