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Giorgio from Italy, 16 yrs.
parents, as well as couples Loves to play baseball and spend
Enjoys spending time with her
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with or without children,
time with his dogs. Giorgio also
Victoria plays volleyball and is
may host. Contact us ASAP plays the guitar, and his dream
excited to learn new sports
for more information or to is to join a drama club at his
while in America.
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DIETARY ENTITLEMENT
While I was at one of my favorite res-
taurants downtown the other day, the line
stopped as a couple grilled the server about
the contents of the soup and sandwiches.
The girl was very helpful and answered, to
the best of her abilities, all of the questions.
The questions kept coming. The line
stopped, I waited patiently for around five
minutes, overhearing the barrage of ques-
tions. All the while the couple kept staring
at their cell phones. They were rude and
had an air of entitlement to them. “We are
the customer,” they stated, “and have di-
etary restrictions.”
The server began taking other orders
while the kitchen staff came out to con-
tinue answering questions. Five to 10 more
minutes passed and I received my order.
They were still at the counter. They were
still rude.
My advice to people with such extreme
dietary restrictions is to pack a lunch. This
way you know exactly what you are eating.
John Carlson
Eugene
REJECTING BARBIE
The body and gender are two different
things. The human body is female, with
ovaries, or male, with testes. These are
necessary for reproduction (we could have
less of that!).
Gender, on the other hand, is the cul-
tural role of women and men. The anthro-
pologist Margaret Mead traveled the world
studying the gender roles of various cul-
tures. Her theory that behavior and person-
ality can be improved and are the result of
influence and not biology made her one of
the most influential anthropologists of her
time.
Mead found that every culture has a firm
belief in the naturalness and “rightness” of
its particular gender roles, even though
the roles differ widely in each culture. In
cultures where men rule (like ours), the
gender role for men is to be dominant, and
for women, to be submissive. These Barbie
and Ken roles are narrow and restrictive to
humans, who are born with a full range of
feelings, interests and abilities.
I rejected the Barbie role when I came
into my teenage years. Hell no! I wasn’t
going to be subservient, pretty, a helper!
But it’s more than just personal expression.
When a whole society believes that
dominance and submission are inherent in
men and women’s biology, it has a prob-
lem! It’s called patriarchy. It’s a violent,
exploitive, miserable culture, and femi-
nists are working to free us all from it.
Kari Johnson
Eugene
Friday, August 25
HiFi presents The Grand
Ronde String Band
4:30 - 8 pm at the Park Blocks
Old timey takes on bluegrass
and iddle tunes mixed with
jazz and soul.
Wednesday, August 30
Now! Performing Arts
presents Brandon Cagle
12 - 13:30 pm at the Park Blocks
Singer-songwriter performing
dark country and folk music.
pARTy on the Plaza
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Voted Best New Restaurant!
Thursday, August 31
Taki Chayay
5:30 – 6:15 pm at the
Hult Center Plaza
Celebrate pan-Andean music
with songs from Bolivia, Chile,
and Ecuador.
EW Readers’ Poll
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