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SUNDAY, AUGUST 10, 1958 HERALD AND NEWS, KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON PAGE 7 o Man's Trouble, As Usual, Is Woman, But How Do We Figure A Way Out? Is IIoiuo Americanus a bum bling. Ineffectual, insecure crea ture T There are legions of ex perts who answer "yes." But there are dissenters from this popular view and a ray of hope for man. Ucre is the third of a four-part series giving the opinions of pro fessionals and ordinary males on both sides of the question. By WARD CANNEL NEA Staff Correspondent NEW YOIIK (NEA) At almost every windy corner, cocktail par ty or dimly lighted restaurant, the Modern American Male finds him self in a paradox. "He has been reared to treat women a certain way," says Lor raine Trydellc of the American In stitute for the Advancement of Ro mance. "And then he can't find any women to treat that way." According to psychiatrist and so cial philosopher Dr. Clara Thomp son: "The problems facing men stem largely from the problems facing the emancipated woman." Dr. Thompson spells it out this way: The woman today who tries to be what her mother was finds her self unemployed by her home ap pliances, discontented by her edu cation, and unconvinced that rear ing a family is an important job. So, if she seizes her chances and doesn't marry, she devalues the men who court her. If she marries and takes a job, she may threaten her husband's already shaky sense of worth as a pro vider, master, man. And if she turns out to be the better bread winner, she can crush him. This, then, is the kind of wom an who jeopardizes a frightened warrior. He looks at the names in his address book or across the dining room table and finds too often that: The preferred position in society is no longer his as women come closer to equality with him. "Advefttures with girls are not what we used to figure they'd be when we hung around the drug store, as one disillusioned extra marital lark put it. "The chase is gone. The feeling of accomplish ment is gone. And what's worse. I sometimes catch myself thinking a girl is a sissy if she's afraid of the things women are supposed to be afraid of. And now I find I lose interest if she won't com pete with me. "Love and respect have been in vaded by power and aggression," in the words of family pathologist Dr. Nathan Ackerman. "But the mastery and aggression are a fa cade. It is an effort by woman to console herself for her inability to depend safely on her man. Underneath she is a scared child." It is, according to the sociologi cal picture of the Modern Ameri can Family, a vicious cycle. fearful rather, fighting to pre serve his self-respect, has little time at home with his children while their personalities are form ing. There is also still a wide spread prejudice against men teachers in the primary school grades. The lob of child rearing, there fore, is left to Fearful Mother. And she passes on her anxieties to both her girls and her boys. How, asks anthropologist B. J. Macklin, "can a woman teach masculinity to anyone? She can teach only what she thinks mas culinity is. So little junior is reared under feminine system of do's and don'ts, goods and bads, nice and not-nice standards. He may be dressed differently from his sister, told that little boys don t cry or play with dolls. But once he gets into the play ground with little girls, he finds that everybody is part of the com petitive system. The confusion of his childhood may stay with him throughout his life, social scientists warn. Does he have a preferred posi tion? Yes and no. Is he expected to follow in his father's footsteps? Yes and no. Should he be moth er's little helper? Yes. Should he be able to cook? To clean? To do traditionally female jobs? Yes Concludes Dr. Thompson: "There is something in the Ameri can Family that is not good lor her sons. Accent on youth leaves little room for lessons from father. Pow er battle between husband and wife turn love into competition In this climate, and with the day's worries on his head, the Modern American Male is out ot touch with the values he learned Nobody seems to need him or want him. His self-esteem is challenged everywhere. Most often, he does not have time -to lay down the law, or fight for control. He has the baby s diapers to change, the PTA meet ing to attend, the week s shopping to do because the stores are open late tonight. All in all, it is a bleak, widely- held, authoritatively - documented picture that might be titled: "After Man What?" But it is not a complete pic ture, at least if you listen to that usually-forgotten expert, the Mod ern American Male. J . . . I L - tg0sf fir feses""- - - - J V"--' THE USE OF PLEASURE BOATS on Upper Klamath Lake has shown a remarkable gain in the years since the war. This picture shows one group of water skiers about set to start. In the boat are Toni and John Parisotto while Lon Kellstrom gets his skis set along side. Susan Parisotto keeps a watchful eye on the proceedings from shore. Cull Peas In Pelleted Cow Feed Helpful Pelleted high-quality alfalfa hay and cull peas can serve as a pro tein concentrate, in wintering or fattening rations for wearer steer calves, according to Dr. David C. England, Oregon State College ani mal scientist. The Pacific Northwest doesn't produce major quantities of any protein concentrate commonly used for cattle feeding. However, con siderable quantities of cull peas are available seasonally in parts of this area. Large supplies of alfalfa hay ot more than 16 per cent crude pro tein are also usually available. And with hay pelleting equipment now available, ranchers and feed ers were wondering if this high quality alfalfa hay might serve as a protein concentrate for winter ing and fattening fcedlot cattle, he said. In his experiments with wean cr steer calves, England compared results using soybean oil meal, cull peas, and pelleted high-quality alfalfa hay as a protein concen trate during a 146-day feeding peri od. All concentrate rations were pelleted and added to a basic grain mix except the alfalfa, which was fed separately. The rough age ration during the experiment consisted of peavine silage with a crude protein content of about It per cent, fed tree choice. . Animals on the wintering ra tion received about three one-half pounds of concentrate a day. Those on a fattening ration received about seven one-half pounds per day. Results of the experiment indi cate that, per unit of protein, pel leted high-quality alfalfa hay, and cull peas, are as effective as soy bean oil meal in promoting gains when added to wcancr steer ra tions, England staled. It remains to be seen, however, to what ex tent pelleting of alfalfa will in fluence use of alfalfa Next: The Revolt of the Men. 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