SUNDAY, AUGUST 10, 1958
HERALD AND NEWS, KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON
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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.
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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.
"No little girl it going to tell me different."
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