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i Paae B12-The Chronicla, Thursd JkL ^jk -'' ,. ^ *^>^B M| ^^fr'wSB^l P^-^Hw^^L-jB v Roebuck B^SPS^Ifete ^^hbC d HL ^BMi^M^i^HbHMHl ^^^HBP*"*^ V jg oegers Chronicle Comer Blending tl By AUDREY L. WILLIAMS Chronicle Staff Writer The Chronicle polled citizens and asked their reaction to the trend sociologists and psychologists have termed "blender gender" when referring to men who blend the malefemale sex roles and sometimes take on the appearance of popular pop singers Michael Jackson and Prince. Arthur Gray, teacher. "Different ages have different trends. Fads just have a tendency to come and go." Audrey McLawhorn, Housing Authority employee: "Some black men are going into that trend, because people are just into 'that Michael -Jackson 1 and Prince phase. There are too many people trying to look like them and dress like them." Geno Segers, senior at East Forsyth-. "1 don't think about that. 1 just think about myself. I just wear what I like to wear. If people want to look like Michael Jackson or Prince, then that's them." Mattie Roebuck, service station attendent: "1 don't know if it's the change of style in today's clothing, but it's getting to a point where you think you're m _ pener Living Newjobfie By JOANNE FALLS Home Economics Extension Agent I think almost every high school graduate with plans to enter school this fall would automatically wonder where the greatest job openings are likely to be four to six years from now. Future graduates also need to - know why c?nrt?ar are ~"W tJSKSffie svftflSBIe'ffi^siasefTtr" Fields, so they can avoid the pitfalls and headaches that accompany students majoring in fields and training for careers that lead to dead ends with no openings. These are the concerns the column for this I week. These are^H^Q some of the job predictions made by various experts and published |JF^ in Woman's Day: ncBMO George Silvestri, John Lukasiewicz and Marcus Einstein, economists with the Division of Occupational Outlook of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, predict that an additional 25.6 million jobs will be generated in the next ten years. Samuel Ehrenhalf, Commissioner of Labor Statistics, says: "We are in the midst of an economic recovery that will be N" ' . f ' ay, August 16, 1964 * *^i McLawhorn R~JP Gray I he genders ? r looking at a woman and it *s a man." James Moore, painter: 44Just ml the other day, I saw what I V thought was a man. Men are l/V%Uinn lila -1 ? IWIMH5 iiivw nviincu <uiu women are looking like men and I'm not talking about homosexuals either." Angela McRae, AT&T Technologies employee: "It's been- that way even before I Michael Jackson or Prince. I believe the younger people tend fl to follow the Michael Jackson B and Prince trends." B Donna Cray, unemployed: B "Blender gendering is growing in popularity. 1 guess it's the way people dress and act. People on the streets, you can't even tell a difference now." Lavetta Williams, Stroh's B Brewery distributor: "From E observations and talking to peo- I pie, views have changed. A lot of B thinking has been just broken B down. They that weren't always accepted are now. But I lace my jP little girl up and rough my little |\ boy up so you can tell the dif- l\ ference, because I mean for them B to be distinct." B Bobby Montgomery, Army veteran-. "There's a lack of pro- B per brain stucture. People gotta B be sick in the head to want to be B recognized like that." fl Ids opening I reshaping jobs in the future. We can expect growth in all white- I collar jobs." Ehrenhalt believes that it is bet- I ter for people to look for new H areas of employment in the fast H growing job markets, because the promotions and opportunities are better there. With new jobs, your advance- I mc^ Jdocs:nuot-bave to depend on who dies, who resigns, who retires or gets promoted or leaves H a slot. Writers are predicting that our economy is moving toward service-oriented jobs. In 1982, Americans working in serviceoriented jobs outnumbered those riployed in manufacturing. Charles Salzberg, reporter for H Woman's, "Dayt gives this breakdown of the quickly expanding fields that have jobs now and will have jobs in the future: Health jobs - More registered nurses, practical nurses and I nurses' aides will be needed in the H future. Physical and occupational therapists, instructors, I orderlies and physiologists will be needed since the whole nation I seems to be interested in physical fitness, nutrition and staying out I of the hospital . The over-65 population wQl rise by 20 percent I in the next ten years, and more concern will be given to staying healthy. Please see page B14 ^ * J J J ^ WE GLADL accept ,^1 y /^l , /^t\ /^L. 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