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Friday, October 16, 1970
THE SALEMITE
Page Three
THE INDEPENDENT SEX?
By Jack Sanders
Assistant Professor of Sociology
The question of how essential men and women are
(0 one another has been asked before, but contem-
jorary changes in social relations and biological con
trol of reproduction provide some new twists to the
Id question.
the reproductive process will be eliminated. Perhaps
women can be socialized to live without men. While
some would argue that female sexuality requires
heterosexual partners, female homosexuals long have
contended that only a woman can really understand
the sexual response of another woman.
Another study found that 54.1% of divorced men
who remarry have "very happy" or "happy" mar
riages. The figure for women was 50.6%.
It seems like a significant point for students at a
A,omen's college to consider. Supporters of the idea
f sex-segregated education have always argued that
the presence of males in a coed institution deprives
)f leadership opportunities and produces a kind of
Intimidation in the classroom.
Some family sociologists are predicting that as
women become liberated from the traditional defini
tions of morality, they will become increasingly dis
satisfied with their husbands' sexual performance.
A study of young urban wives has indicated that
25% reported that their husbands preferred coitus
less frequently than they did.
An informal survey at Salem and Wake Forest
seems to suggest that females may be more inde
pendent in premarital relationships. I asked student
respondents to indicate, for all couples they had
known in the last five years, the sex of the person
who made the initial decision to terminate the re
lationship. Of all the couples who had been serious
enough about each other to agree not to date any
one else, the breakdown was as follows:
I There are even rumors that some of the more
inilitant liberationists are looking for suitable wo-
Itien's colleges to "take over" as bastions of female
i freedom in a male dominated society. Voluntary
Segregation as a response to discrimination shouldn't
purprise anyone familiar with the ideology of Black
Power, Black Capitalism, or the idea of a Soul City,
fiorth Carolina.
Empirical evidence for the idea that females are
less dependent than males on members of the op
posite sex is limited, but suggestive nevertheless.
One study in San Francisco produced a ranking of
sexes in terms of personal happiness—bachelors were
the most unhappy and married men the happiest,
with married women and single women in between.
Female Respondents
Terminated by Female 56.3%
Terminated by Male 5.8
Uncertain or Mutual 5.8
Male Respondents
Terminated by Female 47.9%
Terminated by Male 44.6
Uncertain or Mutual 7.5
I I An all female community is, in a certain sense, a
logical extension of the idea of an all female college
(although women's colleges usually have a liberal
iprinkling of father figures among faculty, admini-
itration and staff).
Another study, conducted by the National Opinion
Research Center with a nationwide sample, concluded
that marriage is more of a source of happiness for
men than for women.
With the advent of artificially created beings in a
ew decades, the necessity for male participation in
Remarriage statistics tend to .support this position
since three-fourths of all men who are divorced
eventually remarry, whereas the figure for women
is two-thirds.
Although the sample was small and not random,
it is interesting that both male and female students
reported that more of the relationships involved
initial decisions to terminate by females than by
males.
I'm not suggesting that females abandon the
heterosexual world, but that development could be
one of the more Interesting by-products of the Wo
men's Liberation Movement.
he Arts Corner
ircling The Square
By Nancy Hunter
, A few weel^s ago it was an
nounced in Assembly that several
concert series were “multiple
|)unch”. My roommate keeps ask
ing, “Just what is this multiple
punch?” On a season ticket, say
five concerts, there are five pun-
kes. If the series honors multiple
unch, that means that the holder
if the ticket may take a friend
dth him to the concert. At the
loor, two of the places will be pun-
!hed on the one ticket. All this
fceans is that the owner of the
ticket has sacrificed one personal
|dinission to another concert in the
cries. The owner is not limited
ti one guest, but may take as many
Quests as there are punches on the
ftcket. The advantage to this sys-
in is that one is able to use all
if her ticket.
Symphony, Winston-Salem Civic
Music Association, and Winston-
Salem Little Theatre.
Oct. 16 All Orchestra Concert—
North Carolina School of the Arts,
Main Auditorium 8:15 p.m. free.
Oct. 20. Winston-Salem Sym
phony featuring Charles Treger
playing Brahms Violin Concerto,
Reynolds Auditorium, 8:15 p.m.
Oct. 21-22 Film Friends, My
Uncle —Hanes Community Center
8 p.m.
t
Oct. 23-24 An Evening of Dance
featuring the World Premier of
Agnes de Mille’s “A Rose for
Emily”. North Carolina School of
the Arts
Wake Forest Film Program—Dc-
Tamble Auditorium in Tribble
Hall
If for some reason, one does not
ant to go to a concert, or is un-
le to attend, she does not lose
the money invested, but may treat
a friend or sell the punch not used.
Another side advantage is that if
ne of your friends forgot her
cket, she can still gain admission
at no cost. The series that honor
multiple punch are Winston-Salem
Oct. 18—It’s a Gift—1934(USA)
(W. C. Fields) 8:30 p.m.'
Oct. 19—The Mash of Fu Man-
chu—1932(USA) 8 p.m.
Oct. 21 — Caprisious Summer—
1968 (Czech) 8 p.m.
Oct. 23 — The Bicycle Thief—
1949—(Italy) 8:30 p.m.
Oct. 24—Gold of Naples—1953
—(Italy) (Sophia Loren)
8:30 p.m.
THE WFU SCENE
. It is almost certain that coeds at
^'ake Forest will receive unlimited
hours. Approval still has to be
^'tained from the student life com
mittee, but no opposition
jected.
IS ex-
, According to a statement issued
by President J. R. Scales, unlimited
hours will apply to coed “juniors
4nd seniors over 21; juniors and
■eniors under 21 who obtain the
written consent of their parents;
[^nd sophomores who have a cumu
lative quality point ratio of 2.5 and
also have parental consent. Other
women students will continue to be
governed by existing regulations,
except that the hour for freshmen
women to return to their residence
hall on Friday night is being ex
tended from 12 a.m. to 1 a.m.
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The administrators and students
have expressed confidence that the
unlimited hour” rule will go into
effect “within the month.”
Source: Old Gold and Black
Congratulations to Dianne
Dailey for winning the Virginia
Intercollegiate Golf Tournament
at Mary Baldwin College on
October 10. This is her second
victory in this tournament.
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