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WlMtf think of youself is
much mors important than what
others think of you.
with all the people she has to deal
with. But she also confesses that
bar's is a high pressure job that she
often must take home with her and
she “can’t please everyone.” So
sometimes she doesn’t quite feel like
being talkative. “My personality has
changed somewhat in the last year. ”
she reveals.
When she can, Elaine likes to
relax by dancing or p'aying tennis.
She’s also starting to\njoy going
fishing with her husband. He had to
talk her into taking part in the
activity at first but now she feels
pretty comfortable with it. She baits
her own hooks. “They’re (bait) are
some ugly things. But I can do it,”
she assures.
Elaine comes from a family of
four sisters. One of her sisters
passed last year, she reveals. That
has brought the other three closer
together Elaine says. One of her
sisters is stationed in Germany and
the other lives in Chariottte.
As for her goals, this week's
beauty is anticipating returning to
college one day soon. "As soon as
my husbands oldest children grad
uate from high school and college I’d
like to go back to Rutgers College,”
she relates She had previously
attended Rutgers for a course in
data entry. Nest time around she’s
planning to get a degree in com
puter programming
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Sex In The Media: Does
It Affect Our Children?
By Jalyne Strong
Post Staff Writer
A five-year-old little girl is pro
vocatively walking with her hands
on her hips, sashaying from side to
side.
Two 12-year-old girls enter a
recreation center wearing mascara,
blush and lipstick, outfitted in mini
skirts and tight fitting short tops
exposing their midriffs.
College-age young men answer
“yes,” to the statement: “Pickups
should expect to put out," and “A
woman doesn't men ‘no’ unless she
slaps you.”
Why are these children and young
adults acting this way? According to
Dr. Jane Brown, Journalism Pro
fessor at the University of North
Carolina-Chapel Hill, a primary
reason is they are learning these
sexual behaviors from television.
She further surmises, “Television
fare famertising,^fih3te'.Wdeo«^
soap operas and prime-time shows)
is incremently getting closer to
pornographic material and it’s time
that the community begins to set
standards on what’s going to be
readily accessible to children.”
Dr. Brown will present a slide
show and discussion in Charlotte on
“What the Media is Teaching Our
Kids About Sex and What We Can Do
About it,” on Wednesday, May 21,
7:30 p.m., at Covenant Presbyterian
Church, located on the corner of
Morehead and Dilworth Rd. This
very important community event is
being sponsored by Planned Parent
hood of Greater Charlotte.
In the winter I960 edition of
“Planned Parenthood Review,” Dr
Brown wrote, “The media available
to our children today are filled with
information-or misinformation -
Carole Ricks
.Family therapist
about sex and aaxuality Academic
studies of the rsntent of the media
found, for example, that on: Music
videos, one-quarter to one-third of
the characters are dressed provoca
tively, and the music videos that
portray sexually-related activity
contain an average of five por
trayals each. On Soap Operas, there
is an average of 1.5 verbal men
tions of intercourse in an hour, one
act of erotic touching every two
hours, one visual implication of
intercourse ever 2.5 hours and one
reference to rape every 11 hours.”
And Dr. Brown also found that
media advertisement contains
“sexual elements" like, “These are
the paper dolls and these are the
people who control them Racine
uses her bed to build an empire."
The major problem created by
highly sexualized media, relates Dr.
Brown, is that children and young
Dr. Jane Brown
.Journalism professor
adults who are watching television
for role models and to see how adults
behave can be affected by the
distorted standards of sexual be
havior shown There is a trend,
especially in music videos,
toward violent sexual images Then
again, in commercials and other
television shows the message is
usually: “Sex gives positive
rewards vs negative rewards.’’
Carole Ricks, a Charlotte mar
riage and family therapist,
concurs with Dr. Brown’s assess
ment of the pervasiveness of sexual
matter on television and the effect
on its audience, especially children
and teenagers Ricks, too, believes,
“There’s a complete bombardment
of sexual messages on television
today ” She contends, "It is im
portant to view ourselves as sexual
beings. However, television is mis
using the concept of sexuality."
Ricks states that on many tele
vision shows and commercials,
“There are subliminal messages
which emphasize certain adverse
stereotypical male and female roles.
For example’ Males’ aggression
toward women is O.K Sex is some
thing women use in order to mani
pulate men And women find
rough, aggressive behavior in men
attractive.
"Children are influenced by what
they see," explains Ricks “And
they’ll begin to emulate the seduc
tive behavior shown on television.
They’ll just be mimicking what
they’ve seen and, worse, they'll not
understand what is implied by their
behavior
"Parents should be very con
cerned about what their children are
learning even in an informal
setting,"Ricks continues, “Parents
should exercise limited censorship,
making the decision of what their
children should or should not
watch." she brings up as one way
parents can combat the sexual in
fluences of television.
Dr Brown agrees that parents
should try to set limits and she adds.
“The best thing a parent can do is
watch TV with their children In that
way they can help kids understand
what they are watching and put it in
the context of their values "
Most importantly, parents and the
community must begin to take a
stand, both Dr Brown and Ricks
assert "Sex on television is getting
worse,” Dr Brown reveals "It is
getting much, much more explicit."
Dr. Brown will go in depth on what
parents and concerned community
members can do about what the
media is teaching children about sex
at the May 21st meeting at Covenant
Presbyterian Church
“Super Mom” Addresses
Mayfield
Memorial
By Jalyne Strong
Post Staff Writer
Mrs. Helen A. Fagan, featured in
the April issue of Ebony Magazine
as “Super Mom,” will be guest
speaker at Mayfield Memorial
Baptist Church as part of the
church’s annual Woman’s Day pro
gram on Sunday, May 18, at li a m
On Saturday, May 17, at 7:30 p.m.,
there will be a reception held in the
Fellowship Hall of the Educational
Building of Mayfield. At this time,
an informal meeting with Mrs
Fagan and others will take place
She is the widow of the late Dan
Fagan and they are the parents of 16
children. Thirteen of the Fagan
children are college graduates. The
remaining three children are pre
sently enrolled at Tuskegee Uni
versity. Tuskegee, Ala. Four sons
and two daughters are Commisioned
Offioers and one son is an enlisted
man in the service of our country
Revered by her friends and
associates for her dedication and
devotion to her husband and
children for rearing such an out
standing and unique family, Mrs
Fagan is the recipient of many
honors She received the Parent of
the Year Award from Tuskegee
University in 1978 for having the
most children in school at one time
In 1985 she received the Les Vingt
Amies Sorority Family Award
She’s also been honored with the
“Faithful Servant" award from the
SoutherfPChristian Leadership Con
ference in Atlanta, Ga and the
McDonald's Black Operator’s
Award.
A native of Bessemer, Ala., Mrs.
Fagan attends Canaan Baptist
Church, where she teaches kinder
garten, sings on the choir, and is an
active member of the weekly Bible
Study.
The women of Mayfield Memorial
will take charge of all activities on
Women's Day at the church They
will serve as Sunday Church School
general and department superin
tendents, ushers, choirs, and
deliverers of Sunday corporate wor
ship messages.
Additionally, the Outstanding
Mayfield Woman of the Year for 1906
will he acknowledged and honored
during the 11 a m Worship Hour
The woman having received the
highest number of votes by secret
balloting of the Mayfield member
ship will be awarded a trophy and
will hold the coveted honor
The 1985 Mayfield Woman of the
Year was Ms Mary Hollins who
also represented Mayfield Memorial
in the Charlotte Post Church Worker
of the Year Contest for I9R5 Ms
Hollins will deliver the 6 pm
corporate worship service message
She serves as chairperson for the
1986 Woman's Day activities
All are invited to share in the
Women’s Day activities at Mayfield
Baptist Church this Sunday
The church is located at 700 Sugar
Creek Rd. West and is pastored by
Rev Harold S Diggs Sr
Record Number Of Churches Commit To Fundraiser
By Loretta Manago
Pent Managing Editor
A total number of 42 churchoa, the
largest number of churches ever to
commit to working in the Charlotte
Poet’s ' Churchworker of the Year"
content in the history of the ate year
subscription (hive, was recently
announced by* CWOY coordinators
Evelyn Carrington and Dana Boat.
Several motivating factors are
responsible for the boosting of the
church community's involvement in
the Post’s annual campaign. The
most visible, undoubtedly Is the
prizes But have beeo donated by the
paper's advertisers Pram trios to
shopping sprees, from jewelry to
clothing, contestants In ths CWOY
contest have the opportunity to rack
up luxurious and valuable prizes
Beyond the superficial reaeon, the
CWOY contest allows participating
contestants the chance to raise
money for their respective cfcurctv
eg. These funds, are instrumental in
getting some of the churches' pro
'I Betti* Marshall
.A second year contestant
jecta and objectives carried out In
past contests, many contestants
expressed how Upir only reason for
taking an active part in the cam
paign was to help elevate their
church's ftnaaeBk^
In addition to the ehurchas and
their pastors that were named last
Etha Shannon
.Two-time contestant
week the following have bom
added: Faith Memorial Baptist
Church. Rav. Witch Caldwell
pastor; Clement Memorial AME
Zion Church, Rev Ell Price, pastor;
Cathey Memorial AME Zion Church.
Rev Monroe Culp, pastor; Cathey
Memorial will participate in getting
subscriptions for the Pool, without
having a contestant in the contest
Grace Memorial AME Zion Church,
Dr Marion Jones, pastor; Hender
son Grove United Presbyterian
Church, Rev, J.E. Maxwell,
pastor; Henderson Grove will also
solicit for subscriptions Another
church to gather subscriptions is
Simpson Gillespie United Methodist
Church Rev. John Epps is pastor.
St. Mark Methodist Church, Rev
Benjamin Stewart, pastor States
ville Avenue United Preebyterian
Church, Rev. Wilbur Sanders,
pastor; Greenville Memorial AME
Zion Church where Rev. A.C.
Humtcutt Is pastor will be spon
soring s "Charlotte Post Subscrip
tion Day” while the contest is In I
progress Tbs same event will be
sponsored by Greater Galilee R«p
tlat Church where Rev. Warren
McKisstck is the paster. New St
John’s Baptist Chmvh. Rev Robert
Leak, pastor , Moore’s Sanctuary
AME Zion Church, Rev. John
Jackson, pastor; Mallard Creek
Baptist Church, Rev L P Nelson.
Saint Paul United Presbyterian
Church. Rev Bob Walton, pastor;
Woodlawn United Presbyterian
Church, Rev E E Washington,
pastor. Torrence Grove AME
Church. Rev SB Turner, pastor.
New Galilee Baptist Church, Rev
Fred Griffin, pastor; and Green
Oaks Baptist Church. Rev M N
Kelty, pastor.
Key personnel from the above
churches. Post representatives and
coordinators will meet Thursday,
May is, at 7 p m at Adam's Mark,
for a briefing session. On that date
contestants will receive theit
packets, will be able to entertain
questions and will be informed at
the rules and regulations of thg
contest.
While most pea tors haven't 1
named their contestants, a few ;
have emerged. All churches are •
expected to have their contestant
present at die forthcom