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thufsday, november 15, 1979 daily nebraskan page 7 Working women resent each other YWCA staffers n.. rii " a . " n.. rii ' a .-uwcAnaenen . ,, positive characteristic, of nurturing and Although little research has been done reinfoS ,L S,"k' understanding others, on the subject, women who work Zh fcTm In cnildhoS a a co tastiZion r "V f US (,he CA "'"T other women often resent each other, said e S id 'Sot rins Sr CS foTd SUpp0" gr0UpS f 0Ur own " e two members of the Lincoln YWCA staff, books and SntH h?, tSu sald- Sheryl Schrepf, executive director o social wS In h"f ? P'w W? V r0UpSD "f , "e the YWCA, and Barbara Cameron. YWCA wo ken are ii Si ,;Jv U? ava,lable for workln8 women- P4V:nolosy women's program director. WcdneiaV ZSS. AEfitt student Pa. .RI.odcs said an educational discussed dealing with conflict and support of other women as Dart of the Women Speak series sponsored by the Student Y. "So much of what happens is a sociali zation process," Schrcpf said; She said women have been taught to be passive, nurturing and emotionally tog is helpful. The class may be canceled however because of lack of support. Cameron said a group of women with small business, Women Entrepreneurs, recently has been formed in Lincoln. Also, the Chancellor's Commission in the Status of Women is honoring tenured female faculty members this year at UNL, she said. 'THE NEGATIVE IDEAS you come in with are going to be supported (at college)," Schrepf said. When she was in school, no one auest. ioned Freud's theory of penis envy, which immature, so they have a hard time dealing presumes all women subconsciously wish accepting with conflicts at work and aggressiveness in other women. "Jealousy has been a big thing for women for a long time," Schrepf said, adding that resentment against female co workers can be because of a man or because of envy of a professional role. "It's they had a penis. Freud said penis envy was the root of all women's psychological prob lems, Schrepf said. - "I thought it (the theory) was ridiculous, but I didn't say anything," Schrepf said. Schrepf said she believes it is important a very internal thing, I think, Schrepf to eliminate sexist language from printed niaiviidia iu nfip wuincu visualize mem- rAucDnweAin , se,ves in Prof"sional roles. "Chairperson" CAMERON SAID women working with and "he or she" language should be used women need to support each other and the much as possible, Schrepf said choices made by each one. Schrepf said she found it disappointing "It doesn t mean vou like or rcsoeet tn lm th-it 1 ' UIII mill iiiuiit ivinuivo HVJ Hit IUUII mrnclfnrt tjtl tir.s tif.tl. It rl.AnMl n . KVtijrwiiv jrwu wini Willi. 11 UUOII I 1 1 1 C U 1 1 supporting incompetence," Cameron said. Cameron said women can support each other by judging both sexes by the same standards and by not expecting women to conform to stereotypes. Women should help each other with making important decisions, sharing information, and then supporting those choices, she said. "Women usually only get support when they're down, and that tends to keep them down "Cameron said. Motherhood is just as valuable to some women as a career, the two YWCA staffers said, and women who are homemakers or work part-time should be accepted as 1 . - acnievers usually choose careers in teaching, nursing or homemaking. "Conflict has always been difficult for me," Cameron said." Women shouldn't personalize everything that happens to them at work, she said. Cameron said women tend to blame their failures on themselves and think their successes are just luck or someone elses' credit. Men, she said, accept success and blame failure on outside forces. CAMERON SAID the all-women organization of the YWCA staff eliminates the problems women have working with men, but also allows women to use their 1 TT3r 7 mmml BESSES. 701 "I?" 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