thufsday, november 15, 1979
daily nebraskan
page 7
Working women resent each other YWCA staffers
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.-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
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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
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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
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