<font color='black' size='2' face='arial'><font size="2" style="font-family: arial;">Thanks, Paul and Marianna Bailey. Here's where the 7 went:</font>
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<div class="MsoNormal"><b><font size="3" face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">She<o:p></o:p></font></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><o:p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman, Times, serif"> </font></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">"Ze" has entered my vocabulary. Ze will not eliminate "he",
"she", and "it"; just adds to it. It might even delight my Tejas-Mejicano campesinos
who will mistake my use of zee language.
Ze does not matter.<o:p></o:p></font></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><o:p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman, Times, serif"> </font></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">So I wrote in a previous column. "She", however, does matter.<o:p></o:p></font></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><o:p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman, Times, serif"> </font></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">It is no longer as repeated as often as it used to, but the old Chinese
saying, oft-quoted by Mao Zedong and Deng Xiao Peng, was <i>nu ren neng ding
ban bian tian,</i> “women
hold half of the sky.” China has gone
back to being unapologetically patriarchal.
The systemic reasons are deep, not the least of which is the universal
pattern of naming a child after the father’s ancestral beginnings rather than
combining the gifts of the mother and father’s names.<o:p></o:p></font></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman, Times, serif"> </font></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">In my
University classes, I printed my whole name on the board, Jaime Ravelo Vergara,
to indicate how my father and mother’s last names are my surnames. When I was in Spain once, I was called Señor
Ravelo. My name over there was formally
written as <i>Jaime Vergara y Ravelo. </i><o:p></o:p></font></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><i><font size="3" face="Times New Roman, Times, serif"> </font></i></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">The name in
Spain was actually the way Filipino names were made during the Spanish period, still
true in many Hispanic countries. The
European practice included both mother and father’s surname when naming a
child. It varied on whether the father
or mother’s came first or second. In
some English influenced countries, the middle name is the mother’s maiden
surname. I some places, like many parts
of the United States, the mother’s surname has been dropped. The latter has always been the case in
China. The only time a mother’s name
shows up is when a combined child’s given name includes that of the
mother. The father’s surname is the
standard unchanging one.<o:p></o:p></font></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><o:p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman, Times, serif"> </font></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">My children follow the practice of having the mother’s
surname carried as the child’s middle name.
However, in some places where the mother is the primary care giver, a
child’s surname often takes after the mother, like those of single mothers, or divorced
mothers who have sole custody of the children who reverts back to her maiden
name, and renames everyone with her surname.
<o:p></o:p></font></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><o:p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman, Times, serif"> </font></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">Some boutique practices have entered American practice like
families where the boys take on the father’s surname, and the girls, the
mother’s, or vice-versa. In some, myriad
of combinations apply. The hyphenated
family name has become common for wives and children.<o:p></o:p></font></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><o:p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman, Times, serif"> </font></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">The family’s surname after a marriage is also changing. In previous times, the universal practice was
for the man’s surname to be adopted, and only after a divorce does the woman
have the option to revert back to her maiden name. There are actually eight States in the Union
that allows man to change into their wives names in marriage without
petitioning the court for the normal process of name change. I once adapted to my Chinese wife’s surname
since the Chinese female always retains her maiden name after marriage. My gesture was not appreciated!<o:p></o:p></font></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><o:p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman, Times, serif"> </font></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">But if patriarchy is deeply embedded in many cultures to the
detriment of female roles, certain conservative elements of Islamic countries
have now dredged certain Koranic provisions that dictate how a woman behaves
modestly in public. Sharia laws are very
explicit about how women are to behave in manners and looks, but the literalism
now being applied by Islam’s fundamentalists used to dog biblical fundamentalist
as well. That kind of literalism is hard
to dispel as many sections of religious fundamentalism adopt their favored
restrictions and impose them on their members as provisions of inerrant scriptural
law. Judaism and Christianity have
variations of the same theme. In the
current Afghanistan-Pakistan talks where the Taliban is involved, serious
consideration of Sharia Law as it applies to women is actively on the table. Gang rape in India has exposed a common
travesty.<o:p></o:p></font></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><o:p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman, Times, serif"> </font></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">“A rose by any other name” served Shakespeare’s audiences
well, and was cute with Romeo and Juliet, but no longer. A rose by any other name is a fluke. <b><i>She</i></b><i> </i>wants <b><i>her</i></b><i> </i>name in golden
letters in the annals of history, just as much as he does, and has as much
equal right to it as anyone. No
affirmative action required, just the right to be <b>SHE</b>!<o:p></o:p></font></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><o:p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman, Times, serif"> </font></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">There were seven revolutions I’ve joined in my life: 1)
youth and emotive exuberance, 2) minorities and their civil rights, 3) Third
World’s independence from imperial and colonial designs, 4) university vs. multiversity
without a cognitive overview, 5) global business against protectionism and
entrenched patrimony, 6) the rise of local men and women, and 7) women’s
rightful place in humanity’s leveled field.<o:p></o:p></font></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><o:p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman, Times, serif"> </font></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman, Times, serif"><i>We shall overcome </i>chorus
is still playing.<o:p></o:p></font></div>
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From: Paul <pschrijnen@aol.com><br>
To: wangzhimu2031 <wangzhimu2031@aol.com><br>
Cc: oe <oe@lists.wedgeblade.net><br>
Sent: Mon, Feb 17, 2014 6:57 pm<br>
Subject: Re: [Oe List ...] Fwd: for anyone, once more<br>
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<div>Amen indeed! </div>
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On 17 Feb 2014, at 09:26, <a href="mailto:wangzhimu2031@aol.com">wangzhimu2031@aol.com</a> wrote:<br>
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<div style="font-size: small;"><font size="2">1. Youth</font></div>
<div style="font-size: small;"><font size="2">2. Minorities</font></div>
<div style="font-size: small;"><font size="2">3. Third World</font></div>
<div style="font-size: small;"><font size="2">4. University</font></div>
<div style="font-size: small;"><font size="2">5. Women</font></div>
<div style="font-size: small;"><font size="2">6. Global business</font></div>
<div style="font-size: small;"><font size="2">7. Local human</font></div>
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<div style="font-size: small;"><font size="2">Will someone say, Amen!</font></div>
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To: oe <<a href="mailto:oe@lists.wedgeblade.net">oe@lists.wedgeblade.net</a>><br>
Sent: Mon, Feb 17, 2014 5:19 pm<br>
Subject: for anyone<br>
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<font color="black" size="2" face="arial"><font size="2">A quickie. Am losing my mind's cognitive capacities and I am ten years younger than Bill Salmon. Anyway, I am trying to recall 7 revolutions we named in the 70s. I have so far:</font>
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<div><font size="2">1. Youth</font></div>
<div><font size="2">2. Minorities</font></div>
<div><font size="2">3. Third World</font></div>
<div><font size="2">4. University</font></div>
<div><font size="2">5. Women</font></div>
<div><font size="2">6. Global business?</font></div>
<div><font size="2">7. ????? </font><span style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Help.</span></div>
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<div><font size="2">Jaime</font></div>
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