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Speaker says women s lib is self-centered
By DENISE RICHTER
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Because the American standard of living is so
Ijgh, the American women’s liberation move-
Mient is complacent and self-centered, a speaker
I said Monday at the “International Women in
Transition” conference at Texas A&M Univer
sity.
i “You (American women) are not fighting to get
- water in your houses, you’re not fighting for
health care — you have all of your basic needs
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es being-. Lning in other parts of the world,” Marta
vativek .amas, an anthropologist and publicist from
e so that' Mexico said at a workshop entitled, “The Role of
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Lamas said the women’s movement in the Un
ited States is strong because it has power, but
|°a. oeMt: i n the sense that it has no involvement with
omensSi ther problems.
“We feel that if American women were really
eminists, they would look to problems in other
iountries,” Lamas said.
“A hig part of the American movement is
dicated to equality, Lamas said. “In Mexico,
: believe we can’t achieve equality in our sys-
ijem. Our goal is to change the system and to
ake life more humane for both men and
omen.’
Feminists in Mexico are working for basic
ieeds which are intertwined with political
eeds, Lamas said. The feminist movement is
ery politically oriented in Mexico and all mem-
ers are working together for a common purpose,
Ihe said.
This is in direct contrast to the American
feminist movement which is divided by econo-
ic status, sexual preference and political be-
Jefs, Lamas said.
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Speakers at the conference are Lamas, co
founder of “Fern, ” a well-known Mexican maga
zine and Jasleen Dhamija, a native of India cur
rently working for the United Nations Economic
Commission for Africa, in Ethiopia.
Other speakers are Dr. Nawal El-Saadawi,
formerly a proponent and adviser on women’s
programs through the Egyptian Ministry of
Health and the United Nations, now an author of
fictional and non-fictional works dealing with
women in Moslem cultures and Rosemary
Sayegh of Lebanon, a journalist and author.
Sayegh’s most recently published book is “Pales
tinians: From Peasants to Revolutionaries.”
A panel discussion entitled “International
Women in Transition — Observations” will be
presented by the four speakers at 9 a.m. today in
Rudder Forum. Four workshops are scheduled
for this afternoon and will begin at 1:45 p.m.
The following workshops will be offered:
— “Women and Technological Transfer to the
Third World,” presented by El-Saadawi, 404
Rudder.
— “Patriarchal Institutions,” presented by
Dhamija, 410 Rudder.
— “The Role of U.S. Women in the Interna
tional Women’s Movement,” presented by
Sayegh, 504 Rudder.
— “Women, Geopolitics and the Future,”
presented by Lamas, 510 Rudder.
A banquet and conference wrap-up will be at 6
p.m. tonight in 230-231 MSC.
There is no registration fee for the conference
and all sessions are open to Texas A&M students
and faculty.
The two-day conference sponsored by the
Texas A&M International Programs Office is
being funded through the Strengthening Grant
effort of Title XII, a 1975 amendment to the
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.
Anthropologist Marta Lamas spoke Mon
day on “The Role of U.S. Women in the
International Women’s Movement.” The
workshop is part of the “International
Women in Transition” conference being
held at Texas A&M University. A panel
discussion entitled “International Women
in Transition — Observations” will be pre-
Staff photo by Greg Gammon
sented by the four speakers at 9 a.m. today
in Rudder Forum. Four workshops are
scheduled for this afternoon and will begin
at 1:45 p.m.
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me to change my mind.”
While Cooper was overseas for
mer Rep. Al Ulman, then chair
man of House Ways and Means
Committee, failed in his effort to
pass a value-added tax and was de
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ment has gone beyond the point of
an optimum level of taxation in an
effort to balance the federal deficit
there and cut back on inflation.
Fifty-five percent of all personal
income in England is taxed to sup
port local, civil and government
programs, he said. By compari-
sion, U.S. taxes account for 30
percent.
As government grows, he ex
plained, the amount of goods for
people to enjoy from the market
place declines and inflation and
unemployment increases.
“By overemphasizing a ba
lanced budget and trying to con
strain the money supply, the En
glish have increased taxes,” Coop
er said. “The overall effect has
been to increase inflation and de
crease disposable income.”
Cooper doesn’t foresee such a
problem in the U nited States if the
federal budget is balanced over a
longer period of time. Creating an
excessively tight monetary policy
in England lias acted only to in
crease the deficit there, he said.
“The message for us is not to
create excessive economic hard
ships on ourselves while trying to
reduce the inflation rate, ” he said,
adding that “Reagan has already
made more progress toward re
ducing government expenditure
in his five months of office than
Thatcher has made in two years. ”
England has adopted some tax
measures that might be consi-
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They allow adjustments for infla
tion on personal income, which
helps those who are thrown into
higher income brackets because of
higher salaries. England has also
adopted an advance corporation
tax which could be used here to
solve problems with “double
taxation” for stock investors.
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