[Women] Dinner: Wednesday 6:00 pm

[bonneybelle at att.net]

Sorry, Peg, I have previous engagement so won't be attending. Thank you so much for your R.E. on Sunday. The rest should be fun!!!
Powered by Cricket Wireless
------ Original message------From: Peg Clifford via Women Date: Sun, Jan 8, 2017 11:29 PMTo: A List fro the Women of FUUSM;Cc: Subject:[Women] Dinner: Wednesday 6:00 pm

DearLadies,Thewomen’s dinner will be held this Wednesday at the elegant manse of Peg Cliffordin the quaint burg of Parkersburg, WV at six pm. Iwill be serving colcannon: a vegetarian version and another version forcarnivores.Vegans:You are on your own. Shari Miller told me that she will be bringing quiche.Bread,salads, desserts, or wine would be appreciated. 1729Covert St. Parkersburg.Thecorner of 18th and CovertThehouse is down the street from the old St. Joe’s Hospital (19th St.),and a few blocks from PHS. 304-893-2622call if you need directions.  Somethoughts for discussion We talk a lot about “diversity;”however I would like to challenge us to define  THEOTHERHowdo you define your OTHER? The other Retrieved from  http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/english/melani/cs6/other.html      The Other  The  Other is an individual who is perceived by the group as not belonging, as  being different in some fundamental way. Any stranger becomes the Other. The  group sees itself as the norm and judges those who do not meet that norm  (that is, who are different in any way) as the Other. Perceived as lacking  essential characteristics possessed by the group, the Other is almost always  seen as a lesser or inferior being and is treated accordingly. The Other in a  society may have few or no legal rights, may be characterized as less  intelligent or as immoral, and may even be regarded as sub-human.  Otherness takes many forms. The  Other may be someone who is of...     a different race (White vs.       non-White),   a different nationality       (Anglo Saxon vs. Italian),   a different religion       (Protestant vs. Catholic or Christian vs. Jew),   a different social class       (aristocrat vs. serf),   a different political       ideology (capitalism vs. communism),   a different sexual       orientation (heterosexual vs. homosexual),   a different origin (native       born vs. immigrant).    The  Other is not necessarily a numerical minority. In a country defeated by an  imperial power, the far more numerous natives become the Other, for example,  the British rule in India where Indians outnumbered the British 4,000 to 1.  Similarly, women are defined and judged by men, the dominant group, in  relationship to themselves, so that they become the Other. Hence Aristotle  says: "The female is a female by virtue of a certain lack of  qualities; we should regard the female nature as afflicted with a natural  defectiveness."  The group which is defining the  Other may be an entire society, a social class or a community within a  society, a family, or even a high school clique or a neighborhood gang.  The Other and the Outsider  The  outsider frequently overlaps with the Other, but they are not identical. The  outsider has the possibility of being accepted by and incorporated into the  group; offspring are very likely to be accepted into the group. The Other,  however, is perceived as different in kind, as lacking in some essential  trait or traits that the group has; offspring will inherit the same deficient  nature and be the Other also. Therefore the Other and the offspring of the  Other may be doomed forever to remain separate, never to become part of the  group--in other words, to be the Other forever.   Sohow do we embrace THE OTHER?OK  OK ” Welcoming Congregation.” That’s wonderful, but when is the lasttime you had dinner with a Trump supporter? Let’sstart with “rednecks.” When was the last time you hung out with and reallytried to listen to a “redneck”?  I wouldlike to introduce you to Trae Crowder  “THELIBERAL REDNECK.”OK OK he’s a redneck and uses a lot of bad language:try to listen anyway.Our goal here is to embrace the other. I think he is on to something important.  Three minutes of your time please. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EI_pSEbFQ3A




“I made no resolutions for the New Year. The habit of makingplans, of criticizing, sanctioning and molding my life, is too much of a dailyevent for me. ”  ― Anaïs Nin
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://fuusm.org/pipermail/women_fuusm.org/attachments/20170109/e418c829/attachment.htm>