The North Idaho College Sentinel Vol 40 No 8, Feb 12, 1986

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Men are being eaten by their own image. Herb Goldberg told a \londay morrung audimce Monday IO k.ick off spnng Convocauon Wetk in 1he C-A auditonum. "The v.omcns' libeTauon movement v.11S to a large ex1ent mismanaged and misundernood." he said. "Womm did rcdaun some of their own strength and autonomy. bu1 rhe panern of man' v.ornan e:,;pectations for each o1hcr hasn't changed~en after 20 years."

Aorording to Goldberg. men see women as sa objects, "'hile "'omen sec men as success objecu. Liberation notwilhstanding. coo~enuon uill demands that men be tbe inmators 11,hile women fall submissiH~ly into a responder role. Men are nil! expected to make themtroc:lueu>ry move and ask for the first date, "'hilt women still sa}. "Ob. I don't care,.. 11rhen asked their preference or dinmg or enten.ammC'lll.

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If the meal is succulem. the service impeccable. the mo,ie entertaining and if C"CT)'lhing o,u which he has no control falls together-the man feels successful. If not, he feels guilty. Acrording 10 Goldberg. society's c:on,cntions in male female rcla1ionshi1>$ dic:tate that man is the actor. CoD\erse· ly. the ,.. oman is the rCJctor and is. therefore, never guiliy. He also said that men and ,..omen e:,;pmc:ncc each other's nip sides.

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"A man's ,iC\\ ofthc,..orld isc\'nic:il. guarded. dis toned," he saii "(A man's) one-word assessment is 'bullshit.' "A woman ·s , ie,, is trusttng. posi1i, e. Disneyland-like: her summation expression is 'nice."' Goldberg noted 1ha1 from the feminist mo,emcnt. women learned about :i.sserti,encss and being one's o"n person. "In contrast. the men's mo,emcnt has been rctardNI because it pushes him toward scnsi1iv11)' and ha,ing 10 deal honestl) with Cccli~_., requirement to shed the con, cnuonal m3cho image," Goldberg said. He added th:11 until a man IS able 10 dell" uh thi> new ~1urc. he" ill continue 10 operate as an uncon1roll11bk. <elf-des1ruc1i,c machine. Goldberg. ,, ho has wriucn 5e,cral bOoks. IS 3 psycholog) profrssor at UCLA.

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