MERGE Forum update for November

by Paul Shaner

Movement for the Establishment for Real Gender Equality (M.E.R.G.E.) is a group of men and women working toward inter gender communication and dedicated to reducing conflict and opposed to sexism against either gender. M.E.R.G.E. seeks to establish understanding, cooperation and equality between the genders.

M.E.R.G.E. announces the following forums. Each forum is held on the 3d Tuesday, at the Fremont Baptist Church, 717 N 36th, Seattle, beginning at 7:00 P.M. All persons are invited.

November 15, 1994 -- What the research says: the Nature of Female Violence

Paul Shaner and Jon Pielemeier take a look at domestic violence. Family violence has been extensively discussed in the media since the O.J. Simpson event, with the sexist overview that women are always weak and powerless and that men can never be weak and victimized. Why society needs to maintain this stereotype and what the research really shows is discussed in this talk. Male and female victims will be contrasted and compared.

November (call for date), 1994 -- Freedom and Psychotherapy

Clinical Psychologist Gary Sall will discuss the inherent sexist attitudes that have been written into law concerning how therapy is to be performed in certain cases, to the detriment of families. Gary fought and won a 4 1/2 year battle with Washington state for trying to take his license away from him. Gary will speak this evening about what happened to him and what the experience signifies for both men and women who not only practice but also undergo psychotherapy in America today.

M.E.R.G.E. began in Edmonton and publishes a journal and several monographs on gender issues. The Seattle group is the second chapter and was begun by a group of men and women who wanted to do more than simply talk about gender issues. If you are interested in more information, call Paul Shaner, M.S.W., President, at 486-4966, or Moreah Vestan, Founder, at 938-8385.

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