Greetings:
Devi Jankowicz wrote some comment on my questions regarding the matter of the
ways in which sex has become a superordinate construct. He suggests that he
might be willing to become a biological deteminist. His comment stirred some
memories.
After I read Don Bannister's novel, Sam Chard, I wrote to ask him if the
amount of time he spent discussing a particular topic in the book reflected
the amount of time that a "typical" English coal miner might have devoted to
the topic. From reading his book, which I judged to have devoted about 75
percent of the text to discussion of sex, I would believe that the English
coal miner spent about 75 percent of his/her time involved in sex. On the
other hand, as I recall, aboiut .05 percent of the text described food and
eating.
I was interested in having an answer to this, since I, too, spent my
early years in a coal mining family. I told him that I could not affirm the
amount of time that the Pennsylvania, Italian immigrant families spent
involved in a particular part of life, but my assessment of how time was
allotted in those families led me to believe that about 75 percent of their
time was dedicted to food, and perhaps about 3 percent of their time was
dedicated to sex. (I was a young adolescent when I left that community, so I
might have a biased view!!)
Don responded: Actually, the English miners spent about 3 percent of time
at sex. They spend about 60 percent of their time at working. His book gave a
biased view, because the miners talked about sex all the time that they were
at work.
So, Devi, I wonder if we should validate your perspective. Your perspective
too, might reflect the kind of bias which Don identified.
Jim Mancuso
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James C. Mancuso Dept. of Psychology
15 Oakwood Place University at Albany
Delmar, NY 12054 1400 Washington Ave.
Tel: (518)439-4416 Albany, NY 12222
Mailto:mancusoj@capital.net
http://www.crisny.org/not-for-profit/soi
A website dedicated to information on Italian-
American history and heritage.
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Greetings:
Devi Jankowicz wrote some comment on my questions regarding the matter
of the ways in which sex has become a superordinate construct. He suggests
that he might be willing to become a biological deteminist. His comment
stirred some memories.
After I read Don Bannister's novel, Sam Chard,
I wrote to ask him if the amount of time he spent discussing a particular
topic in the book reflected the amount of time that a "typical" English
coal miner might have devoted to the topic. From reading his book,
which I judged to have devoted about 75 percent of the text to discussion
of sex, I would believe that the English coal miner spent about 75 percent
of his/her time involved in sex. On the other hand, as I recall,
aboiut .05 percent of the text described food and eating.
I was interested in having an answer to this, since
I, too, spent my early years in a coal mining family. I told him
that I could not affirm the amount of time that the Pennsylvania, Italian
immigrant families spent involved in a particular part of life, but my
assessment of how time was allotted in those families led me to believe
that about 75 percent of their time was dedicted to food, and perhaps about
3 percent of their time was dedicated to sex. (I was a young adolescent
when I left that community, so I might have a biased view!!)
Don responded: Actually, the English miners spent
about 3 percent of time at sex. They spend about 60 percent of their time
at working. His book gave a biased view, because the miners talked about
sex all the time that they were at work.
So, Devi, I wonder if we should validate your perspective.
Your perspective too, might reflect the kind of bias which Don identified.
Jim Mancuso
--
James C. Mancuso Dept. of
Psychology
15 Oakwood Place University
at Albany
Delmar, NY 12054 1400 Washington
Ave.
Tel: (518)439-4416 Albany, NY 12222
Mailto:mancusoj@capital.net
http://www.crisny.org/not-for-profit/soi
A website dedicated to information on Italian-
American history and heritage.
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