The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1948-02-04

Editors note: THE NORTH
WEST TIMES today prints the
third In a series of four articles
on Career" women. The SER
les, written by Sue Sada of the
New Canadian, will be c0nclud-
ed in the Feb. edition of this
newspaper.)
BY SUE SABA
Equality has been confused with
tolerance for a long time. Who
knows this better than minority
peoples? Have we not heard the
well-intentioned pleas for toler-
ance-tolerance for a different race
a different religion2 Tolerance is
not equality, for tolerance always
emphasizes the differences with
the undertone of endurance and
suffering on the part of those who
have to tolerate. Apparently, wo-
mems careers have panied men
have made them suffer, but men
are bravely enduring this to show
their tolerance
This equality must not be defined
as tolerance nor the same measure
of RESULT, but as the same mea-
sure of OPPORTUNITY.
Now that we've got that settled
let's find out why so few people
have faith in a harmonious blend
of woman, career and marriage
Do most of the unbelieyers know
what grounds they have for dis
belief?
One of the first arguments
against career women Is that they
will neglect marriage, husband,
children, and the supremely femi-
nine duty of making the home
what it ought to be. Another ar
gument is that the chase after a
career will cost them their woman
ly charm and allure for men.
Femininity is Relative
Starting from the aforementioned:
do women really lose femininity
when they have careers outside the
home? What Is femininity as OPP
posed to masculinity! Do these
terms cover the superficial quail
ties only, or do they take into ac-
count the variety of attributes that
are classed under either of the
terms? Daintiness is feminine,
coarseness is masculine; chatter is
feminine, silence is masculine;
gentility is feminine, vulgarity is
masculine. The list is very long,
but the thing to remember is this ::
many men have characteristics that
are usually called feminine traits.
This genetic truth does not de-
tract from woman's essentially
feminine charm, unless she con-
sciously apes the outward habits of
the male.
Out of Date Attitude
Let the anti-career Nisei look
around him and see whether the
women he calls 'careerists" are en-
tirely lacking in beaus and dates.
He will be surprised to find so
many of them happily married and
still working at their careers, and
those who aren't married have
surprisingly good times with their
male friends. Do these male
friends enjoy the company of ca
reer women with the proviso that
marriage with them is out of the
question? If such Nisei exist, their
concept of the career woman is
still geared to that of their IA
hers who patronized the geisha
houses. The Nisei career woman
has an extra handicap before her:
his out-of date attitude that some
Nisei men have imnided from their
fathers-and mothers.
However, there are plainly of Nj
sci men coming up from the ranks
of adolescence. who have had a
chance to grow up in a different
atmosphere from that of LII Tokyo
of the pre-war days. They will APP
preciate more the different values
of the different types of women.
1t isn't the career that will
wreck a womans charm. Rather,