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On 9 May 2013 13:07, VC <[email protected]> wrote: > *No Woman, No Revolution, Part 5a* > > [image: Wal Hannington] > *Wal Hannington* > > *To be Ungendered* > > The title of the attached document, taken from a 1950 book by Wal > Hannington on organisation, is a first-class example of the genderisation > of a topic by careless or unconscious use of language. > > “Mr Chairman” would seem to be a male. Of course, there is nothing in the > book that explicitly states that a Chairperson has to be male. > > Game, set and match! Wal Hannington can be found posthumously guilty in > the court of Gender, and all his works can be condemned, along with those > of countless other writers, especially in the English language, which is, > or has in the past been “gendered” in a way that is quite resilient and > difficult to avoid. Avoiding “gendered” references of this kind takes a > will, and constant effort. > > It would be a mistake to throw out Wal Hannington’s work, because in > practice it is quite essentially “gender-sensitive”. The book is dedicated > to making it possible for anyone to attend meetings without feeling left > out, put down, or patronised. It strongly opposes the use of the chair in a > patronising way towards the members of the meeting. > > The book provides the weapons by which the ordinary members of a meeting > are able to intervene and assert themselves in all necessary ways, so as to > guide the chairperson, as much as to be guided by the chairperson. > > The Chairperson is the main servant of the meeting, and not the boss of > the meeting, says Hannington. > > One of the common complaints of feminists who would flee from structure, > is that formal meetings are oppressive. They can be, but the remedy is not > structurelessness. The remedy is to see how the structure can work, and is > well designed to work, in a way that promotes fairness and democracy. > > What is oppressive about meetings arises from ignorance of the procedure > and of the rules of debate. Wal Hannington (who was a major communist > leader in his lifetime) made time to create this work so as to help do away > with oppressive and submissive behaviour during meetings. > > The attached document is a redaction off the most crucial parts of > Hannington’s book, as they relate to the most common types of meetings such > as Branch meetings of mass democratic organisations. > > > ** > > - *The above is to introduce the original reading-text:* *Rules of > Debate and Procedure of Meetings, Hannington, > 1950<https://sites.google.com/site/cu2012courses/14-no-woman-no-revolution/14052%2C%20Hannington%2C%20Rules%20of%20Debate%20and%20Procedure%20of%20Meetings%2C%201950.pdf?attredirects=0&d=1> > .* > > **** > > - *A PDF file of the reading text is attached* > > ** > > - *To download any of the CU courses in PDF files please click > here<https://sites.google.com/site/cu2012courses/> > *.** > > > > > -- > > *Communist University**:* > > *CU Downloads*: *sites.google.com/site/cu2012courses/* > > *E-mail forums*: *CU<https://groups.google.com/group/communist-university> > *; *YCLSA <https://groups.google.com/group/yclsa-eom-forum>*; > *CU-Africa<https://groups.google.com/group/CUAfrica> > *; *SADTU<https://groups.google.com/group/sadtu-political-education-forum> > * > > *Blog*s: *CU <http://domza.blogspot.com/>*; > *YCLSA<http://wftu-yclsa-cu-jhb.blogspot.com/> > *; *CU-Africa <http://cuafrica.blogspot.com/>*; > *SADTU<http://sadtu-pol-ed.blogspot.com/> > * > > *Moderator*: *[email protected] > * > > * > * > > -- > -- > You are subscribed. 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