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Salient. Victoria University Student Newspaper. Volume. 34, Number 3. 1971

Exercises

Exercises

Drawing illustrating how to stretch

▪ Sit down in a straight chair. Croat your legs at the ankles and keep your knees pressed together. Try to do this while you're having a conversation with someone, but pay attention at all times to keeping your knees pressed tightly together.

Drawing illustrating how to stretch

▪ Bend down to pick up an object from the floor. Each time you bend remember to bend your knees so that your rear end doesn't stick up, and place one hand on your shirtfront to bold it to your cheat. This exercise simulates the experience of a woman in a short, low-necked dross bending over.

Drawing illustrating how to stretch

▪ Run a short distance, keeping your knees together. You'll find you have to take short, high steps if you run this way. Women have been taught it is unfeminine to run like a man with long, free strides. See how far you get running this way for 30 seconds.

Drawing illustrating how to stretch

▪ Sit comfortably on the floor. Imagine that you are wearing a dress and that everyone in the room wants to see your underwear. Arrange your legs so that no one can see. Sit like this for a long time without changing your position.

Drawing illustrating how to stretch

▪ Walk down a City street. Pay a lot of attention to your clothing; make sure your punts are tipped, shirt tucked in, buttons done. Look straight ahead. Every time a man walks past you, avert your eyes and nuke your face expressionless. Most women learn to go through this act each time we leave our houses. It's a way to avoid at least some of the encounters we've all had with strange men who decided we looked available.

Drawing illustrating how to stretch

▪ Walk around with your stomach pulled in tight, your shoulders thrown back, and your chest thrust out. Pay attention to keeping this posture at all times. Notice how it changes your breathing. Try to speak loudly and aggressively in this posture.