The Commercial Appeal from Memphis, Tennessee • 29

mr -r" e-v- MEMPHIS SATURDAY MAY 23 1992 THE COMMERCIAL APPEAL C3 "tirmm ninxtmuntn wyMTimry AW i 4 Locker-room treks by women uncover harassment of males py Save 20 to 50 and more on selected CLOTHES SHOES ACCESSORIES TOYS including 25 MORE OFF ALL ALREADY REDUCED MERCHANDISE FOUR DATS ONiy FRIDAY MAY 82 THROUGH MONDAY MAY 25 All a store should In the Regalia on Poplar at Monday-Saturday 10-6 Sorry bul our Wialci diicounl ilia o' coupons ere not vilid on sale merchandise for this weekend DEAR ANN: In a recent column you asserted that the laws on eexual harassment protect men as well as women As someone who has worked with many male victims of sexual harassment I assure yon that this is not true Because the law was written from the female perspective sexual harassment suffered by males is often passed over and male victims have nowhere to turn For example: I (ave a sexual harassment workshop at one place of employment and while ea the blatant sex- there observe ual harassment of members of the male staff They didn't like it but there was nothing they could do because the woman harassing them had the power Another example took place at a local college and involved a number of female students who were taking a shortcut to their class by brazenly walking through the locker room The only concern of a female school administrator was that the women were not noticeably upset at to look at naked men A complaint by a male student brought the following response from the school admin- istration: l) Men were urged to heir own try not to be naked in the locker room and 2) women were urged to try not to look at the men when they took their shortcut And you say the laws protect men as well as women? Do you Ehftw Ridgeway 683-1234 Thursday 'til 9 coupon or other stores' rr NOW Reg NOW Reg $195 100 1350 120 290 750 400 300 store MAO Now thru Memorial Day Mon May 25th Save up to 60 WCrftbSHCh furniture Joe Don Baker relishes tough-guy roles yet yearns for more variety $369 $620 419 700 599 990 115 190 Beige Stripe Ottoman $99 $250 Rollback Upholstered Dining Chair 129 225 Ash Buffet 399 1000 Grey Stripe Chair 12 399 700 High Back Leather Exec Chair 209 530 Teak 6 Drawer Dresser 399 670 Metal Trundle Bed Red White Blue 89 230 Cherry Dining Table wLeaf 799 1350 White Desk wFile Drawer 135 335 Teak Dining Chair 149 250 50 OFF NOW Reg 33 OFF Toychest 30" Breuer Barstool Sweetheart Back White Sleeper Adjustable Desk Chair 3 Tier Revolving Bookcase Oak Bunk Bed 36" 60" White Tile Dining Table 269 Quilted High Back Desk Chair 199 $125 69 899 79 $249 $500 199 400 179 365 239 500 79 165 679 1350 149 300 149 300 59 115 Metal TwinFull Bunk Bed White Tulip Chair Mission Style Cocktail Table Low Back Leather Exec Chair Natural White Windsor Chair Camelback Beige Full Sleeper White Springfield Nightstand Teak Music Bench Black Leather Breuer Side Chair Six Drawer Mahogany Stain Dresser 729 1100 much much more QUANTITIES ARE LIMITED since high school (Pm 22 now) and we get together periodically I also have a best friend who is practically a soul mate We can talk about anything Perhaps this is why I feel compelled to reach out to new people Yet sometimes I feel that I should be more sociable I now live with my parents and secretly wish to live net lere long as I unwelcome Am I too dependent? I guess Pm worried that what I now describe as a preference for solitude will eventually reveal Itself as a fear of rejection or an unhealthy dependence Pm also concerned that a society will that stigmatises aloneness cause me to conclude that there IS something wrong with me when actually Tm normal Please Ann say something for poets and dreamers who shy away from the edmmotion of social life Would a mental health professional say our preference is merely an excuse to cover up our inadequacies or do some have leu need for Alone and Con-l-UAA Dear Mid-UiLA: You seem concerned that your preference for is a symptom of being neurotic and maladjusted Actually the opposite may be true People who cannot be alone and are in perpetual pursuit of and excitement are the ones who need to look inside themselves and find out what is missing And what does Baker play? guy With a suit though Not a King Furs Protect Your Fur With IQngCaro 68 MAIN AT UNION 4615 POPLAR BY CHIU'S (901)525-4553 Downtown dosed Mondays Buy one-Get one ix Junior RIB-OUT T-Shirts SXL 1 8 Missy Junior DENIM SHORTS Orig 530-532 Missy BLAST KNIT SEPARATES sml Orig s34-s38 ANN LANDERS Advice really believe if men were short-cutting through the women's locker room the administration would have taken the same action? Hayward executive director Rights Inc Sacramento Calif Dear Mr Hayward: You make a good case However these laws CAN protect men but only if men are willing to follow through in court The fact remains that a great many more women are sexually harassed than men and no one who knows anything about sexual harassment will dispute this statement DEAR ANN: Is there anything abnormal about preferring to spend time alone? always been introverted but aside from that I truly enjoy the serenity of solitude going to a restaurant alone sitting with a book and a cup of coffee writing poetry going to movies and shopping by myself I do have a group of friends with whom stayed in touch MICHAEL DONAHUE Bluff City I go there's more people asking me about Fletch I had a couple or three scenes in it I thought it was just an average sort of funny movie but become a cult Baker enjoyed making Cape liked work- Fear and especially ing with Scorsese the most at-home director ever seen He brings his parents with him He puts them in the movie His mother played Joe mother in Goodfellas And his father was one of the guys that killed Pesci mother cooks all the food ever in any of his Baker has done his share of TV work too Many of his fans remember him from his shortlived TV series Elschied in which he played Police Chief Earl Eischled He regard that series as the high point of his career though nearly killed me man Sixteen-hour when you're still trying to ink you can have a social lil Baker cut out the drinking nine years ago lady judge in Beverly Hills sent me to be rehabilitated She said more driving ticket son and gonna get a There are roles Baker would have liked to play wanted to lth Ten or IS years play Babe Rui ago there was a producer we tried to get to go out of town and do it And they said who cares about some fat old man who used to play So years later I aid get in The Natural when that came out And I did get the chance to play a Ruthlan type of character called The Baker's upcoming work is an HBO special Senator Cohn in which he plays Sen Joseph McCarthy The movie which also stars James Woods is slated to air in the falL He just finished The Distin-' ed Gentleman with Eddie urphy (Murphy) plays a MEMORIAL DAY Clearance I Save up to 50 PMFF-SINGHS BABY LOCK SEWING MACHINE A SEBGEBS MEMPHIS SIW1NO MACHINI CO 1223 GETWELL 432-6291 All 3 WINCHESTER 795-4050 MUS-SnVKf -REMM-SMCl 171 QUEEN 5169 hi Twin 109 Fwl IQna 219 OPEN SUNDAYS OPEN THURSDAYS TILL 4631 Poplar Ave at Perkins Memphis TN (901) 767-5571 ALSO 60 STORES THROUGHOUT THE US As a child Joe Don Baker frequented the Limestone Theater in his hometown of Groesbeck Texas went to the movies ever since I was or 6 years old" Baker said parents worked during the day and they partied a lot at night So I just went to a lot of movies had some great talent back then Going to all those movies when I was a kid and wanting to be a part of all Baker is now a full-fledged of His movie roles ive ranged from Sheriff Buford Pusser in Walking Tall to the private detective in Martin Scorsese's Cape Fear Baker who only said old does the part call for?" when asked his age is in town visiting his friends Pat and Red West Most of fans know him THE TOUGH GUY when you go out there and the size of Red and I all gonna get in the beginning is a gun in your hand They don't think big guys like us are romantic or at know play comedy or some- Jo Don Baker thing" It's called typecasting Baker said safe to typecast a gun in his hand Give him a cop Or stick him in and make him the bad guy So you do that and you do the best you can as well as you can 'cause Ku want to be hired again They it so they hire Baker has played a few love scenes during his career had one of my love scenes with Linda Evans And that makes up for a And he has told jokes too Cape Fear 1 had some good funny Baker who played football basketball and baseball in high school got interested in acting when he was a student i Texas State friend of mine asked me to be in a play They were running short of That play was My Three An-- gels played the Naval lieutenant who comes in at the very end I had one or two lines I mmfl in in this crisp white Naval uniform looking good And the girls started applauding and And that hooked him or He studied acting in Washington and New York before lai ing his first movie role in the 1 19o7 film Cool Hand Luke Baker enjoyed working with Paul Newman on the film knows more dirty jokes than any human ever Walking Tall which he made in 1973 was one of Baker's favor- ite movies He believe how people it just came out last year I Another one that's starting to amam me is Fletch Everywhere Die talk about that movie as if 90 DAYS Same As Cash SAVE HURRY Buy one-Get one Missy JOHNNY COLLAR SHIRTS sam 22 6W Missy EMBELLISHED T-SHIRT Orig 538 SML Girls EMBELLISHED T-SHIRIS SHORTS 4-14 Orig 516-526 9 PM workbench Inc 1992 Milor for 1 Ladies BRAIDED BELTS 1299 Missy CASUAL ROMPERS Orig 538 SML Jasmin "JUICE" SANDALS 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