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February 10, 1994 0 N C 0 R D I A,S SDAY ~PORT VoL. IS FEBRUARY Io, I994 No. I7 Roman poet said, 'Promise anything': Catherine Bolton No hearts and flo\Ners for Ovid, the Machiavelli of love married for friend - the BY SUSAN SCHUTTA Et lacrimae prosunt: lacrimis ad status, securi­ Fae madidas videat, si potes spin doctors ty, position, have turned "\ X ]hat ·advice does Ovid, a first­ Si lacrimae (neque enim veniu money and to him into a reg­ century Roman love poet, V V continue the Deficient, uda lumina ular symbol of have to offer on Valentine's Day? family name. ·a I 659-662) bliss and ro­ "I don't think you'll want to use For elegiac mantic aban­ Ovid for a Valentine's Day story," poets like Tears, to don. said Classics Professor Catherine Ovid, love was And how do Flaunt Bolton, an expert on Ovid and ele­ a world of women fare in giac, or love, poetry. "He's not a mistresses and But if te this Roman romantic." prostitutes, view oflove? For example, Bolton said, "Ovid forsaken love (TRANSLATION BY PETER GREEN, "Women says the best way to get to your affairs, manip­ Ovid, The Erotic Poems, PENGlnN, 1982) were told not lover is to make promises. Promise ulation and to appear with- whatever you like, you can always deceit. out make-up, break a promise. Don't be honest, "Love is a disease," Bolton said; few aspects of Valentine's Day that to promote their best qualties and it's too much trouble." "It's terrible, tormenting. You can't dates back to the Roman era is to ask for gifts from their lover," Roman love poet Ovid What about love? Surely if Ovid eat. You're constantly humiliated by Cupid, the figure of Eros, god of said Bolton. Women had only a property or the vote, so if their hus­ is a love poet he talks about love. your beloved. You're praying to the erotic love. Elegiac poets spoke of fraction of the freedom men did. gods to liberate you from this con­ Eros inflicting suffering on men by Because one of the main purposes bands divorced them for having an affair, they would be destitute." Roman concept of love dition. In fact, the term elegiac stinging them with his arrow. In of marriage was to produce an heir, In fact, Bolton's research, which Yes, Bolton concedes, but the con­ comes from the Greek meaning to modern times, when being in love it was important that women focuses on terms of address, or what cept of love in ancient Rome was mourn or lament, and is even asso­ no longer means being miserable, remain faithful to their husbands. words people use to call themselves different from our romantic view. ciated with death." Cupid enjoys a more positive image. 'Women had to be more discreet," Romans did not marry for love, they According to Bolton, one of the No more evil plotting for our little Bolton said. "They didn't have Continued on page 7 Demographer urges support for beleaguered parents Having children for the right reasons 1970s, but there are obviously not BY SYLVAIN COMEAU enough daycare spaces for all the families who need them." r)uebec demographers aren't Gauvreau is not suggesting more ~king the right questions about the province's low birth rate, daycare as a panacea for Qiebec's Demography and Statistics Profes­ low-birth rate woes, but she feels sor Danielle Gauvreau argues in a that helping the parents of the chil­ recent paper. dren we already have should be a "Rather than asking why Qiebe­ priority. cers aren't having more children, I "I'm not saying that the impact think the emphasis should be on would be increased fertility levels, why they continue to have children. but obviously it would help parents That might identify the right ques­ in their day-to-day life. When peo­ tions and problems. Some people ple have a young child, they think are surprised that people still want of having another child. But if they children today, because the eco­ are having problems already, they nomic incentives for it are gone." might not have a second or third Gauvreau points out that children child." and the family are still valued in Qiebec, despite the low birth rates. Kids don't have clout "Most people want children. This Qiebec doesn't care for its children is something that is quite solid. the way it does for other age groups, People still want to realize them­ such as the elderly, she said. The selves through that experience. That elderly have the power to vote, and is something we have to build on." have mobilized themselves political­ But people are raising children in ly, while children clearly do not a society that has not sufficiently have the same clout. But Gauvreau eased the transition to the double­ is not suggesting that we see the income family. two groups in opposition. "Families are having trouble cop­ "People have argued that adults ing. It's more true for women, but should be able to vote according to it's also true for men. Daycare pro­ how many children they have. I don't grammes were put in place in the Continued on page 7 OF UFF BY MICHAEL ORSI NI Offthe Cuff is a column of opinion and insight into major issues in the news. Ifyou are a Concordia faculty or staff member and have something to say "off the cuff", call CTR at 848-4882. Introducing tax credit would make RRSP system fairer: Economics professor Once again, Canadians are being bombarded with ads urging them to buy an RRSP. We already know that RRSPs make good business sense. Sixty per cent of people polled by Decima Research plan to invest in Registered Retirement Savings Plans. Only 38 per Dolores Pushkar-Gold and Tannis Arbuckle-Maag cent thought they could save enough for their retirement without an RRSP, and only 17 per cent believed they would get an adequate pension from the government . Gold, Arbuckle study post-retirement growth RRSPs were first introduced in 1957 to encourage people to save for their own retire­ ment. They are trusts whose earned interest is free from taxation until the capital is with­ drawn. In addition, contributions to RRSPs can be deducted from income, within limits. Tracking the vibrant years With provincial taxes and surtaxes, the tax break offered by RRSPs varies from province Canadian Aging Research Network, one of to province. Ouebecers seem to fare best in the country, with a $529 tax break on a BY AISLINN MOSHER $1,000 RRSP contribution,. according to Royal Trust statistics published in Th e Globe and the federal government's 15 networks of Cen­ tres of Excellence, of which Gold and Mail. Ironically, the Decima Research poll shows that Ouebecers also think they need "\ 7{ Then Psychology Professors Tannis Arbuckle are members. less money to retire than most Canadians. While the average desirable nest-egg was V V Arbuckle-Maag and Dolores Pushkar­ Approximately 20 women between 55 and $460,000, Ouebecers believed they needed only $160,000 for a comfortable retirement Gold embarked on their first study of the 80 are being put through the rigours of a lifestyle. aging process more than a decade ago, they word-processing training programme. The financial press has been abuzz recently with rumours that the government may try hoped to discover the secret to a successful, Arbuckle is looking at which aspects of the to reform the RRSP system. This concerned Economics Professor Syed Ahsan, who happy and independent life as a senior. training come easily to the group, while at the fired off a letter to federal Finance Minister Paul Martin urging the government not to Gold and Arbuckle continue that explo­ same time monitoring their attitudes and abil­ lower the present maximum RRSP contribution ($12,500, or 18 per cent of your gross ration 13 years later, with two new studies ity to adapt to the technology. income). Instead, Ahsan proposes, as an interim measure, that the federal government now under way at Concordia's Centre for allow a tax credit for the amount contributed. Research in Human Development. 'Off-target speech' As they gather data on the acquisition of Although Gold and Arbuckle are enthusiastic What is the advantage of introducing a tax credit for the RRSP7 word-processing skills by women aged 55 and There is some truth to the claim by the financial press that the current RRSP plan is too about their current research, they are also cau­ older, as well as looking at the effects of post­ generous to the rich . The changes I have proposed would make it fairer, because the tious about discussing it. They are concerned retirement activities on marital happiness, the credit would be set at the same rate for all taxpayers. Nobody could claim that the rich that their views on "off-target speech" may be two professors hope their latest inquiries into are getting a huge tax break. Lower-middle-income families would be induced to con­ misunderstood and ultimately feed into some aging will break through some of the stereo­ tribute more, since the tax credit rate would exceed their personal tax rate. of the stereotypes they have been trying to types surrounding the 55-plus generation. breakdown. "There is growth at every stage of life," said How do you think upper-income earners will react to your suggestions? "When translated in the popular press it Professor Tannis Arbuckle-Maag.
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