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...research on depression in women has led Scarf to believe that the women's liberation movement has created entirely new problems for women to deal with. When observing women at a psychiatric hospital this summer, Scarf found many of them to be frustrated by the conflict between traditional societal positioning which requires "nice, soft-spoken women" and the demands of new consciousness. One encounter this summer that Scarf said jolted her was with a bright woman, who from appearances, should have been very contented. The woman confided to Scarf that "If I kill myself, I won't have to find...
According to Scarf, many of these women "don't know how to be their own person or do their own thing." Another woman was admitted to the hospital because "her world had fallen to pieces." Her husband had had an extramarital affair with her best friend, yet she would not admit anger toward her husband. When she was finally able to confront the real reason behind her feelings, she became aggressively angry with her husband. The male attendants tried to subdue her, thus doing what Scarf considers to be "positioning" the woman. Her inability to express anger had caused...
...Although Scarf would like to see a series of articles or a book come out of her depression research, she has made no definite commitments. "People have told me they're interested in such a book, but I think you can freeze if you know someone is waiting for you to produce." Scarf has been offered contracts for articles by The New York Times, but she "does not want to be forced to do things in any order. The Times could keep me very busy, but there are certain things that are richer and that I'd like to find...
...these richer things is the chance to delve into other kinds of writing. This year as a Nieman fellow, she will have the opportunity to begin work in fiction, both on her own and as a course for credit. Scarf says she would like to write a novel, but that she doesn't know if she can "sustain herself in the unknown for the two years it would take to write the novel...
...Although Scarf only writes about what interests her, she keeps extremely busy and has produced a copious amount of material. In part, it is for this reason that she applied for the Nieman fellowship. "The Nieman is definitely allowing me to do something I couldn't do otherwise. This is coming at an absolutely crucial time in my career. I have done articles. Now I want time to think, read, write and explore," Scarf says. "I think I applied because this seems to me as if it was made for people who weren't getting time to think...