https://d1y502jg6fpugt.cloudfront.net/62030/archive/files/95fab318b548e3b35731197fede9684f.pdf?Expires=1790208000&Signature=l2b74h0v6Pu2hvO3rSxcUwoHG1tmKs1IXxNCaz76QuQ864BhQBiLuHblyXCnmW4fmjVxGNkqjwYAHBrFX0MV-JuCeOUD1-mIXVdNec63r6e-XYIFU9y3ylHlg%7EpgugswDmso5UeqAG4z9vDlJuZWFmrRFtj3134zkE7ZhceUEJr%7EKu3T%7Eim6BAkWf4qC94IMGWTx5%7EohP4iGh9-bXVX830QO1CjEVf-GHxSos8YA6DYUgraeQuZfJ3cMBZSyQh%7E0ioA51INDUhxUeqcXP2qR9b8FK4%7E5ginO71c-eHg23lJSm2FynwGpXBJ00t0OVrbJGoMWH3PdrdtQOrqrHg1XAg__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM 8c6b2b1d82afb07105ad4a6e1874f4b9 PDF Text Text �TUESDAY, MARCH ll of the life of Jesus. Saint Ritn's Par- • Thel'tlcGill Department of History ish, 655 Sauriol, 19h. Admission: $10. presents Dr. Yitzchak Kcrem of the SATURDAY, MARCH 15 lnfo: 487-1216. • Tite South Asian Women's Com- TIIURSDAY, MARCH 13 • Sexunl Assault &. Queer Rclntion- Women's Day with nn evening of tlteutre, study group hosts "The last lmdget Thomson House, Blue Boardroom, 3rd and the hidden agenda of the LiherFloor, 16h. . uls." Shutner, room 425-26, 19h. • Peer Health Education, us part of • McGill Student Health Services McGill pride week, offers u lesbian unci presents its annual nutrition clay. gny men's heultlt workshop. Women's Lcucock232, 10h-15h. lnfo: 398-2915. ships workshop addressing sexual assault songs, dunces poems and stories. Centre nnd violence in sumL'-SCX relationships. Lnjeunessc, 7378 rue Lnjeunesse {metro Shutner, room. 107/108, 18h30. Jean Tulon),19h. lnfo: 528-8812. tinues its lunchtime lecture series witlt workshop ut 18h, men's workshop nt17h. • The SIAI'tiSA School of Irish and Democracy in Nigeria presents Wole • Tite Cnrnvnne d'nmilie QuebecCuba invites nil opposed to the economic professnr Gershnn Humlert on "The Shutner, room 107/108. Music presents Irish playright Anne Soyinka, Nigerian writer and NoiJd Lau- blockade unci tlte Hclms-Burton legisla- Devlin as part of the Concordiu Irish Studies Lecture Series. Concortliu reate, on tlte political situation in Nigeria. tion to participate in the annual fundruising tlinner in soliclurity with Hewhrew University nf JeniSalem speak- lnfo: 384-2100 or 382-9788. • The l'tleGill 1\lnrxist-Leninist ing on "Gn.'Ck Jewry in the Holocaust." MONDAY, MARCH 10 • TiteAUS 6Jinnsors un SSMU ull-cundidutes debate. Reception to follow. Lcucock 232, 13h. • llillel Jewish Student Centre con- '" Spanish lntptisition . The fate of the Sephurtlit: Jew." Hill cl House, 3460 Stunlt:y St, 13h30-14h30, fn'C admission. Info 815-9171. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 12 • Agnpnix presents "Voici L'Homme," u theutrieul presentation ~----------------------~ MINOliA BUSINESS University Hull Building, 1455 de Muisonneuve West, room 507, 20h30. • Tite Committee for Human Rights Tite tulk will he translated into French. Lencock, room 132, 19h30. Voluntary One Stop Copying, Desktop Publishing and Related Services • Digital 8 & W and Colour Copiers • • Automated key cards for self· or full service • • No waiting (more machines per user) • • In-house computer rentals (Mac & PC) • Cuhu. Buffet Annu Mariu, 357 Bellcchusse, 12h30. Admission: $20. ONGOING MACES • McGill's Savoy Society presents 11te Pirates of PCJWUJce from March McGi/1 A1.mciatiou of Continuing Education Stutleu/1 ets are $12 I'C{,rulur and $8 for seniors, students. lnfo: 39~6. ELECTIONS.1997/1998 APRIL 7 ·APRIL 12, 1997 13-15 nncl19-21. Moyse Hull, 20h. Tick- • Tite Montrcnl Sexunl AsSault Centre seeks hiliJ1b'1lnl women voluntccn! to work on tltcir telephone crisis line. lnfo: 934-4504 or 934-0505, ext. 452. • lnfomtnl peer-facilitated post CENTER DIRECT FROM THE MANUFACTURER SUNDAY, MARm 16 FRIDAY, MARCH 14 contrihution rct(UestL'l.l. munity Centre celelJrates Intemutionul abortion support group. No counsel- Nomination forms will be available at the MACES office located at 3437 Peel Street, Suite 300. Deadline for Nomination form submission : Monday, March 24, 1997. Office Hours: 9:00 am - 1:00 pm 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm lors present. Time to he arrangetl ha sed on interest. lnfo: Terri ut the 1\IeGill Women's Union, 398-6823. • The MeGill University Photographic Society is hultling "Photu Cunlt:st 97." Dcutlline fur sulunissions: 1\lardt 15 . lnfo: 398-6786 or visit Shatner B-06. • Me Gill Pride Week nms until Fritla y, 1\lan:h H. • I'HOCEID seeks vuluntt:ers who ure intercstetl in working with irulividu· als with :111 intellet:tual tlisahility. lnfu: 737-7973. • Fax service • • Fiery XJ-300 colour output (up to 11X17 full bleed) • • Colour Copying on hard covers • • Printing on T-shirts, mouse pads, etc. • • Lamination, plastlfication and cerlox binding • For information regarding the positions on the Board of Directors, please pick-up a copy of MACES BY-LAWS at the MACES OFFICE. OUR FRIENDLY, KNOWLEDGEABLE STAFF IS WAITING FOR YOU ! 920 Sherbrooke West (corner of Mansfield) Tel.: (514) 289-9100 Fax: (514) 289-9060 For more information please call 398-4974 Subjects Requested for a clinical trial on medications currently used in the treatment of hypertension. If you are aged 30-65 y.o., suffer from high blood pressure but are not presently treated for this condition, please call Michelle Lapointe 987-5702. This is remunerated. �over one half of the world's population? The plight of women on this a~rlalamm: us if u women's issue is rcully ncccs- 3480 McT11vlsb SI:, Montrltll, QC, rooM IJ.OJ,Il.JA 1)3 ~ISIUSI W IMrtlsllllftiCI: sury or have expressed their offcnse 3480 McT111tisb SI., Molllr/111, QC, rooM B-17, ll.JA 1X'} at our reclamation of the term 111111: tlaiiJ@&tntrii/IOII.IItl ••brill: (S14}:398-6784 "hitch", we respond, and we mean to planet is still rife with complications and oppressions and we must not he placated into silence hy the small address huth contentions; we still have a lot to hitch ahout. We hope 's Empowerthat this issue, The gains that we have achieved. We hclieve thu t rage equals power- power that we have long hcen denied. ment Issue will provide a strung ami emphatic response. For women, in Canada, in North Why is it that women's issues arc 'special issues' when we comprise Page4 Catch 22 Al10riginal women struggle to assert themselves Page 5 Shelter from the storm Stella corrects misconceptions ahout sex work r------------------- -, I I Page 6 I Spouting the same old shit Faux feminists think they're changing the 9 I, tbc andtnlprd, like !mac •it~ llac bcnmbcr lOtio, 19H caa•klio~ dcchion la · Ihe Pamcla CtOflt manln' trial la lh coun of Quca's Ilcach, Jlt&bla, Saakaubcwan aad , ran for aa appol or lkt lmtr cbaflt of maall..&htcr ID the coavlulon of Alu Ttno•cuky aad Sltpllm K1mmtlflcld. Welcome to the Bitch Space Women rant all they want Malo at holds mJMiasibDilylo onnct dua proms when by tmplormall blsiOf7 and scsual blstof}' arr lmln-aa!ln bw aad wbcrtby duth mull loa from snllll usault aad forcible toafint~~~talmay btld a co••le!lo• or nnc dflrtc m•rdrr, · up in a small space, untltoo tleeply entrenched in our . Judp Malonc't rifmu to afford tlo.c ddendms IIIOit tban their due riJ)Its have uMaliltd lht fife, dedi, and mtmol)' or I young "'OC!WI and dillttp«<ad her childrtn, f1m1ly, COIIIIIIUJiily fnd all CanadUn Kll ,.~ktts. Judae Malone's tommtllU as cxpmod in 1bc Instructions 10 1bc jury inttf(CJC "itb and dnnct 6omttbe jlldicialresponsililily or stellling I Verdict Nscd OII!IW, and are th<«fOic intsp~~~~siblc: and unat«ptable. Ahsolutcly fulmlous wch sights for women Page 7 Sumcthing fierce Guerilla girls turn urt upside duwn still remains a myriad of prohlcms and oppressions for us to hitch uhout. These oppressions arc loo vast to he summed I, the undttJisnrd,liallhcr Wco is"'o wilh lbc comme:us ol d~t Jf0110<1table Jullicc Tod ~Wonc and eall (01 inunediate 1ctioa in lis mncMI iiom tile Queen's Btneh.lnlbll C&H, lud&t ~laloae, lallrurttd tbt jUt}' to bur la mlad that ramtla Cto'lf wu a prostitute and lbatllat drfmd11tshad nduud meatal capacity bctlusc or druaktaatst. Jud~t world America, and the world over, there I CllOOUIISe the Hanour£blc r.faniSin of Justice John Nillon to note that CW<Ihn cilium are not1111mindfulthattbc ltsJI syste~n and t1101e ,..., hold positions ofpown witll!n the ltg.tl ~}"\Inn £10 lfWOjtliblc 10 all citizi:IIJ The lmp!lu!lont o( Jbclttnr nn!kto( mans!aurhlrr In Jhh cm m Car bnnnd sonm!nu sjtn!c. In lid lout mmmlhU!!vmrn or Ihe t'lnl N•l!ont, wnlsyJuluo ••rl•m or the f!nl Na!lpnJ. m di!DO!Iblr. !ndm!. should thb •·tn!IC! a main pnrhDcntcd.JI!II mnlltt bmmn Ill! In lml prurdcpt, I all for this tn be addtnsrd immcdiactly in a maawr tlw itreJPO!Uiblc • AN APP&\L OF TU£ USSER CHARGE OF ~L\NSLAUCIIT£R A.'iD TUE ROIOVAL OHI!E IJONOURADLE JUSTICE n;p ~JALON£ FROM QUEEN'S BE.'iCII. opposite sex. It is I I I I I I I I Alterna live mcnstrualJlrllllucls L--------------------~ Page ll llit from all sides Wumcn hear the hnmtof government cuthacks In some courtrooms of the wm·J.I, women arc not even l•ct·millcrlto give tcstinwny. Their voices urc silcnccil and their suhjcctiyity is cradicutc•l. In u Canadian courtroom, on Decemher 20 of lust year, the life anti Page 12 Will it ever he extinct? Hethinking sexism in the class ruum Page 13 llac:k to ba sics: mt·n c:avm·t nakecl in the for •si t:lll'l'tl & 'u ndcrprivill•gctl" m •n wax stupitl Page 14 A street of one's own llerstrt•t:tarumulthc clunek More Bitdt Space Hunts frum our readers memory of a woman numcrl Pumclu Georgc was clcvalucd in an unilnubrinuhly repugnant munnct·. Bct:aust: she was ahoribrinal, a woman anti a sex workct·, the 'Honourahlc' Justict: Tt:tl l\lalonc retJUCSietlthut the jm·y la ea t· in mint! Pamcla 's profession. Whcnth · vcnlict ca me 1lown, the two young, white men who vit·iously rapetl :nul nmnlt:rctl her W1!rt' fuuntl b'ltilty of the lcs · ·r charge of munsluughtct· which ca tTics u cntcncc of five ltl 10 ycut·s. They will he cligihle for parole in two years. For thi wt: ex press our null·agc and invite you tu do the sumc. (Pleust: sec pl'lilion un this page). Su tu those pcnp!t: whu lutvt: asked }llltTrnrb"" CHnlllltllll.ltlt. ltltllll SIMrlno CHniiiiiiiiUft a•ltlr: lilcbary Sdntllrtz CHnllllllll Cllllrll.ltlt. KttinSI• 11nUbrs: Alldrttl M~~R~~t, Marll 1/JIIntr MtrtdUb Cobtrt, MIU C•Utn Sonla Vtr11111 mer respnnsihility us autunonwus women to recognize these constraining ami cart:fully constructed myths us such. It is" ulsu our responsi- •1111 !meals: Marc·AIIIofnt Godlrr, LoiCBmtGrd •~•ll••nm: hey AI.WIUOII, D11rld R]lbtr CHr•lllt•rs: IIYtlt u• ••m• l'itlllllll Slu11rt, l11n ll11btr women in sodcty huslong existed for SiKJ!iiUIC. Pamper yuur pussy cmrr.t. of Sistcrhuml ut lust? Page 10 Clldllen: Mtlllnlt Ftllron, Dtrrll f•n& Aup GrttH(jcsslal HO!Nnl, krl Konrl,jnrclll}ttrohribllrt, SnGb joln&sq, ~ JJJ~& }mk111bt, }011~1111 M•llllrtl, El11l~t O'Cmt11tr, P1111l Rttl't, Hn'tlllb RO&m. S/1111111111 Slddlqr~ M•rlko T111wl, Nohtl TOISIIIIIIIII,jant TrtlllbiiiJ, Ro~rd1 Vtr11111, ICIIrl1111 UWtr comhutctl or cvt:n identified. The dc- the sole purpose of empowering the tompltlcJ l)tti:ion to INA GEORG!i 1nd PETER S.\1'\GWAIS c!o !I 36 Atltal Strtrt ResiN, Sukltd~ew&n S4T 3C:2 or FA.'< to(306) 'H·95i9 Mtrll BI'OOktr lllllm ••ltlf: Addrn1: !~me nuil uny Mliltto, Bom SbttloP amrtlslllllnlt •• ••sill: he either cusily vuluatinn Ill: (S14}:3'J8.8JIB dnrtlsiiiiiiUIIIIIII: cdna•a.n: l'i.ame (pltlse pi:::): •liffe~·­ (514}:398-6790 USIIISS 1111111r: M11rillnSdtmr ISSisblt UslaiSS IIIUIIr: ji)-Aifllt Plclrtl consciousness and cultural psyches lo Page 8-9 Hus the women's movement really emhrace1l encc? ~allmlamrtlsllt: emu cHnllllter: Altdrta Cookt mla et cHnllullr: M11rll N11rr011 llfiiDIUIII.Itlr: VladN11/m All contrats 01997 Da/11 P•blicllllom SocltiJ. All rights rtsmtd. Thr control or this ncwsp1jl(r Is lhr rapons!blllty or tbr McGW Dllly :~~~d d()(S not nmssuUy rtpruaulhe ricws or McGUI Unln:nlty or tbr Studrou' SodriJ of McGW Unlmslty. Products or comp1nlu 1dvrnlzrd In thll nrwsp~prr ut not nmswily rndoll(d by lhr Dllly staff. Prlntro by P1ycur A S!mmt, Woatrill, Qucb«. Thr Dllly Is 1 founding manbtr of Canadian Ullivmlty Pras 10d Prase C!udi1Dtr du Qutbcc. Prlltt.ll mai1C1dl. PQII. IUIIniNIDI hili ly to recognize our right lo live our HEY, HEY, WHAT DO 'YA SAY? THE DAILY we feel ignored in our classes, that we NEEDS A NEW EDITO.. can't excel in our c:urccrs, that we RIAL BOARD ... SOON! can't feet! our families, that we can't ~~~~~~~~ fuck who we want how we want, or NOMINATIONS MUST worse if we're put in situations where BE RECEIVED BY we arc forced tu fut:k someone we 1lun 't wunt, it is imperative that we MARCH 20. ALL PO.. fight huc:k together. SITIONS OPEN.IFYOU As womt·n, we arc ilulivitluals, we STAFF . . .DAILY . . .A all cumc from •liffcrcnt huckb'l'tmn•ls, ,ARE wlturcs unci itleolugi •s, hut we have: Ill MEMBER, tlu: rcspunsihility tu suppm·t one nn. . . .. COME ON lives in cxur:tly the ways we sec fit. If impasses rcn1lcr this impossihlc, if we feel unsafe walking on the streets, if ~ . utht~ r unci entleuvour In mulcrstaml mu· tliffercnc:es. Getout. Come nut. Get Angry. Gt:l Bitdty. Use your vuicc. Enjoy the isslll:. The Prnucl Hitches, - Mtrttfttn Cfllttlt, A11drea Mtl4fl;t, Nt!llmtSftttlrv& SfJif('a Vtn11a :... -· DOWN TO ROOM &03 AND GIVE ·JT A TRY ••• JF YOU DARE! �CALL FOR NOMINATIONS ; 1997 AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN SERVICE FACULTY OF GRADUATE STUDIES AND RESEARCH The McG1II Daily Presents: ~ Aboriginal women call for their rights and self-government by Anup Grewal The Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research is pleased to invite nominations for the 1997 Award for Excellence in Service. This award was created in 1992 to recognize outstanding contributions by members of the administrative and support staff of the University in the service of graduate studies and research. This year's recipient will be honoured at the April 11 meeting of Graduate Faculty Council. 'l: his hook, Tile Seventh Fire, Dun Smith writes: '.'self-gov A selection committee consisting of academic,·administrative and support staff will take into account such criteria as: dedication to one's unit, in the service of graduate studies and research, in a way that contributes to the University community; service beyond the call of duty; motivation of self and others; initiative; and sig~ificant achievement. Any McGill staff member- academic, administrative or support - or graduate student may support a nomination. The letter of support 'should profile the nominee's contributions to graduate studies and research in the unit and in the University as a whole. A curriculum vitae is strongly recommended, and additional support letters (maximum six) will also be taken into consideration. A minimum of two signatures is suggested, and a broad base of support is encouraged. To obtain a nomination form or more information, please contact the Office of the Dean of Graduate Studies, Room 308, Dawson Hall (phone: 3991, fax: 8257). DEADLINE FOR NOMINATION: WEDNESDAY, MARCH 19, 1997. In ~ Canadian Ethnic Studie s in association with the Me Gill Institute for the Study of Canada presents Cultural Sensitivity and Professional Training: A Panel Discussion Room 201, 3463 Peel St., 2:00 - 4:00 pm March 11 (Tue.) If you arc interested in further graduate and professional training, or employment in fields such as health, social services, education, law, law enforcement, business, management, human resources and personnel, you arc invited to attend this panel discussion. Learn how cultural sensitivity plays a role in professional training and practice. Moderator: Prof. Mor·ton Wcinfeld Chair in Canadian Et/mic Studies, McGi/1 University The Panel Members: Prof. S.K. Bandyopadhyay Faculty of Management, McGi/1 University Ms. Heather Clarkc Co-ordiitator of Multiculturalism Program, Montreal Children's Hospital Prof. Shauna Van Pmagh Faculty of Law, McGi/1 Universily ea ~ ~ women arc still ti1e poom~t, still have ti1e poom~t healti1 and still have tl1e shortest ernment is not the pursuit of Native rights in the courts or in big city hotel meeting rooms hy politicians, lawyers, All members of the University's administrative and support staff involved in the support of graduate studies and research are eligible. It is suggested that nominated individuals have served a minimum of two years. The McGill Program MAINTAIN-ING THE FIRE Prof. Rill<is Vissandjcc Faculty of Nursing, Universitc de Montreal & Academic Co-director, Ccmter of Excellence for Women's Health, Consortium Universitc de Montreal 4 L-------------------------------------------------------------~ life expectancy period.ln tl10se contexts, I don't know how many more ways you can divide her house and she'll continue consultants, academics and assistant to maintain tl1at fire- hut she will!" deputy ministers •••The real struggle for TI1e dilemma for al10riginal WQmen aboriginal sclf-government is both much in tl1e concept of self-government is tl1at 8Dialler ami larger than those things." no one, least of all they, wants to turn ti1e Smith'swonls - - - - - - - - - - - - . clock hack in onler to ring true for a sighave their rights recognificant number nized. What tl1ey are of people in almcalling for is tl1e recogriginul communinition of tl1cir particities across Canada Jiation in the CUITCnt - namdy aliOrigirealities of ahoriginal nalwomen. pt.'Oples. For some aliOTins itlca huslt.'«l to riginal , women, many contradictory St.-eing the negotiaanti t!ifficult asscrtinrt~ tion ofself-governhy uhoriginal women ment hctwccn in- .___ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __. in recent yea rs. In stitutions that have oppresSt:d their pt.•o- Jtme 199'2 , Algunquin women and clulplcs for centuries and the almriginul drcn at Grand Lae in QuCIK.'C sltHlllup power stnu:tun.'S which grew up out of against tl1e fun:cs of St.'Crt.'Cy anti cuverthose ve1-y institutions, St!C~IS potentially ups tu march tu tl1e localJmlice stutjun dangerous fur theil· rights. and rcpnr1 tl1cir male family memhcn;' Ossennuntion, a 1\lohawk woman viulenc:c unci sexual ulmse. from Kluumwake, writt:s: "When ti1t: feds One of the must cuntruvcrsial tictalk of 1'\..'Cognizing sclf-gnvcrnmenl, tl~ey mancls made hy women has l~t'Cn to St'Ck mean tlclcgating authority to 'Indians' . ussuram:c from their leuclcrs fur the •• llt'CllliSC so many uf uur people don't a cl option of the Canaclian Chaa1cr uf know um· ways, tl1ey have l~t'Cnmt: in- Rights unci Frct.'tlums in any sclf-guvcmvolved in processes whcrehy tl~ey have mcnt. altCIIIptcc I tu gain recognitionnf our 'right Women ha\'e l ~een alluckc.l fur wanttu sclf-gnvcmmcnt' inslt!<ul of wurking nn ing to save parts of u system of mic tlaal finding ways to cffccti\·dy assert anti ex- has oppressccla!Hniginal JK.'«>plc:s. It is ercise our own governments." difficult for women to reconc:ile tius realAhoriginal women have often taken ity witl1 tl!cir need to assert tlacir vuiccs u lcucling role outside of JHIIi- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ tics in tlu1rown communitics. Seeingthcircommunitics hmkcnhytlcpru;sion,uncnlploymcnl, SJtcmsal viult:ncc, c:hilcl l.:iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii;;;;;iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii-:.l uhuse unci ulcoholisrn, it is ulmriginul unci right~. Fur example, in l91Jl, wumwomcn whu have risen to cnmhut these en's gmups in l\lanitohu duimc.l timt "lntlifficultics. They have cstuhlishccl cum- cliun sclf-go vct1m1ent wuulcl he u life scnmunity healing pmgr.miS, healtia ccnh'l!S, tCllcc uf uhusc for many women unci ehilfamily vinlenec unci suhstunce ulmse tlren." cnunsdling. Stulemcnl~ like this may ht: hun;h, Although it has ur1cn hecn an uphill unclc:aities may Sl't~ uhnriginal wumcn hattle trying tu get funcling frum gu\'C111· (irunicully) us sluwing tluwn tlu: pnH'cs ments ancl even fnun their uwn hancl towanls sdf-govcnuncnt, hut tl1csc c:alls muncils tu maintain tliCSC progmrns, aho- nt't.'tllo he taken into consitlcro~timi for riginal wumcnlmve macle hcutlwuy in m· any tnae sclf-govcrnnu:nt tu ucc:ur. asserting t•ricle ancl dignity in tl1e pt,'« lple As Dun Smitia wlitcs of tlae hculing nf tlu!ir r,nnmmnitics. circles ilutiatccl hy uiK1riginal women all Skonugunlch:ru, u Tyentlinuga over tl1e country, "somc.luy, Native hiswoman who is alsu part of tl1e Ontario toriiUlll may very wdl point to the b'ruwtla FedcrutionoflnclianFrienclshiJ•Cenlro!, of the healing circles anti tlae genuine writes a!Hmt the strength of ahmiginal challbrc they rc(lre&ent, rutlaer tlaan tl1e women. Mohawk womt!D, she says, tra- constitution or any other aspect of tlae ditionally hatl tlaerolt:as tlae 'centre,' re- cstahlishcd lnclian inSJIOmihle for maintaining tl1e fire, wluch dustry, us the real is ut tl1e heart ofl\lohawk hclicfs. Sl1e goes spark tlaat lc.l to ahoon to write that evr.n us ahoriginal women riginul self-governsaw tl1cir homes ancl communities cli- ment." A Nation is not conquered until the hearts of itS WOmen are on the ground. �BEACONSFIELD HIGH SCHOOL 1997 DRAMA COMPANY presents On their own terms Stella provides a safe space for sex workers by Andrea Mason 1: n a society which systemati- hut they have a lack of vial1le legal that they can't have control over cally stigmatizes sex work as ' recourse. Although p,rostitution is their own lives, that they are poor lirty and immoral, Stcllu, a not technically illegal, such activities little things that can't take cure of group run hy and for sex workers in us sulici ling or negotiu ting tlw ex- themselves," maintains one sex Montreal, is working to comhat this change of sex for money are against worker who spoke on the condition stereotype and provide much needed the law. Because soliciting is so diffi- of anonymity. support for women sex workers in cult to prove, police usually opt to Addressing this and other stere- the city. charge street workers with jaywalk- otypes, Herland descri11etl the di- ing or loitering. versity of women involved in sex Stcllu originated in 1993 us a puhlic health research project tu study "Two $130 fines in a week udtlup, work. "There are different entry sex workers in downtown Montreal [anti) it's difficult tu make hack the and exit points into the system, dif- and what makes it difficult for ferent reasons fur what them to protect themselves frum lctl women there and HIV. The Jlrujcct fountlthatscx why," she explained. wnrkcrK were in fact alreatly For soniC, she suit!, it is cnnsisltmtly using eontloms. "The women invnlvetl have a means of making fast . ~IY money. Others find the inve stment in s taying BonY's work exciting undJtleasur- lwalthy," explained Stclla co- MY uhlc. In some cases, it is a an nl'llinatnr Kuren Hcrlantl, the BusiNESS spea ker ut McGill's "Feminism <tntl Sex Wm·k" discussion nn March 4. The prohlcm, Ht~d uml t:nntinuctl, lies in sex workers' I use condorns to protect "tlistress over not knowing tives. But she strt:ssctl that mv Stella 875-1854 for support anti services, Stellu lows a person tu pay tlw rent. Hcrlund stressed the npcncd us a pe rman en t safe need In "furget the legal and moral, and think of what sex workers need in nfft:ring u tlrnp-in centre, support services untl referrals. It pro- money," commented Herluntl. "It's terms of work, occupational safety vitlcs a place fur sex workers to "get a vicious circle." She atltlctl that and health." away from stignius and judb'ltlcnts, when police crack down on street Although llerland woultllike sex share information, recognize anti workers, not only are they cutting off work to l1e tleah with strictly in the validate their experience anti ex per- the workers'livelihootl, hut they are context of lahour codes anti health tise," descrihed Herlund. also perpetuating their stigmatiza- amlsafety standards, she recognizes lt is a tendency uf legislators, lion. Such dehumanizing treatment the need to work within the existing women's grnups, the jucliciulsystem hy police ufficers often gives orcli- legal framework fur now. "It woultl antl police, who have historically nary citizens a carte blancl1e to har- take a lifetime of work to change the tlealt with issues surrounding sex ass street workers. laws," she said ruefully. The nature of the law also ere- Ins teat!, Herlantl would like to see situation from the outsicle. In cun- ales a potentially clangerous situa- tl1e laws applied differently. For exam- trast, us sertccl Herlaml, Stellu is lion for sex workers. Due to the il- ple, she advocates that the jmlicialsys- ahout "sex wnrkers tletermining legality of soliciting, a sex worker's tem turn a hlind eye loa woman's per- their own agenda unci st:tting their first priority hccomt:s getting the sonal history of st:x work in exchange nwn terms." cu stomer off the street anti out of for her testimony against a rapist. Sn cie tul attitutl cs tnwartl s ·x sight of the police, often prcvent- Stella presently runs a program wnrk effc ctivdy exdutle wurncn sex ing her frnm first getting a ft~el for culled But! Trit:k, which provides workers frum the health care ·ystem the custumer. wumen with the npportunity tu anti nther sncial servict:s taken fur In fact, many nf the laws nslt:nsihly t:rcatetl tu prutel!l women ac- anonymously report a ruhh e ry, granletl hy th e gt~ n e ral puhli c. Saturday, MARCH 15 matinee at 1:30 for moru:y, nul sntliffercnt from any other jnh that al- space fur women in Muy 1995, workers, to look at the sex worker's performances MARCH 12-15, 1997 evenings at 7:30 sex work is hasicully work tlcnictl at•t:t:ss tu them." In ret:ngnitiun uf this nectl ticket out of impoverished circumstances or tht: hest of a set of cliffieult alterna- ' assets ul111ut health scrvit:es m· heing directed by MARY LINDA McKENTY BEACONSFIELD HIGH SCHOOL 250 BEAUREPAIRE DRIVE, BEACONSFIELD TICKETS:Adults $10.00. Seniors/students $7.00 CALL 697-7220 ~~~~:=;=~~;r,:~~;:~::;:;==:=;=~~::=;::;::::;;::::=~ nllllil.m~~ heating nr sexual ass ault. The re- llt:rlaml explainetl that if a tlnl'lur tually wnrk to their tletriment. Fur ports arc the n tli strilmtetl to 15 , MULTI-DIMENSIONAL FASHION SHOW fintl s nut that a woman is a sex example, pimping is illegal hut men community groups across the city Friday March 14th 19979:00 p.m• wurkcr, the fate uf h •r chiltln:n nr arc rnutincly let off the lwok in I!X· so thu t other sex workers will he the st:t:urity uf her citizenship may d111ngc fur tcs timnny against the infurmetl anti hettcr etJUippctl to he entlungcrctl. Furthermore, sex sex worker. protect themselves. workers' health prohlcrns may he Ilerlaml criticizecl the rcstrit:- Stellu also provides forms for clismissctl hccuuse of a general utti- tive laws surrountling sex work. women to complelll if they have hccn tlllle that in 'their line of wnrk', they "It's uhout contrnlling women's harassed hy the police. Stdlu will 'ge t what they d eserve •. sexuality anti what it shoultl he, cs- take the r eports to the police unci pecially in a puhlic place," she us- atltlress the complaints without in- serletl. volving the wumcn thcmselvt:s. St:X workers arc also \'Uinerahlc tn " Thcnds a sucit:tul [per ception] pnli ct: hu1·a ssment, that women have to he protectctl, '• • 1170 St·Donls nc~t1 l ti ' $Hi In advonco & $20 Hllhe tmlrnncu (' rHO llrnled) Available at Chapter XI, Sadlo's & EUS Goneral Store ADMSSIONS 790 · 121\5 I lo: 300 · 7292 Po st-Show Party lealur l n (~ O.j.'s Doui.Jie 'A' & ~w ~~ ' �Sure I'm A Feminist, by Derek Fung But ... 1: yuu full fm· it, faux feminists ~mluuly a savvy new wavt: of feminism. Faux fe11J.inists exposed by Sonia Verma The feminist dite have hruinwashed the masses to "he ulunnetl, unbrry, ami resentful of men" anti to clle-cluss, university-cducutecl counterparts have had limited contact with formulaic. the cliversity of women consultecl in any type of rcscurch c:oru:crning rape. ing for women's rights, devoting mor·e time tu uttemling confcrcnct!S which Truth he tolcl, Hniphc huclncvc:r· arc little more than ncu-c:on sdunnozc fests whcr·c "uvcr·uge woman" after "average women" speak In mornfuls of mostly men insisting that feminism Theit· messagt: is an alunningly putent hle~ul uf positivity mix et! with "fuhdcate Summers. hack-putting: The huttle is over·, they assure us, ami wn!nen should quit complaining arul play nice with the Uut last time I tunk the pulst~ of patriarchy, it seenwtltu he tlningjust even spoken to una pc sur·vivnr, whidr is hardly surpr·ising since her· clis- fine. Women urc CIIITcntly puicl 72 per-cent of a m1m's wages for iclt~nti­ c:al wm·k - a gap whic:h is witlt!lting thanks tu the slushing ufyay equity progrums in pruvinccs sudr us Onturio. While womcnhuve mucic headway in ficlcls such us law unclmccli- missul of rape is husctl on little nwr·c than per·sonul expericnc:c. In fact, Hoiphe seems to he guilty of the "cashing in," that Summers JHrr·pm·ts tu he the weakness of the "feminist c:inc in terms of representation, nutsiclc these prnfcssinnul dasscs, in- Other· faux feminists like Cumille Paglia in Sexrwl Persona, r·ctn~at to strietly essentialist urb'llmcnts when lmys. Sur· tht:st: wnnwn ar·e self-tiedaretl ft:minists, hut nu suuner· tlu tlu:y daim turepresentthe vunguul'tl . ufthe nwvement, than they urgrudt's time tu sit tlmvn, shut up ami hack off from activdy pur·suing 111r 'agerulu • nf women's rights. utt·ndties" writes The t:ritidsms vuicetl against faux equalities in pay, hencfits unci repre- feminists' tlisrnissal of tlmnestie viu- scntutinn remain. Acc:nrcling to a rec:ent UN study, ut the mte it's going, it will take 475 years fur women of lt:nce, sexual harassment anti rape, is nu:rcly nsetltu fuel their· rheturie. They at:t:use the 'mainstrt~am feminist estuhlishment"- or rather, the 'faux feminists'. These women spenclless time fight- has gone too. fur·. The muinstreummeclia luts greedily gnhhlccl UJI their· l'llclurie, eager· to put a fresh spin on what it hus stuh- I. The American Association of University Women (www.auuw.org) is a national organization that promotes education unci equity for all women mul girls. 2. Canadian Women's lntcl'llel Association (www. womcn.cu) has extensivc rcsom·cc on violence, women is health, spirituality, St!Xtrulity, uclvncucy unclmurc. This week, the association is spunsm·ing an intcl'llet cuncllclight vigil (www.wmnen.c:a/viulcncclcancllc.html) in remernlterancc of the women killed on Dcctmrhcr· 6. hornly untl consistently triccltnlahcl a clying movement. Faux feminists huvc hcc:nme media darlings whopcr·- 3. The Fcniinist Page ( www .miss nu ri. cdu/-c6177 56/ mit the novelty of creating a "feminist vs. ft!minist" clehute. Fern.html) a site with diseussions alumt various issues and links. cliscussing the feminine "nature:•. Puglia rcinforct~s gender stereotypes U nfortunu tdy empowerment hardly makes it unto the 'ugendu' hy c1cpicting women us innately passive and less resourceful than men. because faux feminists cltmy the necessity for cliscussiun. Tht!it· ideology 4. NotVictims (www.unc.ccln/ !julicttclnutvictims.html) a resource rrwvement' uf stifling tlissmrt anti irulustriulizccl countries to catch up with their mule counterparts in sen- "We cuulclmake an cpie c:atulogue of is empty ancl succcccls in little site for such tot•ics as sexual uhusc, sexual ussuuh, clumestie vinlcnce, unci clwking tlt:hate. than gaining them the media spotlight more. ior munugcr·iul positions. Politically, male achicvemt:nls ... If civilization Buttlu: fact is, when fuux feminists women hold only 13 per-cent of scuts step up to hat in the name uf the cuust~ in the United States Senate, the coun- tlll!y only wag their firrgt~rs ut feminism fm· gning tun far·. hucl hecn left in female hancls, we wnulcl still lu: living in grass hut11" Pagliu writes. unulysis. Anti tlll!ir· daims r·ange fmm the nfft:nsivt: In the ahsul'tl. Ancl feminist nrgunizutions, fur· frum wallowing in furuling, huvc he- FEMINISM UP FOR OWNERSHIP e lu·istina fluff Snnunt~ rs , in lu~ r hunk lflho Stole Femi nism? takt~s on what she churat:lerizt:s as a wealthy arul powerful "ft:minist estuhlishment" whn capitalize un their "vietimlwml" uml r·eap hrcr·ative rewul'tls. "The feminists ure the nnes gt:tting must of the nwney, tlw prnft:ssurships, anti the wdl-paitl jnhs insitle the l111rgcnning new victim/hias irulustry," she writes. Patriarchy is a myth, acctmling to Snmmer·s. Mureuver·, those sneaky, nltl-selwnl ft:minists have usetl it as a elt~Vt~r mar·keting trick tu cash in on try from whic:h Summcr·s th·aws her fur· cuthacks to sociul programs, ufhousing untllu:altlu:arc. DANGEROUS DENIAL A shatlt~n:tl. Currently, women ucwunt fm·u pultry 10.9 pt~r-c: cnt nf full prnfcKstn·ships anti the numhcr· uf clcpurtmcnts where wumcn faculty nutnnrnhcr men is hnltliug slt•atly at zcru. shallow representation of feminism which glusses over the c:umplcxitics within the movement. Contruclictirms which, many women ar- a ntl Pr·cscnt ( www .netSI'cJ. corn/ -tllmis) is a page with the hiogr·aphics lenge to tire Old Feminill Order, for 6. Distinguishctl Women of Past .nf women who cnntrilmtcd In our c:arlturt! in many different ways. The way men talk 7. nists have hlnwn the phenomenon of example, Henc Denfdcl dismisses divergences within feminism. She elute rape out of proportion. writes, "Women ... art! often told that Numerous stutlics unci research gencrutecl hy lwth feminist unci nonpartisan organizations havt! found that hctwecn 1 in 4 uncl1 in 12 women to he a pruper feminist rme must conVt!rt to gutlcless rclibrion unci practice modern witchcraft." Later, Denfcld judbring their cunts triviulizcs clt!hatc surrounding feminist theory, eontcncling that "Femi- unci siphon their shit Gir·ls (www. vuyugerco.comlgglgg.html) arc no more than a hocly with unnnynwus tits. a group of women artists unci arts pmft:ssionuls who make posters ulwut will experience nape, or uttempletl rape in their lifetimes. In fuel uc:corcl- Hniphc maintains that numhers havt: hcen inflated hy tlruse nasty feminists. "If I were really sturuling in the mitlcllc nf an cpiclcmic:, a cri- ulty, tlu~ glass t:ciling has lull'llly hecn 7: touch with our survivur·s unci their· fl'icncl s ami fumilics. Tire Morning After: Sex, Fear and Feminilm, arbrtrcs that femi- sity system witlwut having passed muster· with the gentler feminists." rcpn:scntutiun urnnng uni\•crsity fuc- from survivors anti way to ge t in te lll'b'lrments of faux femi nists hinge: on a wur·petluncl b'lre, has given it str·cngth. In 1'/re Nerv Victoria~u: A Young Wommr $ Clral- ing In the National Victims' Centre, 1.3 women art! rupccl every minute in I hlinketl 111111 missetl Snmmt~rs • femini st rcvnlutinn, hut if McGill is any irulicatinn uf wumcn's clcclieutcd to all survivors of sexual alm se unci rape. Includes stor·ies FRIENDS OR FOES nother wise faux feminist, Kate Hoiplre, the author of tlu:ir vit:timhutul. "lt is nnw virtually irnpnssiltlt: In he uppninlctl tu high utlministr·ativt: nffit:e in any univer- Muyht~ The Survivor's Page (carn043212.studcnt.utwentc.nl) is With friemls like Camille ... t·omc increasingly cu sh-str·aJ•pecltryingto pmvitlc servit:cs In compensate fonluhlt~ 5. the Unitecl Stalc!i. sis, if 25 per-cent of my female fr·iencls were really hcing rupee!, woulcln 't I know it?" she asks. Apparently nut. Ancl it might havt: 11onu:thing to c1n with the fact that Hoiphc, likt! must uf her white, mid- nist theory on patriarchy is often little mort! than a shallow justificutinn fur feminists to c:nnclemn those aspects nf sndcty they dislike." Dt~ nfelcl first reduces feminism to ritliculous proportions hccuusc then, it hcc!nmes easier In dismiss. Faux feminists falsely irnhuc feminism with predsely the tJUalitics that they criti- uhuut tlu: women they fuck rating their luulics, I hear them with one car that is eusy to attack. Faux feminists attack the women's - &!4bte ()'~ clivcrse. Even if that were true, the! staunchly cunscrvutivc~ vision of feminism thut they I'Cb'tll'brilulc is CIJUally 1. Guerrilla 9. Feminist Majority Fnundution (www.feminist.nrg) a huge weh site with links to feminist gruups, news, unci activism. From my generation - simt•licity unci inacccssihility. These women c:unstnrct a feminism movement on the grounds that it isn't n c t. r.nm/-1 man n/wo m en/i is/ cattsclaws.html) a feminist net m~ws ­ lettcr. discrimination. Lying enc:uunters of numhers unci size they wear cuwhoy houts, plaid, they're 25 I'm remote and repulsed hut I stick tu my scut afraid to speak nut. cize~ Cutt's Claws (www.city- 10. Tut:ticul Media Crew (vi vultlii .nexus. it/commcrccltmcrew/ enghomc.htrn) a group of gut!rilla· media feminist. Most of the site is in Italian tlumgh. �The.McGill Daily Presents: Turning the art world on its head THE ·DAILY by Jessica Howard you know who the Guer- change. According to Guerrilla Girl illa Girls arc? Don't 'Alice Nee!', one of their most sucworry, nu one does. cessful efforts was a demonstration Wearing gorilla masks to conceal held ut the opening of the SoHo their identities, these art-world femi- hrunch of the Guggcnheim Museum nists use b'llcrrillu tactics to untler- in 1992. In co-operation with the mine sexism und discrimination in the Women's Action Couarts und in society in general. The group was horn in 1985 when the Museum of Modern Art in New York held un exhihition entitled "An International Survey of / Painting ami Sculpture", feu- ' luring only 13 female artists out ' of a total of 169. Through research, the nascent group fnund concrete evidence of sexist ami racist discrimination nn the part of art dealers, curalol'S, collectors and puhlishcrs. In m·der to puhlicly cmharruss the culprits, the Guerrilla Girls posted their findings in arcus like SoHu. Duhhing themselves "the conscience of the art worhl", the Guerrilla lition, Girls went on confronting the art es- the Guerrilla Girls distrihuted JlUJier tuhlishmenl with its own shortcom- hugs hearing the words, "What's new ings. Presenting their hold statements at the Guggcnheim Museum? The with humour, the group has the po- same old isms: racism, clussism and tentiulto engage rather than alienate sexism." [the its targets. tlu:y "Ultimately "It felt sn good to ridicule and he- Guggenheim] tlid change the show .. little 11 system that excluded us. There . hut they were really upset ami nervwus ulsothut stale itlcu that feminists ous uhout the demonstration, whit:h tlon't have a sense of humour," says was interesting to us. We saw that we one of the Guerrilla Girls, in their can make a tliffercncc," conuncntctl Nee!. hook Confessions of tl1c Guerrilla 1 Girls. ANONYMOUS IMPACT MEDIA FOH CHANGE 7: •c Guerrilla Girls have usctl almost every form of mt:tlia o mukc their message hcurtl. They puhlish a newsletter, cntitletl Hot Flu shes, funtled hy the National Endowment of the Arts. In its first issue, the Guerrilla Girls wrote an t:xposc of the New York Times' cultural cuvcrugc, pronouncing it "Too male, too pule, too stale anti too Yule." They ulsn use their hook, hilllmurds, and their wchsite In disseminate their messuge, winning them act:oludes from muny feminist m·gunizations, us well us press ami television t:ovcrugc all over the world. Accortling to writer Whitney Chad wick, the efficiency of their tactics centres on tlm fact that "they pa ckage cultural injustice as numerit:al epitaph. It's usually men whu t:ollect stutistics, am! the Girls arc doing similar m nth in the world of urt." The Guerrilla Girls' activism has not only t!ruwn uttention In issues of sexism und discrimination, hut helpetl hring concrete uhout thcr activist groups such us the Women's Action Couli () lion, Act Up anti the 13arhic Liherution Front have hcen inspirctl to use stralebries similar tu the Guerrilla Girls. In spite of all their impact t!uring the lust 10 years, the Guerrilla Girl memhers have munugetlto maintain their anonymity. They wear their trademark gorilla musks fur every Partyfor. • puhlic event and many have adopted the McGill Daily the names of dcatl female artists as pseudonyms. Nut only do the musks JAB JAB give the Guerrilla Girls a fierce group ANNA·LOUISE CRAGO image, hut they conceal the members' identities. DAEGAN FRYKLIND "13eing anonymous is very imporEo FULLER tant hccuusc we want the focus to he THOMAS HELLMAN on the issues, not on who we are, hecause a lot of us arc well known. 13y 8RONNALEVY hcing anonymous, our egos arc JARREIT MARTINEAU left hehind and the issues are ELAINE O'CONNOR what's important," says Guerrilla Girl 'Alice Necl'. HEATHER O'NEILL While they have proORVZHEIN gressed lowartl their goals, WITH YOUR HOST, JORDYROSEN the Guerrilla Girls conCELEBRITY POLITICIAN, tinue to encounter critiANDREA SADLER CHRIS CARTER cism and resistance. "The SATURNE Gucrt·illu Girls is uhout an excuse for failure . If women ~ SPONSORED BY: allow themselves to make exSPECIAL GUEST, cuses for their regrets, for DOOR PRIZES what they don't have in their AND MORE! lives, then the women's movement hecomcs nothing hut an excuse fur mediocrity," says art dcalt!r Mury 13oonc. Yet their fun mnil t•xr~t·th their !1:1 J.1 ,; halt! mail. According to the weh 'zinc Suck, "The exciting potential of b'Ucrrillu puhlishing is in hcing uhlc In confront precisely those most likely to ignore ami avoid you if brivcn the opportunity." In addition, much fun mail, particularly from women, asks how to join the Guerrilla Girls . Although joining them is impossible, the Guerrilla Girls share a secret with those who inquire. "We're nu geniuses. Feel free to steal itleus from us or any other • group. Investigate how women anti people of colour arc t!iscriminutetl h~iJi'#1#J~I ugainst in your city, your museum, your school, your wurkplucc, you family, you bedroom. Finger anti humiliate those responsihlc." r:rr.nRin ~ ~ ~~ h'!.l' ~Wmll~ NEBULl .-._.ll...:., Visit Guerrilla Girls at: llttp:/1 www. voyage reo. com:BOI ggl gg.lltml WOMIIIIN AMERICA EARN ONLY2/3 OF WHAT MEN DO. WOMEN ARTim URN ONLY 1/3 OF WHAT MEN ARTISTS DO. At ._ '.l•l •<f y (',f.l.fA 100\}y IUitiUICIIU '" , ., r • ·.. �by Samana Siddlqul Has the women's movemen t really embraced diversity? e movement welcomed these women on the condition that they accept a specific definitio~ of women 'sliherution, namely, a mainstream tionallevel," she says. McGill political science and economics student Sorayu Hassanali, North American one? Judy Rehick, now eo-host of CBC's Face Off, is a former president of the National Action Committee on the Status of Women (NAC), the country's largest umbrella organization of Canatlian women's brroups. She helicves that the were supposed to he. Anti I don't think they were ahlc to deal with that because we were saying that our faith is very fundamental to who we arc. No matter what we're discussing, we tulging from her wurk, must pcnplc woultl t:unsitlcJ' Khatlija lluffujcc un ut:tivist fur wumtm's rights. The Ottuwu nativt! has spt:nt the last 25 years estah- "We fuund in some workshops people wuultl get up und say things J likt:, 'whatlll't! all these fundamentalist wumen tluing', 'Why arc they nmning anmntl in seurvcs', 'Rcligiun lishing anti wm·king with 1\luslim wontt!n's g•·uu ps at:J·uss Nu1·th Amerit·a, mul SJteaking nut almut issues t:mu:crning Muslim wunu:n. But lluffajct:, alung with 60 Muslim wnmt:n f1·um ulmut 12 tlifft:J·t:nt t:uuntrit:s whu Wt:rc Jllll't of tlu: Muslim Wttmt:II'S 111111guvt:J'IIIIICIItUJ uq;a11izutiu11 at the 1995 Unilt•tl Nntiuns Foul'th \Vnl'ltl "Numhcr nnt!, they wt:re, I think surprisctl that we wuultl even attcml a cunfcrcnet:/' she t:nntinues. "Anti numltt!J'two, that we wultl aJ·tieulutt: nu:nt often talks ulwut. lnslt:atl, llnffnjt•t: snitl slu: mu! her tlclt•gatiun t!llcnunlt:J't:tllwstility fl'llllllllilll)' Wttlllennttlu: t:on- colour into the feminist movement has hegun, citing the election of women of colour to arc discussing it hccuusc we hclicvc in a certain way uf life." NAC's leadership positions. Last summer, "If women at that level cannot accept us, in terms of who we are, then it's not talking very well about women of the world today," Haffajce continues. "We neetl to understand that we need to he accepted for who we are, we do not necessarily have to he like their definition or hecomc like them. Because they are who they arc and we arc who we arc. And we have as much right to he who we arc." Sunera Thohani, who DEFINING THE MOVEMENT H uffujcc's ncgativt: cxpcri cncc at the UN ~unfc1·cncc pust:s a qucstwn many pcuplt: thuught the feminist muvcmcnt hatlalrcatly answcrctl: Has the feminist movement, lwrc in Canada anti wnrltlwitlt!1 pi·ubrrcssetl from hcing sulcly a "white, uppc1· dass wumun's movt:mcnt" tu mu: that is more "We found in some workshops people would get up and say things like, What are all these fundamentalist women doing', Why are they running around in scarves', Religion was not on this agenda., - Khadija Haffajee, delegate at the United Nations Fourth World Conference on Women. Conft:J't:nct: nn \Vo11u:n in Bciji11g tlitlnot t•xpel'icllt:t: the "sistcrluuul" tlw wonum's mm•t:- fo•n·nt·o :. was nut un this agenda," s;tys llaffujet:. inclusion of women of is of Indian origin, stepped down as head of NAC and ·Joan Grant-Cummings, who is originally from the Carihhcan, was elected president of the organization. As well, Rehick says the movement has always been open to tliffcrent visions nf feminism, giving lihct·al and ratlicul feminism as t!Xamplcs of the movement's openness. For lwr, the tlcfinitiun nf a feminist is "unyunc who fights for Wllmcn's I!IJUUJity," even if they have a tlifft!rent definition nf feminism. But Shrcc Mulay, diJ·ectm· of MeGill Univc1·sity's Centre 1 1 1 t!\'t!ll thuugh we wcl'e 1!11\'CJ'ctl. Bt:t:llllst: we wcl'e nnt filling tlwi1· pnrtit:uln•· stel'entypit:nl image ofwhu Wt! inclusive of women of tlifft:J·ent ltackgl'nUntls, eomnumly •·cft:rretl tn us "wumcn uf colnur"? Ami if so, has tlu: fur Rcscareh and Teaching 1111 Women secs Tlwhuni and G1·ant-Cummings ascension to JIIIWCJ' us unly "symhulic". "I think there is a genuine effort to integrate women of t:nluur (intu the movement), hut it rt:ully has not huppenetl at the func- who was a youth tlclcgate representing the St111lents' Society nf Mt:Gill UnivcJ·sity at tlw ( �' itics of ifference Beijing conference, agrees. She says important in their struggle to achiev- ment's openness to differences is se- Thohani and Gront-Cummings ore ing equality," she says. lective. only "changing the colour of the institution (NAC]." Although this signals o start, she is wary of "the po- "Change is happening ami I don't think there is cause to he completely hut we haven't accepted each other noticctl a lock of tolerance at times "The y;mth movement, we too met negative hecausc the movement is os well on an external level," she says. with hostility," she says. "Our posi- tlynomic and it's not static whatso- ccording to Muluy, port of "We have our own intcrnolizetl roe- tions weren't respected." cvt~r, the prohlem is that the femi ism olmust." hosn 't really IJCen solved." system of oppression, ignoring the The prohlem of racism and on ex- ized. with different definitions of feminism HIERARCHY OF OPPRESSION present, and that "at the gut-level it in the movement has always heen more gluholly and collectively organ- ut the Beijing conference, she herself A Muloy says on clement of rodsm She adds that os a youth delegate "We ore more tolerant of women tential to mistake token representation for equality." sentution is necessarily forthcoming." nist movement has placed "We're murc willing to listen to re- more of on em11hosis on sexism os a ligious tliffercnccs than I think to re- role racism ami clossism also ploy in BRIDGING UNDERSTANDING oily talk uhuut racism up front and .m on open vemw" and os lung os people arc will- ing to listen mul to allow dtongc to happen, women of t:olour, alternative vuit:cs will suon he more than tokens in the movement," she continues. clusively "white, upper class" vision oppression and disempowerment. of feminism is a legacy of the move- But Muluy levels the same criticism ences uf opinion ore no different than ment's early days, according tu towortls women of t:oluur who use the differences in visions of feminism ami B "There was, to a b'Teat extent soli- guing tu !mild hritlgcs then Wt~ net~ tl Hossanoli. sole vol"iuhle of rut:e to evaluate op- liherotiun. darity," suys Hassanoli of the Beijing tu untlerstarul whcrt: cueh ont: of us "A fundamental flow of the wom- For Hossonoli, though, differ- pression. "The movement is still struggling ut Hossunuli tloes not paint an entirdy hleok picture. Hoffojcc agrees thut the rule of tlioluguc is emdol in this. "If we os wumcn uf the wurltl, are conference. "Hnwever, there was dis- is coming from," she says. "If you en's movement since il!; inception has "What is true for the larger move- to int:orporote alternative voices," sensinn anti conflit:ting ideas nr per- tlon 't allow people to brivc their view- hcen the view hy its vocal proponents, ment is true for women of colour us she says. "The feminist movement has spectives, hutthat'sthe heauty of the point, there's nu diolob'llc. It's on im- traditionally white Western women well," she explains. "The issue of heen ohle to create theoretical mod- whole process." position of some other itlcos. And we who hove disseminated the vision of identity politics has to he identified els thut present ultcrnotivc stnrctures the movement, that women of the as well with women of colour." so that radical feminism or structural N a t h a 1i c world are a homogcnous group with the somt: values," sht~ This narrow perception has effectivdy shut out the experiences of women of colour, and nther wnmen. Huffojee cites a case where her· con ce rns as a n on -whit WOiliUn t~ Wert ~ glossed over hy some wome n ut. the cunfer·enee. Hoffujee ttmd ed at wor·k- shops presented hy women wh (l were nut Muslim The feminist movement ha been able to create theoretical models that present alternative structures so that radical feminism or structural feminist positions are understood in relation to liberal feminists, (or example. But just because the models are known does not mean the representation is neces arily forthcoming." - McGill student Soraya Hassanali, delegate at the United Nations Fourth World Conference on Women. 11 on Muslim wom- is to he less of a feminist movement and apart and we lmiltl walls inslt:od of ample. But just hccousc the models more of a humanist movement with- lnidgt:s. And we need to work on that, Concordia Univer- arc known does not mean the rcpre- out the hierarchical structure and Inshoo 'Allah (Gm! willing)." sity's women's centre. She agrees with Mulay's criticism that the feminist mnvemcnt tends to focus primarily on oppression through sexism, instead of taking into account nther 'isms' us well. "I think sexism is a given hut I think we need to lwor mure of the issues of racism and classism," she says. "Perhaps we've internolizc:cl the oppression os women from socic:ty. We've inlt:rnuliz ecl that men hut olsu from women ." "As fc:minists, we likt! to think that we have act:eph!tl women fromcliverse u s hut we were nut alluwed to present cultures untl tlivt!I'Sc c:thnie hack- anti counter·hulunee what they wen: grounds, hut fr·um my own reality saying," she suys. wm·king in a university wumen 's centre, I sec that is not the case," she of all wumcn us humoge nous hus led points nut, atltling that most women tu a luck of und erstu nding uf the who vi sit the centre are white, neetls nf wnmcn uf enlum·. unglnphonc and ahle-lllltlietl. ence hetwecn wumen in tht: Sm1th anti women in the North with r·es1u:ctto what is Otherwise we're going to he poles of ordinator turespnntl. "They wer·t: talking uhuut "(There urc) clear differ- with tliolob'lll! comes umlt:rstomling. "Perhaps the third wave is going relation to li11eral feminists, for ex- cnce were nut givt!n the nppnrtunity Mulay puints out that the visiun feminism may he more inclusive. shuultl he aiming for diolugut: het:aust: co- IIJlpress ion from e n's iss ue s . In atltlition, Muslim women in the a111li- Leveille feminist positions are understood in She adds that the next wave of Lcveillc also thinks the move- �A bloody outrage / Menstrual products and women's bodies ~elanie by Fearon you are one of over eighty mil REMARKABLE "AN EXUBERANT AND REMARKABLE FILM.'' pads are paper products, that paper ion menstruating women in products arc produced hy the pull' North America please read on and paper industry and that North (ami then claim your space to hitch). American pulp mills still use chlorine It is u fact thut60-70% of menstruat- to whiten paper products. It should ENTHRALLING ing women use tampons during all or come us no surprise then, to learn "A GREAT, ENTHRALLING AND POIGNANT PAGEANT.'' part of their menstrual cycle. It is also that many commercial hrand tam- • David Anscn, NEWSWEEK • Richard Corliss, TIME MUHAMMAD VV 1-l E N VV E ALl VV E R_E NGS The untold story of the Rumble in the Jungle. 1~~MJmtr ~1tm~1~ ~uij 1~~~foo~mw~ ~~~~m ~mlm~~~~ rflltll uumlmll mimi~n~~ ~~~m~~ ·~mm Wl wm ~m~r n~DS M~~M~I~~~ ~u u c, m m ~~~~~ ~m~~~ m~u.1~11 J~MI~ ~~~w11 ~m~ ~~~~M~II M~lll~ ~m~~~ ~mm~~~ ~~~~~m t~~~~m~~ ~~1111n~~ =~!~m ~m1111~1~~ ~..r..'1=:~ . ~?.!~~,.'!~ ffirJ! a•J~m~~~mll~ml ~~~~MJ~rMIJI IIII1lJlmll~~~ ~~~m~mn11~1~~, mw~~~~~m~~ ·~Jlmllml !'~,~~~ lilT SOUNDTRACK FE1~l'UHING FUGEES, BUSTA RHYMES, Q·TIP AND PHI FE OF ATRIBE CALI.ED QUEST, JAMES BROWN, 8.8. KING, DIANA KING AND BRIAN McKNIGHT 1-------...... .;.----------- ------------- ---t Come TODAY to The Dailv Ad OHice, Shatner 807, for FREE DOUBLE PASSES to the premiere March 12, Jpm at the Faubourg Cinemas. First come, first served! u fact that the average women will use pons and pads are hleuched with chlo- approximately 10 000 tampons or rine, made with raw material s pads during her lifetime. Now t,rirls, hleuchetl with chlorine and contain that's a lot of paper products. If you rayon, u hy-prmluct of the ~hlo.-ine arc a tampon user ami you huy tam- industry (or other ahsorhcncy cn- pons that arc sold ut your local hant~ers drugstorc, ·you may tlccitlc to shop health risks associated with chlorine stu:h us polycthylene). The urountl a hit for an alternate choice. arc multifold . Chlorine can t~ au se Let your cunt hccluggetl hy something cancer in human heings. Accortling more respectful of your hotly, to u study hy the U.S. Environmen- By now it is well known that tu m- tal Protection Agency, small quanti- pun use is associated with TSS (Toxic tics of chlm·ine damage hoth the im- Shock Symlrumc).TSS is mune ami reproductive systems of causctl hy toxins pro- humans umlother organisms. Chlorine has also hcen linked to tluectl hy a huetcrial agent known as Stu- hreu s t Ph Y1u e u c e u s Wmnen with hrc ust cancer have hetwccn uurcus, a huetcria of which all L----------- ------------ -----------. ..1 Wum cn 50 to60 per-cent higher have levels of orgunochlorines small amounts in their in their hrcusttissuc than ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~hotli~ . The toxici ty ofthls other women. Curre ntly unt! in eight North Arne rit~an hu cteria is contrulled hy levels of magnesium in the hloml, hut when magnesium levels are tlcpletctl, tlw PRESENTS: when you purchase an International Student ldeDmy Card (ISIC) March 15th &14th, 11:00am to 3:00pm in the William Shatner Building, Main Foyer (formerly known as the Union Building) ,_.m. ____ , FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT VOYAGES CAMPUS .-l c5 .-l .c ...u (1) ~ >. (1) '0 c: 0 ~ women will get hreust cancer. Tampon s may c ontain tru ce hat:teria flourish anti hccomc toxic. amounts nf tliuxin, a hy-prmluct of Tampons containing rayon, ami other chlorine. Diuxin has tuxicity levels uhsm·hcncy cnhum~crs can tlisrupt cmnparahlc tu plutonium . the hulancc hctwcen magnesium anti So, us influential women with ma- Staphylococt~u s. aureus. This uccurs jor cunsumt!l" cl nut, we may ask uur- us menstrual flow slows down , anti selves , why must curnmercial hrantl these tampons cuntinuc tu draw hlmul tampuns contain rayun? The answer ft·um the hloml flow anti surrountling tu thi s question is that, well, in fa ct ti ssues . Symptoms uf TSS in chHie they don't . Hayun is simply an ah- tli ~rrhcu, fever, vurniting uml peeling sorhcncy c nhatu~er that is proven un- of the skin . The necessary hy victim may ulsu the very cx- go into slw ck is tc m:c anti if nut im- 100 pcr-ecnt m e diat e ly cotton, non- treated fm· h •r chlut·in c symptums, muy hl c a t~ h c tl even tlic. tampons s 111~ h li S Natracarc a mi terra Other risks tu wumen's health con- femme. The term ' whitewa sh' has hecn Tiny tampon fil• er s arc knuwn tu cuinetl not unl y tu illustrate the chlo- - - - - hrcak off the tumpun anti het:omc rine hlcaching process itsclflmt is also cmhetltlctl in the vaginal walls, induc- usctl hy ucti\'ist groups to portray the ing lt!siuns untluleeratiuns whieh arc whitewas h of information surround- potentially linked tu t:ervi cal t~ant~t!r. ing the he alth anti environmental Vuginullcsiuns ussuciatetl with tam- risks ussuciatetl with menstrual prod- pon use arc mort! likely tu occur when ucts. The 'whiter the tampon upplicators (plastic or cartl- heth:r' cthit~ that in- hourtl) arc usctl. Vuginalult~ers may tlustry promotes re- ut~ t a s portals of entry fur toxins into the hloudstrcum. We can't forget that tampons and fers to the aettllll coloUI·ing of paper pr01lucts themselves ami CON'I'JNUEO ON PAGE 13 ~ u ~ 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . of cern the use of tampun applicutors. With the ISIC, save 40% on any VIA Rail economy seat, anywhere, any time! 0u can c er. �Kidnapping the system Women welfare recipients are being compromised · by Kerl l{osui•i ith welfare cuthacks milliun, a nuuulate stutccl that wclfun: tlu·catcmin~ the c:~mn recipients wnulcl he required tu pay a premium of $50 try, WCIIIICII Ill JlUI'lJCU· lar arc s uffe•·in~,; the ~:;•·eatest cunscCfUcnccs uf an nlt·cacly inaclequatc system. t h e I' C month s "If they take their medicine, they will have no money left for food. They are forced to choose between taking their medication and feeding their children." - Gabriella Richman suruncc. welfare hencfits even when nut look- The in~,; anc:c clues nut, however, cover the total eusts of mccli- The new law states that once the child is twn ycur·s old, he or she must f u r Mcdieu- tiun In- he cnruUecl in u full-time claycar·c prugrum. Suppurters of the prupnsal ar- Accorcling to Gahriellu Richmun , gue t\rat this way mothers of ymm~,; c:hilcJrcn will nut he clctcrrccl frum co-orclinutur of the Ycmn~,; Parents Program ut Heucl ami Hands, an or- scurchin~,; fur· cmpluymcnt Jnd juin- ~,;anizution But, in May 1996, uU suhsidics fnr upper primary schonl daycure programs were slashccl . Meanwhile, the government will nu longer pay the uchninistr·utivc cos ts nf c:hilcl c:ar·c scrvic:cs. Welfare chcc:ks tu parents of ehilcln:n cluycurc wc r c also eul hy 15 percent with the ussump- in committed tu encling povcr·ty, the consequence of this cl rug insurance law is that many mothers stnp tukin~,; prescrihccl mcclicutions for problems such us usthmu, cliuhctes unci AIDS rclutecl diseases. "If they take their metlicine," n•·gucs Riclunan, "they will have ' 1w mnnt:y "What welfare really ignores is that they {mothers] are doing the most important work-raising the future generation." Gabriella Richman, Head and Hands Young Parents Program In fuel, since 1994, no new housing units have heen cr·cctecl in Quchcc, unci the government has increased rents for puhlic housing hy 20 percent. A total of $50 cuthucks. Says Ken Wymun of the Anti-Puvcrty Organization, "More thun 1/3 of welfare recipients arc women, typicuUy single mothers with chilclren, yet with claycure space limited an cl unemployment still high, the women arc expected to go out ami fincl a nrm-existt:nt joh." Icft fnr food. They arc furcecl to choose hetween taking their mcc lieu lion unci feecling their chilclrcn." HIGH RENTS- LOW STANDARDS uclclition to a $10 tu $13 cut n monthly welfare checks that cgun in April, the past few months have also seen the slashing of the housing allowances integratecl into welfare checks. The cuthuck av- COMPROMISING THE HEALTH CARE SYSTEM? man also cites the Au b'liSt cuts to prescription lrug insurance us cuntrihuting In the prohlem. Two years after Mnntreul's health curc: cutback nf S20 in chihl eurc unci with the ehecks still shrinking, many [wunu:n] are put off in u wm·se position toclay." erages 30 to 40 clullars per month. Duvicl AJpert of Project Genesis, a poverty organization, explains, "It is a lot of money, hecause if you Junk ut the welfare scales from 1989, we ? re situation is cxucerhatecl 'Y the fuel that the welfare system infringes on the per- ' 1: WOMEN TAKE ACTION rc~ac tion In this stringent unci naclecpwte system, women' hnvc~ nwhilized tugc:ther in proh~s t. The Quchec Wmnen 's Fecler·a lion will he dcnwnstru ling c111 Weclnesclay, March 12 ut Le Bnlll"'c:, in fmnt uf the Montt·cul stnc:k c~x­ chungc:. Protc:s tcrs hope that this Incut inn will cull uttcntiun tu the anwunt uf money that guvcrnment pruviclcs giant corpurutions with while fm·thcr slashing sm:ial scrvic:cs fur those slrug~,;ling ut·otmcl the poverty line. sonal frcedum uf its participants. Fnr This Dcc:cmhcr, Hcucl unclllands example, Riclunun explains that recipients are rcstrictccl frum studying suhmittccl a letter· tu the Prctvindul 1\linistcr· of Empluynumt ancllncnmc cn-upcrutivcs unci non-profit housing part-time hccuusc they du not have the financial means. llowc:vcr·, in m·- Security, Luuisc Hard, vuicing thci1· conc:c1·n against some of prugrams. cler tu ohtuin million has hcen saved in the rccluc:tion anti elimination of a numher of These cuts, in cumhinution with the husic expenses of raisin~,; a child, leaves must wumen with insuffident means to prnvicle n clec:c:nt living environment fur their fumilie s. Iliclunun cuntcncls, "They don't have proper· apartment, let alone lmy them hooks nr even entertainment. What wclfnrc really i~,;­ nores is that they [ rnuthers] arc cloing the most important work - raising the future generation." tiun that ing taken cure of. This contrucliction represents the no-win situation creutecl hy the severe tinn uf single mothe1·s arc ptHll' and m·c: on wclfa•·c... hut there urc nu c:nmpensuting incrcuscs LIMITING CHOICES the resuurccs to raise c:hilclrcn in a nwthcrs will find work once their chilclrcn arc hc- Once manclutccl, wumen cxperiencecl a eutluu:k uf $40 tu SlOO per month. Says Wyman,"A hi~,;h propnr- insur- cations whic:h in some cases may amount UJI to $750 per year. ing the wm·kfnrcc. .rs gomg . up. '' C V C I' )' This full, the fll'nvincial government unnuuneed the alwlislunc:nl of the law that permits wnmcn with clulch·cn under· the u~,;c uf six to rcecivc fur wurk. sec the ~,;cnc:I'UI pattern that pc:oplc arc gc ttin~,;lcss muncy while inflatinn DESERVING VS UNDESERVING: A FAIR DISTINCTION? ? le government overlooks the responsihility of "ruis the future generation" hy placing the mothers in the category of "undeservin~,;" poor. In 1990, the provincial Liheral government implt:mcnted the Purudis-Buurheuu reform. This reform hill classifies recipients in two categories: the uncleserving ancl the deserving. The cle1111,; serving are those who cannot work hc:cause of severe physicul or mental handicaps. Thus, the majority nf recipients full into the catt:~,;nry of undeserving, inclucling uncmployecl wumen with chilclren. l hc s c: "More than 1/3 of welfare recipients are women, typically single mothers with children." -Ken Wyman, Anti-Poverty Organization Juans unci hursurics, canclitlates arc rec1uirecl In he full-tim e st111lents, sn methin~,; which many women can nut ufforcl tu do with a full-time joh unci children to raise. c u I - hac:ks. The lcttc:r clisputes six main points of the new reformations 111111 pruviclt:s the gnvemmcnt with suggestions fur imprnvin~,; the situation nf puvcrty stricken women. The new law rCCJUires mothers hc- The letter incluclecl six clemuncls, twccn the ngcs of 18 unci 24 tu en roll in a vocational training course once among them the reCJUest that parttime truinin~,; courses he mucic: uvuil- the clulcl turns two. Huwcvcr, if after uhle, us must courses arc currently a completing une program she clccicles not to chouse that prufc:ssiun, she is full time cummitment. Also, the lt:ttcr asks for incrcusccl uc:c:ess unci availuhility tu low-cusl cluycure unci not ullowecl In c:nroll in a different course. Their frecclom is limited even in more personal mutter. Says Richmun, "If you choose a partner, there is the assumption that he will suptmrt you." Thus, if a wumun clcciclcs to mnvc in with someone, she must endure further cuts to her welfare check. After a certain grace periocl, women must inform thc:ir welfare agents that they are living with their partner. "The women feel very conlrollccl hy the system," says Richmun, "uncia lot of the times, they have to hiclc who they are with." that young mothcr·s shuulcl he ulluwecl to chouse uny training prugrums they want. Finally, they request that the up tu $150 fines that mothers may lu: penulizccl fur either not participating in the program ur for not hcing uhlc to fincl a jolt after they complete their training prugrums is c:nclccl. Says Richmun, "People think that tlu:y sit nn their ass, watch TV, unci have chilclrcn one after another, hut the tnrth is, no unc wunts In he un wdfurc, hut the system clucsn 'tallow tlu:m to go anywh c rt~. " �0.\/ERLOOKED OFFENSES Sexism in the Classroom Reveals its Many Forms by Jesslca Llm .. ' ,. trror stories of sexual harassment t:tmfrontu lions UI'C fur f1·om over, und t:ouplcd with a constant sexist utmoKphcrc in many fut:cts of the university t:ommunity, sexism can seem lwpclcssly unhcutuhlc. As tlcfinctl in the Student Rigl1ts nntl Uesponsibilities llnndbook, st:xuul hurussmcnt is "a clisplay, hy worclor tlt:ctl, or sexuul atltmtinns tttwul'tls urwther inclivicluul or b'l'OUp of intlivitluuls nf una tun: which may rcusunahly In: t:unsiclcn·tl tu he vcxutioi1s m· ulmsivc." Scxuul Assault Ct:nler of MeGill Stuclcnt's Sudt!ly (SACOMSS) extcr·- Kurcn Spcctor, Tiffany Townscncl, ami Charlcnc Wiscmun, cl(plains that although "classroom dynamics arc nei- similar to the one in the Introtluction to Film us A Mass Metlium arc common, and should he atlclresst:d us proh- ther the sole nor the original caust: of the prohlcm ... [it clocs] JH:rpctualc the prohlc:m in concrete ways." The paper contends that "tl1e prolt- lcmutic. However, 'Iimmins emphasizes that she is not promoting censorship of class material. "I'm certainly lt:m lies with the structure of the classromn tlynumit:s, uncl not in incJivicluul women who arc rductunt to speak, or in men who interrupt [womt:n]". Therefore, the paper propnscs suggestiuns fur lmth sttulents unci pmfcssors on huw to t:reutc a comfortuhle unci not atlvocuting censorship," says 'Iimmins. "I just think that showing mutcriul that is porrwbrruphic requires sensitivity. Professm·s slumlcl warn student s prior In slwwing ( I h c lion. "We hcl11 women huilcl all tliffercnt aspects of surviving in the worlcl, umluniVI:rsitics can't afford tu he just skills," asserts Kuilo. "You have to have vision." Unfortunately, tl1e futun: of tl1c distinb•uishccl Institute is uncertain. As n:sult of the huclgct cuts at Ccmcordiu Univt:rsity the Simonc De Beuuvoir Institute was rccommcmlt:d for clnsun:. lt is situutiuns such us the se, "Sexual Harassment policies at McGill are currently up for revision, and are for the most part viewed as outdated and ineffective, even compared to other universities. rcspectuhlt: utmnsphcrc within whieh lmth female unci male students will feel at cast: In participate. o f tigution tu take place. Support and information is also uvuiluhlc through SACOMSS. "An uccompaniment team was formed lust year," explains 'Iimmins. "The team consists of women who are traint:cl in t:risis intervention ant! [who] also have extra training in McGill policit:s in sexual assault unci sexual hurussmcnt." Howcvt:r, the ut:compunimcnt lt:um is non-tlircc:tionul. "The team is tlwrc In assist tlu: student whn is going forward with a complaint," explains Timmins. "They will explain nptinns, t•xplain rights, help write letters, gu tu meetings with the professors with 11 nulc:ounlinatm· llarlmra Timmins clesc:riltt:s the dussl'lttlm tcn~iun t:n:utetl l1y sexism as a poisunetl t•nvimnmcnl. "(A] poisorll'cl cnvimmncnt is [unt: in whit:h] then: is scxuul hamssmcnt guing on mul it's nut [ltlatuntly] slt:cp with me anti yuu'll gt:t an A," t:xplains Tirnmins. "It's lll'haviour thut crcult•s a hostile· t•m•irmunenl in the duss." Furthcnnorc, clussroom sexism oflt:n oc:cu1·s in settings wlu:re the eluss The Cmnmitlt:t: consists of pmfcssm·s, gratluutc, and unclcrg1·acluatc students. The Suh-Cnmmittcc is in the them, unci help them assess the situaticm." the closUI'C of u purnugruphie mutel'iul] prncess nf crca ling a set nf suggcstinns on hnw In cncnuragc wnmen's partici- so stuclcnts whu fine! it clebrrucling cion ' t wcllrcpulctl women-cent reel uc:uclemic: NEW POLICIES IN SIGHT? huvc tu stuy." urganizutiun, that is reflexive of tlu: patinn in the elussmnm which they aim In present in April. Nun-gcnclcr ncutr.1l lunb'llllge is alsu an example of univcrsity-wicle ant! cla ss l'llorn sexism which m:cur·s frc- continuity of sexism in university cummunitics , within the classroom anti in S: c1ucntly, yet is often tlismissctlus un- Despite minor measures taken In recognize: unci cnntcncl with the lung ignorctl prnhlcrnutics nf sexism in the SEXIST SUBTLETIES the curl'iculurn. :xual Hara ssment policies MeGill arc t:urrcntly up for revision, unci arc for the 11 rnostpurt vicwctl us outtlatt:tl unci incffce tivc, even cornpurctl tu nth •r univcrsiti1:s. "There's a wiclesprcucl ltclicf thut prctlominuntly c:on sists of num. not her recent exa mple of u profess or's in sensitivity rcgurtling sexi sm in the important. As a result, the Amcric:un Philosophical Assodution ercutctl a report outlining why "the generic use 'lirnmins givt:s tlu: following t:xumplc, "The 11rofessor will sometinu:s make: jokt:s uhuut worm:n us a way of ltoml- cluss rnnm nct:urrctl in the t:oursc: lntrmluction to Film As A Mass Mctlium. During ont: particular class, of'mun' anti 'lu:' ••• commonly consiclcretl gemlcr-neutrul" is prohlemutic ancl exclusive, anti suggests how tu McGill's pulicy is inatlettuatc," says university environment, there arc still multiple impasses tu . Timrnins. "Revisions have clraggctl on he overcumc. These inclucle deeply fur years ( uml] there's no consensus." Following criteria unknown to the entrcnchccl pcrsunuVcultural hiuscs ing with the men in the duss." MeGill stmlcnts huvt: sought alter- the professor shuwctl the film Mata- uvoitl the use of non-gentler neutral ant! the willingness uf int!ivit!uuls to dor without previously informing the clismiss the validity of sexist offcnses stuclent hotly, the principal appoints professors us assessors who arc not sttulen ts of the language. The report, entitled Guideline! For ami exclusions. necessarily «tualifiell, unci who receive mUVICS The Nonsexist U!e OfLanguage, stales tl1at using "the generic 'man 'leaves out more than women, it often !cutis us to The onus lies not only on the prttfcssors to hecomc more sensitive to tltis issue, hut also on the stuclcnt hotly tu no training. As a result ofthis attitmlc, Hssessors of sexual harassment com- omit the clistinctivc elements of female CXJH!rience ant! hchuvior". The report rccub'llize sexist incitlcnccs including the enntinuctl use of exclusive !an- stutlenl!. offers various nonsexist alternatives guugc, antltotukc recourse. .. native ways to atltl r t: s 11 "The onus lies not only on the professors to become more sensitive to this issue, but also on the student body to recognize sexist incidences, and to take recourse. the 11 p ,. 11 h I I! Ill ~ iau:t: t•onlcnt. Th e opening scent: wus of a man musturhut- tlwre lli'C nut yt:t luws cunpunish suhtlc:, hut c:vcrytlay typt·s uf sexism. Mt:Gill's philusuphy tlt•purlnll'nl has t:n·alt•cl a Suh- ing whilt: wutching women hcing clct:upitutccl. Tlu: iruliviclual who rt:pnrlt:clthc indclent wus ufft:lllle•cl hy Curnmitlt•e: 1111 the: l'urtit:ipatiun uf Wunwn in the: Classmurn in n·~ pcm s t : tu a n·port writ lt·n last ye·ar· hy fc•malt: the material shown , unci slalctl that many stlltlt:nls rt•ut:lt:tl with hurrur. This t:nultlham lwt:n a\'uicletl if stu- philosnphy unclt·rgnuluah' stuclt:nls. The: n·pm·t uutliau:s \'ariuus a·c•us nns why wnrnem partic-ipalt: le•ss in elass tlt:nts hat! hee·n gh•t:n tlu: nppnrtunity tu refuse viewing the mu,•ic in uel- ~trau: tctltn anti sights pragmatic exum1tlcs of hnw In incorporate nnnst:xistlunb'llage into u lecture. ' 7: SEXISM IN THE CURRICULUM RECOURSE "Sexual harassment is an issue that rcctuircs sensitivity," s11ys Timmins. "In some cases it's clear that there arc [ usM:ssors] who arc not suited for their yontlmnrt: suhtlc furms uf pusition, ami mar culls rcflt:et that ." cxism ut McGill, a vuicl re nuins with rt•spcct In stritlent sexual hurussnu:nl pnlieics anti prutcctiuns. Currently, scxuul hurussmcnl cumplaints art: citlu:r infur- c·uunlcr the unclcr l'e•p1·c scntatiun uf \\'11111 ·n in the :urr·iculum, urguniza tiunM mully ur furmully resnlw:tlut McGill. such us the Simune De Bcauvuir In- In an infurmally rcs nlvetl case tlw stitute have !teen furmctl. The lnsti- c·nmplainanl spt:aks tu an ussessur sexist ant! viulcnt rumificutiuns nf u sc·cm: such us this fur viewc:r·s, t•spc- tult:·~aim is "tu prumutc a !tetter untlcl·stuntling uf the histuricul ami cuntcmpurury situutiun uf women in so- wlw then clecitlt:s un pmpt:r rccnurse. At:corcling to the fnnnulpruecclurcs , a stlltlcnt cu n appruuch tlu: profes- ciety". cially wumcn vit:wcrs. Timmins hdit:vt•s that situutiuns Din'l!tur uf the Simnnc Dt: Beauvuir Institute Kuurinu Kuilu tlcscrihcs the sor hy hcrsclf/him sd f or in u group, ur wurk thruugh un assessor. In the latter case, the complainant must Kan yu-Furslnt:r, lnstitutt:'" pusiticm u ~ pruvitling u hul- ugrcc tu lt • iclcntifictl fur the usscssur e Kisilt:vsky, Hmnonu Huhr rts, unce tu the rcb'lllur university rtlucu- tuuhtuinuuthurizutiun fur an inves- · than nu:n , urul uffers sugge•stions un how tu rectify this situation, whit:h st•t•ms tu t:Vitlcrwc the 1wrvasivt: tievaluation uf wnmt:n's \'nil't•s. Tlu: unulysis, writlt·n hy Churlnttc Sari vunc:t: ur if the prufcssur luulnpt•nt•tl up priur tlisc:nssinn t:mu:crning the plaints often seem unapproachahle to lnfornwtion on tl1e 'Regulnti01u Concerning Complaints of Sex awl llarassment' is fouml in the Stuelcnt Hights untl Responsihilitics llantiiHHtk. Se:cunl Asmult Centre of l'tlcGill St~~tlent's Society (SACOMSS): 398-2700 Se:cualllnrassment Asseuors: f•rofcssor Robert Lccker: 398-6562 Professor Katrina Stewnrt: 3987872 Profeuor Shnron Be:eau: 3983384 Profeuor Pat Well!: 3984508 �Might Pro-feminists, drum-beaters, and threatened misogynists gone mad by Hanna h Rogers eral who has been called a men's rights advocate, recently stopped a of the United States, and that the judicial system is manipulate d hy femi- tionol and socially destructive " and its prime purposes ore "to establish a bill that would have made child support payments tax deductible for the nists. They claim that the courts are biased against men when awarding lesbian-socialist rcpuhlic and to dismantle the family unit". More dis- custoclial parent, hut not for the par- custody and ordering child support payments. The MDA claims that "ju- turbing, is the statement that "[b ]altered women's shelters are also manhood ... clocs not necessarily imply dicial anti-male prejudice" governs divorce. funded, despite the absence of justification. These establishments serve exclude[ s] homosexuals." Likewise, the organizatio n, Dads Against Discrimin ation (DADS) as headquart ers or covens of fcminoids primarily to pursue their phollic, uml while it does not explicitly exclude homosexuals from its rncm- own agcndo11 and only secondarily to help tlu.-sc alleged hcrllhip, it regurcls homosexuality us inhibiting the role of men in society. They have 11uhlishcd articles in their ent paying the child support, claiming that it was cliscriminatory towards men. Furthermo re, on March 28, 1995, she spoke to the ~anaclian SenThe men's movement ranges from pro-feminist groups to organizations ate about the correlation between which actively combat feminist causes. The movement is diverse, und victims." the men's rights movement particularly is indicative of an era in which With respect to the MDA's 'critique' of feminism, any autonomous woman is irrational roles for women and men arc in flux. Most people's perception of the men's movement is a hunch of men ami dangerous. Furthermor e, with the loss of 'femininity' she heating drums in the forest, getting in touch with their "lost masculinity." becomes u dehumaniz ed "fcminoid" . Lesbians, who stray twcn further from their Rohert Bly, poet, und unofficial leader of the "mythopoct ic" group of the men's movement has pnpularizecl this approach of getting hack to one's masculinity anti unclerstuncling the warrior, the king, umlthe hunter in each man. They rely upon mythopuc try untl masculine encleavors 11uch as heating tlrums uml slaying deer. Their essentialist views reinforce stereotypes of men us heing fierce anti aggressive. · Others groups pl'omote u profeminist uml anti· violence stance, and work closely with wumen's groups. The Men's Network for Change, u Canadian org~nization "committed to working against sexism and patriurclay in Canadian Society" is an exam· plc. They work towurcls rcprocluctive rights for women ami fight homopho· hia. Groups such as tht~ MNC have Some urganizations arc affiliatctl with evangelical Christianity , most notably, "Promise Keepers," foumled hy former fnnthall couc:h, Dill Mt:Curtncy. Promise Keepers rc'luircs its members tu make "promises" tu maintain their rclatinnship s with Jesus, family, friends, church, anti community. The organization effectively excludes anyone who is not an evangelical Christian heterosexual Promise Keepers is actively humc.- magazine, New Mun, that claim that homosexuality is u disorder that can he curt.'ll through counseling amllll.'-. haviour mCHlification .. The MDA ridicules the mythopoctic men's nwvc~ment as, "mucic u1• of clisillusiom~d feminists, cont:cptiuns of what it means tu masochists, homosexuals, und other lo11t souls seeking sulvutiun in malt~ homling, drumming, etc." The unimns- 111~ u 'woman' arc seen us u ity hctwt..-en factions of the men's muvc- tlart:ut, usurpcr11 of mule pvsition ami us can he st..-en with the mcnt imlicatcs the luck of coht:sion within the movement. use of the word "covens," arc likcned to witches. Even more disturhing, In the MDA, wom- The men's rights mnvcrncnl is testimony tu the fuel that women have mcnt is clcfcnsivc, threutenctl, and confus!!d: ~luny men have wdcumcdth e violent criminals. Maintaining that women abuse children as frequently us men do, she shifts the hlamc from changes that have nccurrecl since tlu: second wave of the women's movt~­ to puss the history of fatherhood to subsequent generations ." They pro- fies aggression us u mule virtue. Accortling to the MDA, "men's natural mcnt, hut with any social change, backlash seems inevitable. vide u number of services to men who the violent mule criminals to the ulm- characterist ics" include "aggression anti greater motivation [than It is easy to tlismiss men's rights arc involvetl in tlivorcc anti custody hearings that promote the concept women]." groups us ratlical fringe, but many of their ideas are visible in contemporary that men shuuhl have at least CIJUal custody, uncltlismiss 'dcutlhcat dads' For Waiter Furrell, author of Why Men arc tire Way they Are, ami sup· political and 11ociul tliscourtlc. While the fears of rcuctiunary men's rights (tlads who default on their child sup- porter of tlu: NCFM, masculinity should he cmhrucetl us healthy, fulfill- groups arc irulicutivt: of positive~ social port payments) us non-existent. This sense of oppression is symptomatic of many men's rights groups ing ami constructive. Masculine values, he claims, arc:, "generosity, fair- unci is indicative of u sense of power- ness, nm·turing, fathering thruugh coaching, leadership, outrageousness, sivc mothers. While certainly not as ratlicul us some men in the men's rights movement, Senator Cools has continually uphclcl the notion that men arc discriminat ed against in Canacliun sndcty. OPPRESSED MEN SING THE BLUES ore ruclical men's rights groups such us The !\I en's Defensc Association (MDA) und the National Coalition of Free Men (NCFM), complain that the entire system of government is tliscrimina tory against men, unclthat society in gcnt:ral has "emasculat ed" men. "The mule of the politically affiliated but shares many legally, politically, economically, and views with conservative political organizations and parties. culturally, causing many to become confusetl, helpless, anti oppressed." More radical men's rights movements exist outside of ohscure organi- Men's rights advocates claim that women own a great deal of the assets lessness as women continue to make progress in areas from which they keeping emotions l!ncler control." ... matle progress. The men's riglats moVt..'- en's shelters exist without justiWhile the MDA denies that men abuse women, it simultaneously glori- married man. Promise Kt..-epers is not change, women shuultl never assume that uur gains arc permanent. Women have tu continue to work unci fight nut only tu maintain what wt: have act:nmplishctl, hut In create u safer, mort: just, further cvulvcd society. have previously heen exdaulctl. This hacklash manifests itself in many facets ufNorth American society and has hecnmc one that ranges from the tlismissulnf women's issues us 'pnliticully correct' to tlm vocal complaints of 'threatened men'. It encompass es accusations that date rape dues not exist, the issue of reproductiv e rights ami the recent rise in uttack11 on abortion clinics. MORE FEMINIST BASHING en's rights groups, zations. Many of theia· ideas like the MDA view are espousetl hy mainstream feminism as "irra- Senator Annc Cools, a Lih- the deer slayer type ... [ and] definitely "pledges tu preserve, protect, anti defend the father hcadctl family, and species", claims Richard F. Doyle of the MDA "is under increasing attack political parties. Canadian men from its clcfinition: "True men and mule children almscd hy their mothers and men who grow up and hccomc little in common with most other segments of the men's movement. 'Men', however, is a narrow term for many involved in the men's rights movement. The MDA excludes many CONTINUED FROM PAGE ... I0 to myths uhouttht~ uncleanliness of women's hmlics. You may notluve having ynur pcriutl, hut there is no Keeper". Other ultt~ rnutivcs arc st~a spongt~s, u sponge with a string ut- reason to feel that your nwn menstrual !Jioucl is a tuhno subject, sight nr scent. reusahlc, wushuhlc palls, mutlc hy small businesses ancl many incleJ•emlcnt women in Montreal. Desitles, non-chlorin e bleached tampons, there arc other so-called Stroke it,pet it, tease it hut plcuse don't pollute the pussy. tuchetl for insertiun anti rcmuval, unci 'feminine hygiene' products availahle that are reusuhlc, proving to be both more affordahle anti environmentally friendly. One of these options is a cylindrical rub her cup known ae "The You can buy these products or obtain information re- garding their dutribution at the Women's Union and QPIRG McGiU. �HERSTREET 24-HOURS centre n's wome eal Montr ADAY? holds benefit to expand its safe-space by Jameela Jeeroburk han ..... Lionc Couture dreads 6pm. As foundcr and director of Hcrstrcel Montreal (La Rue des Femmes de Montreal), a day-centre for homeless wumen uml women in difficulties, 6pm means dosing up and sending women away fur tl1c night. But I-lcrslreel wants to cxteml tlmse hours. On Sutunluy, Fehruury 22, Hcrstrect held u hcncfit show ut the Strutl1em Centre tu aid its development in tu u full-time shelter. lnspin-ocl hy Stn-'Cl City women's c:cntn: in Turonlo, Hersln-'Ctlws hccn a cluyc:cntrc since 19'>1.1t pmvides ftKHI, elutlr ing, mcclicul unci uthcr infmmutiun tu wumen in difficulties. It ulsu conducts 15 is the daily maximum. Often, the women arc homeless or arc survivors of incest ami otlJcrforms of violence. "Homeless women don't necessarily slLocp on UJC streets," explains Fruneke. "They may move from house to house, hut have no shelter of their own." Curulinc, who has heen visiting says, Hcrstrccl for ahuut two montl18 I "Sometimes the end of the month is hard." Right now, she is looking for work unci she hoJH!S to return tu CEG EP fur a cliplomu in administration. For Cumlinc, tlm centre ullows her to cut her meals in guocl company. "Sad !lungs take I•lucc in the home," Couture explains while SJit!llking tu an uctivitics such us mu•·ul·painting unclmuskmuking, hut wumen tic:ipate. "The centre respccl~ lmw wumen feci A COMMUNrrf AMONG FRIENDS almost full hull ut the: llt!nt:fil. "70% of aggression takes place in the: home, so home hc:cumcs 11 symlml uf hon·or," she Movement Against Rape uml Incest • says. Hoslt!ll hy QuCIJl-c 's Qtlt'C il ofl.tntn·uv Cuutun: fmmclctl llersln-'C I tu offer uJ. Diune Julcs, the IK!nefit ineluded mostly temati\'I!S to women. "[llel~ln-oct) c:umc frum the rculizu- . female music:iuns like Penny Lung ami lion tlmt tlu!rc ure: nut a lot uf I'CSuurces Tcn--z Mnntcalm. Nom~ uf tltc perfumJ· fm· Women, l'SJH!e:ially nun-psychiatric en; were paid,~~~ all fuml~ wentclirc."Ctly ., n!soun·c.-s," says Coutun:. Sltt: nlsu e:ritidzes the: psydtiutric treatment of lwmclcss unci trnuhlecl women saying, "Tin:n~ lll't! thn~: time-s us many women urulet·guing psydtiahic: tllt'rnpy [us tlu:t·e m·e nwn ]. " fltll Coutm · fc~·l s this tlll'rapy is uut aclaplt'cltu wunwn 's n•~~ Is anti is Vt't")' t ~X pt•n s i\•e fur In Ilm'liln!CI. Outside: the: rnuin hull, fmul unci clrinks we1·e sulci while vnlunll'CI'li unci c·enii'C users wah'hedthe {!\'e!lll nntelevisiun sc:n't:ns. Sinc·e there We!t'C lt!{) scuts in the hallnncluhnut 40 mluntecrs, the tde\ision set-up alluwctlthu~e whut•mtlcl nut affonl :1 $25 tic·kd tu expc·tienc·•: the t)n: )IIHir. "Wumt·n an: oflt:n J,Jmnl·d for thl'ir pruhlt·ms without Wl'i!;hing tlu: imput·· taw·t• of tlll'ir pust cliHi l' ulti• ·~ und tlwir show in a rclaxl'd c·nvinmnu:nt :mwng tn·allnt•nt hy ~cH'ic•t y," Coutm · n·marks. " ul dc·c ·idc~ltu >ctup a n:ntn·that wuulcl b1n : tlw>t: wumcn puwc·r ami u plac· • in untc'C r~, " SIH'idy." The: numl~t·r· of womc·n fn~ IJUt•nting t1n: c·cntn: varies, hut fticncls. "Sunh:wunu·n an· imide, hut must of tht·m want tu stay unt het • 11ilh tlu: volsays Gc·n Walsh, n vulunlt't!r sim:e last sunum·r. Silting tugetlll't"llltahlt.':lm ul shating fcKKimul drinks, tlll'm is 11 sensc: nf ea- by Ha:ii.nah Rogers cause, ucconling to Couture, tlte work tl~ey do fur outweigl18 tltdr rcmuneru· lion. There 11re 11huut ftftt.'Cn mltlitiunul voluntt'Crs, nine of whom work directly witlt tltcwumen. Anglophones com- c11mpus, you have effectively ignored considerate." Herstreet has fourwh11t Couture culls "paid volunteers," clescrillt!tl us such he- cause "it's c:uUt-ctive uml fcmtini st." She fincl s Hcrstn.'Ct's philusuphy tu he mure open-mindecl than most centres. "It's viclunl inteJ·vcmtiun tuul materiul gumls S'J't)p 11Smtl ME I hate SSMU elections. I hate being treated us the "leshian", ~he "wom11n" the "activist" the "alternative lifestyle-liver" the "marginal" the "freak". I am not the only leshian, woman or activist ut McGill. I've been schmoozed, smile(! ut, fluttered, and sucked up to more in the lust two weeks than ever hcfore. By singling me out as this incretlihly important, influential and illustrious person on "Here, each woman's voice has weight," states Fruncke. "[Volunteers] must listen to women's prohlems and he mutes itself us hilinb'llul. Wul sh deciclecl tu wcwk at llcrstreet he- like living:" explains J ennnc: F1·uncke, fi. nanre c·ununilll'C mcmllt!l"nncl hcmefit urganizt!r. "Thc•n! urc incli- supportive milieu fur these wumen." With 15 ycurs CXJit!licncc in vulunlt'Cr work • mainly with women in the! Herstreet staff, many women's organizutions set down rules that users arc forced to abide by. But Herslreettriesto function on u more egalitarian husis. prise 11 thircl of the women who lL~·~ tlte cenIre unci Hersln-'Cl pro- un! nut uhligc.'tlto pur- pmviclt:cl, hut murc impm1tmtly, them is a murudcric between the JK!oplc who volunteer at Hcrstreet and thuscwhouse it. Accortling to Frunckc and other people again •.• until campaigning begins again, next year. by Amy Lang When a hoy I know cxpluinecltu me thut "girls just ut·en't funny", I suclclenly urulerstoucl why I wus the only woman in Me Gill Improv. Ahu! I thought, humour is u biologicolly inherent chur11ctcristic which is somelww uttachecl (along with the DNA work program clcsi!,'llecl In 1'-'-inlt!!,'l"llle pcH>J"ami homeless women into t1te work phallus jokes we1·en 't just hec:uusc my miming skills arc: hucl. Appur·cntly, force ut tltdr nwn puce. As well, Herstn--cl woulcllikc to cstuhlish 11 P11rticipants' Cummillt'C that wnulcl ulluw the users nf the c:cnii"C In you hnvc: to uwnu penis to mime one. This was wmulerful news fur me, as I've spent a ycur ultcmuting hc- voice demands to the staff mul engage them in the ck-cision making prnccss. But rigltt nnw, sm:h prngrams arc~till waiting lntnkc nHII. "Wt:'t'C cle:velnping twcen repressed fury ut the hl11tunt misubryny on-stugc nr in the uucliencc, uml the helicf that I was nothing mun: than a cumplc:tely skill-less lumh (in this c:nse, lit erally). Now, with thi s them ucc:nnling tu the means IIIHIJHIS!'i· hiliti~ nf the wnmt:n," says Couture. The IK!nc:fit show raiseclaiHIUithn! • thuusatul clnllar~ anclm·arly all tic:kt:t;; umazing rea lizatinn , I c:oulcl just ac·· c·epl my jnh as " the: girl" m· the innnirnalt: ohjcc·t in nur· sc·t·ne · (actually tlu: two often go togl'! hcr). 1 t:oulcl stop wt•rc: . ulcl. But ll erstrl't'l is far fnnn n·arhing the• nmu1mt llt1'clt:cltu l11.1 :cmu: a full -time: resiclenee . Hi ght now, ller~ ln't! l is only npcn uu we'l!kcmls fonn worr yin g about why my girlfriend n:fu ed tu c·um ·to our imprm· wnrkshops. lt 'F ht·c·a us ·they wcr • clull , sigiL~ Cnulur'C. she/he says. And the sad thing is, after this whole frenzy ends, when the haUnts are counted, I c11nl•cl you quite a hit of money that I won't hear from these "(il RIS .nJST ~ l11lmr ' nun-racist, nnn-hnmophnhic ami very much hasccl 1111 J'C spect," she . cmlcs fur chest huir umlmuth skills) tu that Y chrumusume I lack. "It all explains. He:rstreel h11s various projects in makes sense now," I criecl (in my mine! huSl'tl on its rcspc.-ct for the Slll't:ifie hcucl). Those situations cm-stage needs of cuch woman. In cliscussinn is 11 where I coulcln 't cuntrihute tu the I lam to 6pm. Cnuture c· timaks 11 l't.'ttuit'Ccl S200,000 fm· a new huilcling unci, utlcmt, S25,000 fm· hasic nutlt!tials. "We'r'C cluing 11 lnt nf funcl raising," everyone else. You have also turned "us" (whoever us is) into a homog· enous, herd-like group of people who will follow the leader no muller what humourl ess and unintt·lligl'nt not hecuusc the aggressivel y mal e nncl ex trovert ed humuur· env irnnnwnt w ·'cl st!l up was cli c:uuruging. (You ea nrclax, hoys -tlw e hreas t jnkt·s hue! nothing tu clu with it!). With that one lu·icf, illuminuting insight my previuus theory uhnutlww brirls justu1·cn ' t cm:nuragcclto he the cla ss clown or loucl ur obnoxious m· risk-takers cvapcu·uted. l\ly suhtheury that many umlicncc mcmhers arc ass holes wlw only like penis jokes was, in fact, cunfirmccl. Ohviously though, this was the "natural" urclcr, nut tu he: tamperccl with, unci I slwulcl stop my futil e attempts tu change it. Now that I know thut I'm not funny, I cun stop my unnnying huhit uf inuclvcrtently muking people laugh! I can stop trying tu recruit the masses uf hilarious (or su I'd mistakenl y thought) women I know into McGill lmprnv ur uny nther type nf cumcclie ac:tivity! I cu n stop using my pecul!arly ft!mininc talt·nts ("the pnwer nf the vngina" comes In mind) In save supe:rherne in our sc:enes! I ea n fi . nully give up my miscunc:eptiuns nf ex hilaratio 1, suhvc:t·siun and pn'l\'et·! This is u gn·at rei id. Fm· a minute thc•t'l' I thou ght l' tl adnully l'hnngt•d . n nll' t hin ~,; . 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I will continue to provide students with ways (from letter writing to demonstrations) to fight the cuts, and to make their voices heard. Working together can make a difference. Vote Erin Runions, VP-Extcrnal Affairs. VP Finance GREG MAGAS Senator (Ph.D.) NEIL ROONEY, Ph.D.3 Qualifications: Ph.D. representative to Senate ('96-'97), PGSS Academic Issues Committee, McGill Nominating Committee, McGill Selection Committee for Associate Vice· Principal (Graduate Studies), Senate Ad Hoc . Committee on Connict of lnlcrcst Policy. I believe continuity on Senate will remind the University that graduate students arc a constant and indispensable component of the Senator (Masters) JACK YUJA ALOK KHATRI If elected I wish to undertake the following: I. to develop a more user friendly and interactive web sile for PGSS, utilizing my electrical engineering background and knowledge of HTML programming. 2. to improve communication between the Executive committee and PGSS members so as to get more member involvement. 3. to gain visibility for decisions taken by the PGSS and member involvement for the same. 4. to improve the overall communications between PGSS and its members. ,_ b ' (;j 0 a u :E 0 F= 16111&11~ ANNA KRUZYNSKI . V.P. University Affairs 1996-97. · Accomplishments this year: Future Visions Conference, Ph.D. Comprehensive Policy, and increased representation on campus. On-going projects: supervisor evaluation procedure, policy for supervisor loss, and Alternative McGill Budget. Goals for 97-98: complete on-going projects, increase transparency of the University decision-making process and increase communication with McGill administration. An MBA student, I am PGSS Senator, PGSS Council-member and member of UniversityAffairs-Committee and Academic-IssuesCommittee. Main goals: • Ensuring student representation, awareness of privatization • Opposing tuition fee increases • Greater job opportunities and funding by industrial partnership • Address AGSEM issues. Vote Saad Khan for your PGSS President I Board of Governors representative. MANSOOR RAIDER JAWAID I have a quantitative educational background and am presently studying Finance. My experience in handling Business Development and Finance provides me the right mix of skills that the PGSS needs. My intention is to provide representation and services to the members as well as a good financial management to the PGSS. I believe that the best option for PGSS is to increase its revenues through aggressive marketing to bring members back. As my primary responsibility in the coming year relates to student activities, I propose to organize events at Thomson House that better correspond to the wishes of the PGSS membership. As well, I intend to promote awareness ofThomson House among graduate students. I feel that we arc privileged to have access to this great facility and I would like to sec an increase in the number of people enjoying it. ' 'i T SAADKHAN Dear Graduate Students, As your next representative to the McGill Senate 1997/1998, rest assured that we have a strong voice in this administrative body which deals with important Academic Issues such as tuition, fellowships, grants, and the global academic regulations of the University. Therefore, Vote JACK YUJA for Senate! � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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