“Women or Rex” from page 5

to-it. The feminist cause will
make its greatest stride when it
realizes one thing: their or
anyone else's opinions are
merely opinions, not laws of
the land. Alienation into a
sanctuary and crying
oppression only makes me and
countless others lose respect
for this cause and its believers.

If this piece offends
some, which is not _ its
intention, I offer no apology.
To become offended by an
article of this nature only
proves my point of people
becoming so uptight and
reactioinary, so protective over

something that meeds no
protection. Sexuality is
inherent; it cannot be
destroyed; it can only be

defined by those who hold it.
The women in the group have
become so enthrawled in the
ideology of their cause; failure
on any level automatically
boils down to sexism and not
personal inadequacy. What
results is a group who accepts
adversity and, instead of
battling through an obstacle,
initiates blame on someone
other than themselves,
resulting in an easy way out of
many problems.

I would like to hear
the women's group blame
themselves for their inabilities,
whatever they may be and take
responsibility for failure and
admit to a poor performance in
a given situation. This results
in accomplishments due to
abilities and when this occurs,
only when this occurs, has true
progress been achieved. They
may notice that victory
through attrition is a great
feeling and it makes for
stronger individuals which is
what the world really needs.

To reiterate my
intentions, this was not meant
to offend; it was aimed at a
very small population of
people at the University to
illustrate how I feel. However
I'm sure many will take
offense to it. If that is the case,
so be it. Do not become a
male-basher; many men will
disagree with this also. Instead
take pen to paper and write a
response for or against this

piece. That is its true
intention.

By Jan Malcolm
Equal Rights?

I believe I am amongst the
majority of people who support
equal rights for women.

However, I have become
disillusioned with the Women's
Group at UNBC who have gone
far beyond lobbying for equal
rights. The Women's Group is
taking a step backwards,
hindering its own cause by
creating a less than positive
image of itself and its members.
It seems in the short period
UNBC has been open that the
Women's Group has already
begun a brash campaign to assert
its presence on campus. Its goal
appears to be one of intimidation
in that one of the main purposes
in its agenda is vehement

' opposition against anything that

may incidentally infringe upon
their female identities. | The
Women's Group has slighted
itself by dispersing pamphlets
which characterize the male sex
(as a whole) as responsible for
the horrors of domestic violence,
and by  over-analyzing the
university newspaper in search of
possible derogatory statements
about the female sex.

Their actions convey the
message that all or even most
evil stem from a "dominant male
society". Such notions are
indeed realistic, unfair and
destructive as they place blame
squarely on all men-not because
they are necessarily guilty of
some heinous crime but rather
because they are men.

To many students,
male and female, the
Women's Group is
damaging the perception
of women, while
conjuring a .egative
atmosphere around
UNBC. They appear less
interested in working
toward a productive goal
as they are with searching
for compensation for
unsubstantiated claims of
oppression and sexism.
Perhaps it is more tragic.
that these individuals,
while trying to gain more
freedom and rights, inhibit
those of others.

Ellis Bell

over THE EDGE-Friday November 4, 1994 7

THE BITCHING POST

by Neil and Bob

Dear Neil and Bob,

My roommates are slobs
and I can't stand it any more.
But if I ever say anything,
they make me out as a Danny
Tanner cleaning freak. What
canI do? Desperate

Dear Desperate,
Well, “when in Rome..."
It sounds like you're

outnumbered so you might as
well join them. Let the place
go for as long as you can
handle it and hope that you
have more determination
than they have tolerance.
Hopefully they'll get sick of
the mess and clean it up
themselves. Of course the
only real long term solution
may be for all of you to go
your seperate ways. And if
you really are the Danny
Tanner Cleaning freak your
roommates make you out as,
then either chill or screen
your new roommates.
Because either way your
happy home is doomed if

something doesn't change
soon.
Dear Neil and Bob,

Since I moved here my
long distance phone bills

(Across F rom the Sony Store)

U.N.B.C. Students

Nino's Restaurant
Pine Center Mall

have become unreasonable.
Do you have any
suggestions? Yours truly, No

more cents. P.S. or dollars
either.
Dear No More,

If you really find

yourself cut short by
unreasonable phone bills a
simple abrupt solution would
be to phone B. C. Tel and
have them cancel your phone
line. But if you’d die without

a phone of your own, there
are alternatives. Look into a
discount program _like
Between Friends. They
actually do save you money.
As well there are already
time of day discounts. You
could always rediscover letter
writing or if that isn’t high
tech enough, E-mail can be a
very cheap viable option if
the computers are actually
working!

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