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This article is second in a series on International Woman's Year and its effect on the U.P.E.I. campus.

Perhaps one of the most misunderstood faculties on Campus is that of Home Econ- omics. To a great many stu- dents the very title "Home Economics" connotates "cook— ing and sewing" which, in actual fact, make—up only a small part of the courses offered in that field. Un- fortunately Home Economics has been a;fema1e dominated

profession which could account

ﬁfor its lack of appreciation. You don't have to be a Home Economics major or a 1female to take any of the courses or benifit from than. For example, a course in In— troductory Nutrition should be of value to anyone inter- ested in being healthy. Family Finance would be use- ful to anyone interested in making the most of their money or whose profession would put them in a position to counsel people about their financial situation. If you are interested in Consumer- ism, Consumer Education

Recommendations Atl International Women's Day' Conference

Last Saturday I attended the International Women's Day Conference in Toronto. The mayor had "graciously" consented to let the women use the facilities of City Hall for one day - despite the short time period a gre- at deal of constructive ste-

ps were taken and resolutio- ns were passed. Let us hope

these resolutions will not go the way of the Royal Commission Report on the

status of women, which 15' nowhere. The basic setup

for the day was this:

There were approximately six workshops held from 9 until 4, these being;

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would be very interesting. Or, if you would just like to learn the principles of food preparation and earn a credit at the same time, try an Introductory Foods c0urse. Because the Home Econ- omics profession has primar- _ily been associated with h women, males who initially enroll in a course will have ' a great socia1_stigma to ' overcome. Most males comp- lain that there is no need

1) Women and World Peace

2) Female Sexuality and the Law . n

3) Women in Business and Professions

4) Day care and Welfare

5) Education

6) Legal rights in Marriage and Property Rights

Each of these workshops consisted of about 4 or 5 people qualified to speak in each area, plus all those concerned with discussing these topics. Each of theSe workshops formulated a num-

‘ber of resolutions which

vwere to be‘ '. voted upon

,atLthe general meeting held

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Why Not? This question logically follows the ques- tion "why?". Used as a slo— gan "why not" begs the ques- tion . Our government is,m spending thousands of dole lars on posters, buttons

and advertisements to ask an .

irrelevant question. Women not only know why, they also know why not. Wo-

men are becomming more' V aware of themselves as per-

sons seeking to reach their full potential whether it be in the home, with the wdrking force or in any pro- fession. Women recogniZe ’

the opressive chains of out dated legislation and law. _that shackel people into (believing that they are

powerless, unWorthy and in—'

ferior. ‘ If we must ask Why Not, then why not more day care centers?, Why not more " diversity in education? Why not look:_ at some real concerns? Why not action on a human rights commission? Why not have a government committeed to change instead of child- ish slogans and degrading propaganda D. MacDonald

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for Women's Liberation Move- ment but in fact there are ’many professions where men are discriminated against so maybe we need a certain amount of liberation for both sexes before we can attain equality.

If there are courses in Home Economics that ap— peal to anyone male or fe- male there is no reason that they should not take them.

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a great deal of money renof

at the end of the day. The following are extracts of some of the major resolutio— ns passed:

1) enforcement of equal pay ‘for work of equal value

2) safe legal abortion on demand,. available in all parts.of Canada and paid for by Medicare , ;3) equal opportunity for women to participate in Manpower training programs 4) language training progra- ms equally available to

~immigrant women as well as

immigrant men. 5) removal of laws that

-state an Indian women will

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vating Dalton Hall and it should benifit as many peop— le as possible. There has in past years been one or

two males who have taken' courses. We would

like to hear their opinions. Also if anyone else has criticisms or comments we would welcome a letter from you in the next edition of the "Cadre". *

R. MacDonald L. Doyle

In Toronto

lose her Indian status and all its priviliges if

Ishe marries outside her race

6) Good day care centres available 24 hOurs a day,

rfree to all people - to be

subsidized by large corpora— tions and run on a nonprofit basis ' 7) freedom for women politi— cal prisoners in Chile and Viet Nam 8) establishment of paterni- ty leave 9) that rape be classified as assualt, thereby removing the need for proof of penet- ration etc, and eliminating the farce of investigating the victim's background There were approximately

60 resolutions passed in all and each one was very well put together, proposing legislation that was long overdue. It is beyond the sc0pe of my long term memory however to remember them all.

So some good ideas are coming out of I.W.Y. but lets all_work to see that they are put into effect and not just given a patron— ising nod by those in busin— ess and government.

Mary-Lynne Ross