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BIC DANr ~Jazz AT U‘_ ' , 'I‘his‘Sunday at 2:30 in the Dr. Recital Hall the URI Jazz Barr}. will present a. free center .

A variety of big hard

styles will be-iincluded

in this program and if you are. into jazz at all you won't want to miss it.

The band is directed by‘

Prof. Jim Montgcmery of the Dept. of Music and is:

comprised of

UPEI students

and "others" whoenjoy jazz.

Blow away those pre-exam blues with some rousing mingin' times like "In the Mood", Georgia on. My a‘v'lind", and ."Send In the Clowns." See ‘you there.

:Not a love story: w0men are stiIIThe suffirers

.The Muse By Kelly Smith and Darrell Squires We are living in a new sexual dark age. Modern attitudes towards all aspects of human lifestyles. especially sexual mores, have led to a

situation where only the sex act is

important. To many, at least enough to make porno a thriving industry, sex is entertainment.

At one time, sexual relations were very private matters, pushed to the back of human consciousness and not retrieved until it would be enjoyed under legitimate circumstances. Or at least until a couple were sure they wouldn‘t be caught.

Then came the age where sex was seen not as shameful but as the highest expression of human love. The real trick was to get the schools to adopt this attitude so the kids could learn about it nice and early, say around the age of six. This was con- sidered the best way to let children grow up as liberal, free-thinking and enlightened individuals in the modern world. Great. v

The film, “Not A Love Story" shows us how we’ve simplified the sexual act to a base level. It is also a film of discrimination. aggression, violence. and suppression — all against women. Pognography attracts and excites us because it gives us a pleasing sen- sationxPull up a chair, pop open a beer. light up a smoke, and watch the show. It’s fun. This attitude is widespread enough to make two soft porn magazines, Penthouse and Playboy, more widely read than Time and Newsweek combined. Hard-core pornographic maghzines. films and literature generate an income that has increased over the past twelve years from 24 million to 5 billion dollars. Most of this industry is controlled by organized crime. - .

So while vast numbers pay high ' prices for these materials, thereby encouraging their production. what is happening to the people who pose and perform for the various productions? “Not A Love Story” presents people whose views, by experience, are that it’s a miserable way to make a living. Women must pretend they are en- joying the sex, having to summon practically all their willpower tohide fear and tension in readiness for a mechanical act which promises as much pleasure as a pap test.

One fact about the human condition allowing this industry to continue so successfully is male attitudes towards women. The pornography industry is patronized mostly by men and this makes a disturbing statement about some men’s primitive attitudes towards women. Sex that is en- tertaining appeals to a mental level far below basic levels of‘ human

dignity. So much-time is spent wat-—

ching others enjoy a physical sen- sation. ‘

Women are usually the objects of this form of entertainment. They are seen as bodies to have sex with, to abuse, and nothing else.

The reason why men enjoy porn could lie in the male reaction to the increased role’of women in society. Does it show that men or society in

general have not truly accepted women’s liberation? ‘ Listen lady, you’ve your career, and you’re out of

the kitchen, but in porn you are still

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sile’nt victims. As one woman put it: V“I am the futkeel’. -

Martha Muzychka. Director of the.

Women’s Resource Centre on campus gives another reason, “Men have become desensitized". she says. “They need bigger and better things to shock them.”

Porn is apparently fulfilling this

I need. But “how can this need be

justified when the reuits are un- justifiable? It was brought out in the film that poi-m 'promotes'aggression. A man sees a porn film and later the aggression rears. its ugly head in treatment of his Wife, his children. his attitudes toward his secretary.

‘ In places where porn has been outlawed. there have been various

' attempts to stop its production and

distribution. Confiscation and seizures are not the anwer. They simply follow the grand-mica oi censorship. Telling , they cannot have a cefiaiang. such a: porn, only makesthem want it more The supply .can only decrease whet the demand dies and production m longer becomes good business. ’ This can come about only whet people are made aware of thc . detrimental effects of pornography on

human integrity and feelings of self ‘

worth, commodities which havi become increasingly rare in pursui . of the buck.

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