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TORONTO (CUP) — As if sexism wasn’t enough, cam-

ises are now being graced with so-called men’s rights groups. ‘The men’s rights group In Search of Justice (ISJ) has recently “gun a recruiting campaign at the University of Toronto and ey ans to set up a branch there. r | rg

“We intend to be an activist group operating at U of T,” said . | fill Steeves, the unofficial U of T coordinator for In Search of ' ee See tice. f “We feel that there are many issues of importance to men ad men should be made aware of them whether they're in . ity or working full-time. All the better that they start to arn in university.” TS] posters plastered across campus list child custody, ity suits, affirmative action and rape cases as areas in hich men are discriminated against. ‘Women’s groups aren't thrilled by the prospect of a men’s group on campus.

Diet aids vs. our culture

PORONTO (CUP) — Counsellors for women with eating | oes Se isorders are angry about the sale of Slim-Fast weight-loss aid | Gee am ples in campus bookstores. eu men eee _Slim-Fast samples are included in Campus Kits, a collection fhealth and hygiene products sold at 110 campus bookstores

n high schools across Canada.

Counsellors say diet aids are an integral part of societal Fessure on women to be obsessed with their weight, and nouldn’t be distributed on campus.

“The fact of the matter is that women are already coming on ycampuses with big insecurities about their appearance,” said wn Yung, an eating disorders counsellor at the McMaster

“It wouldn't necessarily be anything that would start someone he path to destruction. But it would be another thing that

, Dieting is something you can do and should do.’ It’s

ented in a package of things that people ordinarily use, like dorant.

About 20 per cent of university and college-age women

hibit anorexic or bulimic behaviour, according to Carla Rice,

> dinator of the National Eating Disorder Information

Forty per cent of all Canadian women are dieting, and 75 per are weight-obsessed,

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