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      Er
      ees
      AEA
      se
      oe
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      AFEAS.
      Since
      1969,
      the
      women
      of
      all
      of
      Canada,
      in
     
     
      the
      context
      of
      a
      very
      official
      and
      very
      upright
      Royal
     
     
      Commission
      of
      Enquiry,
      took
      the
      measure
      of
      their
     
     
      suborganization
      and
      became
      aware
      of
      their
      problem-
     
     
      atic
      situation.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Young
      women
      twenty
      year
      old,
      those
      who
      thought
     
     
      feminism
      unnecessary,
      out
      of
      date,
      old
      politics,
      and
     
     
      so
      on,
      experienced
      a
      most
      acute
      oppression.,
      Inall
     
     
      the
      leftist
      political
      movements
      where
      they
      were
      active
     
     
      as
      people
      in
      their
      own
      rights,
      or
      so
      they
      believed;
      in
     
     
      the
      interests
      of
      all
      egalitarian,
      pacifist,
      national,
     
     
      socialist
      causes,
      they
      came
      up
      against
      a
      domination:
     
     
      the
      men
      in
      the
      movement
      dominated
      the
      women.
      This
     
     
      experience
      was
      to
      give
      rise
      to
      a
      more
      radical
      analysis
     
     
      of
      women’s
      situation,
      an
      analysis
      which
      finally
      re-
     
     
      sulted
      in
      avoiding
      the
      pitfalls
      of
      equality.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      The
      good
      old
      dichotomy
      method
      of
      the
      Nineteenth
     
     
      Century
      was
      back
      in
      fashion:
      this
      time,
      there
      were
     
     
      MODERATE
      feminists
      and
      RADICAL
      feminists.
     
     
      The
      very
      ‘‘darling’’
      demands
      of
      the
      BAD
      feminists
      of
     
     
      the
      Nineteenth
      Century
      reappeared
      on
      the
      slates
      of
      the
     
     
      so-called
      MODERATES.
      Andina
      society
      which
     
     
      considered
      itself
      egalitarian,
      the
      demands
      of
      the
     
     
      RADICAL
      feminists
      turned
      everything
      upside
      down.
     
     
      The
      situation
      they
      were
      protesting
      was
      so
     
     
      intolerable...that
      they,
      the
      radical
      feminists,
      were
     
     
      judged
      intolerant.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      But
      a
      strange
      phenomenon
      happened
      at
      the
      end
      of
      the
     
     
      1970’s.
      One
      by
      one,
      radical
      feminist
      analysis
      came
      to
     
     
      reinforce
      the
      demands
      of
      moderate
      women.
      It
      became
     
     
      more
      and
      more
      difficult
      to
      categorize
      the
      issues.
      So
     
     
      much
      so
      that
      at
      the
      end
      of
      that
      decade,
      the
      dividing
     
     
      line
      between
      the
      MODERATES
      and
      the
      RADICALS
     
     
      had
      become
      less
      and
      less
      obvious.
      Little
      by
      little,
      all
     
     
      of
      feminism
      came
      to
      beconsidered
      RADICAL.
      But
     
     
      inn
      spite
      of
      everything,
      women’s
      issues
      were
      docu-
     
     
      mented,
      serious,
      level-headed,
      and
      politicized.
      It
      was
     
     
      no
      longer
      possible
      to
      brush
      them
      aside.
      It
      was
      no
     
     
      longer
      possible
      to
      laugh
      at
      them,
      as
      had
      happened
      in
     
     
      the
      House
      of
      Commons,
      when
      the
      prob!em
      of
      battered
     
     
      women.caused
      members
      to
      burst
      out
      laughing,
      thus
     
     
      inciting
      women’s
      general
      indignation.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Nothing
      is
      more
      disturbing
      than
      reading
      documents
     
     
      about
      the
      conditionofwomen.
      And
      if
      reading
      these
     
     
      documents
      makes
      one
      ill
      at
      ease,
      one
      must
      inevitably
     
     
      ask
      oneself
      the
      reason
      for
      this
      situation
      that
      is
      intol-
     
     
      erable.
      In
      ancient
      Egypt,
      the
      Pharaoh
      executed
      the
     
     
      bearers
      of
      bad
      news.
      Today,
      we
      choose\to
      blame
     
     
      those
      who
      protest
      against
      them.
      A
      new
      dichotomy
      has
     
     
      become
      to
      separate
      feminists:
      those
      who
      can
      blame
     
    
   
   
    
     
      UPEIX-PRESS
      |
     
    
   
   
    
     
      February
      13,
      1992
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
     
         
     
    
   
   
    
     
      falked
      to
      (REA
      i
      OMEN
      and
      theses
      whol
     
     
      are
      scolds
      (FAULTFINDERS).
      It
      isno
      longer
      femi-
     
     
      nism
      that
      is
      being
      judged,
      but
      those
      who
      document
      _
     
     
      and
      describe
      feminist
      demands,
      those
      who
      persist
      in
     
     
      keeping
      the
      issues
      before
      the
      public.
      Forwomen’s
      |
     
     
      situation
      is
      far
      from
      being
      resolved;
      on
      this,
      everyon
     
     
      isagreed.
      Let
      us
      acknowledge
      thatthe
      REASON-
      _
     
     
      ABLE
      WOMEN
      are
      those
      who
      claim
      to
      speak
      from
      >
     
     
      masculine
      objectivity;
      they
      have
      only
      to
      give
      the
     
    

    
     
      impression
      of
      understanding
      it
      all
      and
      explaining
      it
      —
     
     
      all.
      But
      what
      to
      do
      about
      those
      FAULTFINDERS,
      ~
     
     
      those
      women
      who
      put
      forward
      an
      interpretation
      whic
     
     
      disrupts
      the
      beautifully
      masculine
      syllogisms
      (which
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      ‘incidentally,
      any
      women
      have
      taken
      up)?
      What
      to
      de
     
    
   
   
    
     
      about
      those
      who
      insist
      on
      bringing
      itup?
      You
      are
     
     
      hurting
      your
      own
      cause,
      people
      keep
      saying
      to
      them,
     
     
      that’s
      enough
      now.
      Be
      quiet.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      We
      can
      also
      easily
      make
      the
      statement
      that
      it
      is
      now
     
     
      FEMINISTS
      set
      up
      in
      opposition
      to
      FEMINISM.
     
     
      Now
      that
      women’s
      analyses
      have
      been
      recognized
      as
     
     
      legitimate
      (even
      the
      bishops
      have
      taken
      a
      position
      or
     
     
      family
      violence!
      ),
      it
      would
      be
      very
      much
      appreciatec
     
     
      of
      the
      women
      would
      finally
      be
      quiet.
      The
      tragedy
      at
     
     
      the
      Polytechnique
      has
      provided
      us
      with
      a
      lovely
     
     
      example
      of
      censorship
      and
      self-censorship.
      Messe1
     
     
      Dubuc,
      Leclerc
      and
      Bourgault
      were
      able
      to
      speak
     
     
      about
      it:
      they
      were
      applauded!
      But
      women
      oughtto
     
     
      be
      quiet
      about
      it;
      what
      they
      have
      to
      say
      doesn’t
      intel
     
     
      est
      anyone.
      They
      are
      guilty
      of
      speaking
      out.
      They
     
     
      are
      even
      guilty
      of
      violence
      against
      men
      with
      fragile
     
     
      psyches,
      as
      Mr.
      Marcel
      Adam
      explained!
      But
      Messe
     
     
      Dubuc,
      Leclerc,
      and
      Bourgault
      hastened
      to
      speak
      of
     
     
      other
      things.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Be
      quiet-as
      !f
      that
      doesn’t
      just
      make
      you
      sick.
      It
      |
     
     
      reminds
      me
      of
      that
      German
      film
      on
      domestic
      violent
     
     
      Women’s
      Silence
      Makes
      Men
      Strong.
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      This
      article
      I
      think
      says
      a
      lot
      about
      the
      controversy
     
     
      occurring
      now
      and
      how
      people
      are
      writing
      in
      letters)
     
     
      the
      editor
      stating
      their
      views
      about
      and
      trying
      to
     
    

    
     
      distinguish
      between
      Radical
      Feminism
      and
      Moderat
     
     
      Feminism.
      It
      makes
      me
      wonder
      that
      in
      20
      years
      fro}
     
     
      now
      how
      people
      are
      going
      to
      differentiate
      between
      t}
     
     
      feminists/feminism
      of
      that
      time.