Dear
      Editor,
     
    
   
   
    
     
      I
      would
      like
      to
      comment
      on
      the
      article
      written
      by
      the
     
     
      management
      of
      CIMN
      November
      14,
      1991.
      First
      of
     
     
      all
      l
      agree
      with
      the
      editor’s
      views
      regarding
      the
     
     
      content
      of
      CIMN’s
      format,
      however;
      the
      CIMN
     
     
      management
      has
      the
      right
      to
      express
      their
      views
      on
     
     
      any
      issue
      they
      so
      desire.
      I
      would
      like
      to
      point
      out
      to
     
     
      CIMN’s
      management,
      that
      the
      editorial
      written
      on
     
     
      November
      7,
      1991
      clearly
      states
      BEFORE
      the
      article
     
     
      is
      written
      that
      ‘*The
      opinions
      expressed
      in
      this
      col-
     
     
      umn
      does
      not
      necessarily
      reflect
      those
      of
      the
      staff
      of
     
     
      this
      publication
      or
      of
      the
      Student
      Union.’’
      From
      the
     
     
      above
      statement
      and
      the
      definition
      of
      an
      editorial
     
     
      which
      was
      obtained
      from
      the
      Oxford
      Dictionary;
      An
     
     
      Editorial:
      newspaper
      or
      periodical
      article
      that
      is
     
     
      usually
      given
      a
      special
      or
      significant
      place
      and
      inten-
     
     
      tionally
      expresses
      the
      views
      of
      those
      in
      control
      of
      the
     
     
      publication
      on
      a
      matter
      of
      interest
      also:
      an
      expression
     
     
      of
      opinion
      that
      resembles
      such
      an
      article.
      Itshould
      be
     
     
      slear
      to
      the
      management
      of
      CIMN
      and
      to
      anyone
      for
     
     
      hat
      matter
      that
      an
      editorial
      is
      ‘‘based
      almost
      wholly
     
     
      yn
      the
      opinion
      of
      one
      person’’
      quoted
      by
      the
      manage-
     
     
      nent
      of
      CIMN.
      The
      management
      of
      CIMN
      is
      far
      too
     
     
      ensitive
      of
      criticism
      as
      they
      appear
      to
      take
      each
     
     
      ritique
      personally.
      Asa
      CIMN
      DJ
      I
      feel
      that
      the
      X-
     
     
      ress
      is
      not
      using
      itself
      as
      a
      medium
      to
      ‘‘berate
      other
     
     
      student
      Union
      organizations’’
      but
      to
      inform
      UPEI
     
     
      tudents
      of
      what
      is
      going
      on
      around
      our
      campus.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      IMN
      DJ
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
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      Dear
      Editor,
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Ifmen
      could
      become
      pregnant,
      hospital
      wings
      would
     
     
      not
      proudly
      boast
      a
      federally-funded
      abortion
      wing,
     
     
      and
      every
      street
      corner
      would
      certainly
      not
      offera
     
     
      free-standing
      abortionclinic.
      If
      mencould.become
     
     
      pregnant,
      we
      can
      rest
      assured
      that
      abortion
      would
      not
     
     
      be
      one
      of
      their
      favoured
      options.
      Men
      would
      never
     
     
      subject
      themselves
      to
      that
      kind
      of
      physical
      and
      emo-
     
     
      tional
      pain.
      Men,
      not
      terribly
      prone
      to
      self-perpe-
     
     
      trated
      vulnerability,
      would
      never
      agree
      to
      spread
      their
     
     
      legs
      and
      suspend
      their
      feet
      in
      stirrups,
      while
      someone
     
     
      else
      earned
      his
      bread
      and
      butter
      -
      or
      caviar-
      through
     
     
      such
      an
      invasion
      and
      exploitation
      of
      their
      bodies.
     
    

    
     
      If
      men
      could
      become
      pregnant,
      we
      would
      have
      de-
     
     
      voted
      less
      time
      to
      worldly
      exploits,
      not
      to
      mention
     
     
      other-worldly
      exploits,
      and
      more
      time
      to
      a
      complete,
     
     
      worthwhile,
      and
      purposeful
      study
      of
      human
      anatomy,
     
     
      physiology,
      biochemistry,
      and
      psychology.
      Ifmen
     
     
      could
      become
      pregnant,
      we
      can
      rest
      assured
      that
      a
     
     
      reliable,
      benevolent
      method
      of
      contraception
      would
     
     
      have
      been
      devised
      long
      ago.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      If
      men
      could
      become
      pregnant,
      abortion
      would
      be
      one
     
     
      of
      those
      archaic
      practices
      of
      our
      past,
      along
      with
     
     
      burning
      heretics
      at
      the
      stake.
      It
      would
      now
      be
      re-
     
     
      ferred
      to
      as
      an
      ignominious
      symptom
      of
      an
      impover-
     
     
      ished
      society.
      We
      would
      have,
      blessedly,
      thanks
      to
     
     
      modern
      minds
      and
      modern
      medical
      technology
      risen
     
     
      above
      that
      form
      of
      male
      oppression
      of
      our
      past.
     
    

    
     
      If
      all
      else
      failed,
      and
      men
      were
      the
      ones
      who
      became
     
     
      pregnant,
      we
      can
      also
      be
      pretty
      sure
      that
      fewer
      people
     
     
      would
      be
      having
      sex
      less
      often.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      For
      the
      very
      same
      reason
      that
      men
      would
      never
      agree
     
     
      to
      the
      abortion
      ethic
      for
      themselves,
      abortion
      is
     
     
      adamantly
      and
      fundamentally
      contrary
      to
      the
      Feminist
     
     
      Ideal!
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Michelle
      Pineau
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      PEI
      X-P
      RESS
     
    
   
   
    
     
      November
      28,
      199]