To
      The
      Editor:
     
    
   
   
    
     
      am
      writing
      this
      letter
      to
      help
      you,
      a
      reasonably
     
     
      intelligent
      man,
      understand
      what
      a
      feminist
      is.
      From
     
     
      your
      letter,
      it
      is
      painfully
      obvious
      that
      you
      have
      no
     
     
      inderstanding
      why
      we
      (both
      men
      ana
      women)
      need
     
     
      movements
      like
      this
      to
      bring
      necessary
      change
      to
     
    
   
   
    
     
      sc
      iety.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      ihe
      quote
      you
      presented
      at
      the
      opexing
      of
      your
      edito-
     
     
      jal
      leads
      me
      to
      believe
      that
      you
      think
      women
      are
     
     
      jaive
      and
      therefore
      are
      looking
      at
      the
      world
      through
     
     
      ose
      -
      coloured
      glasses.
      Perhaps
      you
      would
      agree
     
    

    
     
      ith
      me
      when
      tell
      you
      that
      we
      have
      serious
      prceb-
     
     
      -ms
      in
      our
      social
      system.
      Feminism
      offers
      some
     
     
      lternatives
      to
      this
      situation,
      though
      it
      recognizes
      that
     
     
      doesn’t
      have
      all
      the
      answers.
      Do
      you
      think
      any
      if
     
    

    
     
      ¢
      following
      ideas
      could
      help
      our
      society?
     
    
   
   
    
     
      )
      violence
      doesn’t
      solve
      problems
     
    

    
     
      1)
      cooperation
      is
      more
      life
      enhancing
      than
      competi-
     
     
      Bi
     
    

    
     
      i)
      Life
      and
      value
      of
      it
      are
      more
      important
      than
      the
     
     
      ur
      major
      considerations
      of
      patriarchy.
      (Property,
     
     
      wer,
      Prestige,
      and
      Profit).
     
    
   
   
    
     
      hat
      you
      have
      just
      read
      are
      the
      three
      basic
      principles
     
     
      feminism.
      Of
      course,
      we
      must
      all
      earn
      a
      living,
     
     
      it
      it
      must
      we
      do
      this
      at
      the
      expense
      of
      others?
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Mu
      u
      stated
      in
      your
      editorial
      that
      feminists
      blame
      men
     
     
      ‘all
      the
      problems
      in
      the
      world.
      Maybe
      this
      is
      due
     
     
      the
      fact
      that
      white,
      wealthy,
      men
      have
      typically
     
     
      is
      powers
      of
      decision
      making
      in
      our
      society.
     
     
      atis
      “‘bad’’
      with
      this
      situation
      is
      that
      all
      those
     
     
      )are
      not
      male,
      white
      and
      wealthy
      become
      subject
     
     
      fomination
      by
      those
      who
      are,
      This
      dominated
     
    

    
     
      jp,
      which
      includes
      all
      women
      and
      all
      minorities,
     
     
      kes
      up
      a
      greater
      percentage
      of
      the
      total
      population.
     
     
      By
      shouldn't
      we
      object
      to
      a
      lack
      of
      say
      in
      the
      direc-
     
    
   
   
    
     
      pe
      that
      you
      have
      learned
      something
      from
      this
     
    

    
     
      fs
      rand
      the
      many
      others
      |
      am
      sure
      you
      will
      receive.
     
     
      he
      very
      least
      itis
      my
      genuine
      concern
      that
      you,
      a
     
     
      son
      of
      considerable
      influence
      on
      this
      campus,
     
    

    
     
      in
      to
      research
      some
      of
      the
      topics
      about
      which
      you
     
    
   
   
    
     
      .
     
     
      tJ,
      Morrison
     
     
      m
      unlpe
      Who
      Cares
      About
      Men,”’
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      November
      21.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Mr.
      Editor;
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Iam
      writing
      this
      letter
      in
      response
      to
      your
      editorial
      in
     
     
      the
      Nov.
      14
      issue
      of
      the
      ‘‘X-PRESS’’.
      I
      have
      never
     
     
      been
      more
      dissatisfied
      with
      the
      quality
      of
      the
      editori-
     
     
      als
      in
      the
      school
      newspaper
      as
      I
      am
      this
      year.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Firstly,
      you
      open
      with
      the
      quote
      “‘The
      worldisa
     
     
      beautiful
      place
      where
      everyone
      is
      happy
      and
      gay..’’
     
     
      However,
      you
      fail
      to
      give
      the
      source
      of
      the
      quote.
     
     
      Where
      did
      it
      come
      from?
      Who
      wrote
      it?
      Wasita
     
     
      feminist?
      Well,
      even
      if
      it
      was
      a
      feminist,
      we
      all
     
     
      know
      that
      this
      doesn’t
      describe
      the
      world
      that
      we
      live
     
     
      in
      today.
      I’m
      not
      happy
      and
      I’m
      sure
      that
      a
      large
     
     
      percentage
      ofthe
      werld’s
      pena
      oe
      isn’t
      happy
     
     
      either.
      Why?
      Niainly
      because
      the
      ‘‘powers
      that
      be”’
     
     
      the
      men
      that
      run
      our
      country
      and
      lives,
      continue
      to
     
     
      build
      nuclear
      weapons,
      participate
      in
      the
      arms
      race
     
     
      and
      wage
      war
      between
      ourcountry
      and
      others.
      This
     
     
      scores
      me
      and
      I
      often
      wonder
      what
      kind
      of
      world
      we
     
     
      are
      leaving
      for
      the
      next
      generation.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      There
      are
      three
      basic
      principles
      of
      feminism:
     
    

    
     
      1)
      Violence
      doesn’t
      solve
      problems
      -
      it
      only
      post-
     
     
      pones
      them
      or
      makes
      them
      larger
     
    

    
     
      2)
      Co-operation
      is
      more
      life
      enhancing
      than
      competi-
     
     
      tion
      and
     
    

    
     
      3)
      Life
      and
      the
      quality
      of
      life
      are
      more
      important
      than
     
     
      profit,
      property,
      prestige,
      or
      power.
      It
      is
      clear
      that
     
     
      war
      and
      it’s
      promotion
      don’t
      fit
      into
      any
      of
      these
     
     
      principles.
      Many
      women
      (feminists
      or
      not),
      as
      well
     
     
      as
      men
      will
      feel
      compelled
      to
      agree
      with
      these
      princi-
     
     
      ples,
      as
      we
      have
      all
      been
      affected
      by
      misused
      power
     
     
      at
      some
      point
      in
      our
      lives.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      We
      live
      in
      a
      patriarchal
      society.
      That
      is
      no
      secret.
     
     
      The
      rules
      of
      patriarchy
      don’t
      support
      women
      as
     
     
      leaders
      and
      they
      require
      that
      we
      internalize
      our
      ideas
     
     
      and
      feelings.
      If
      women
      we’re
      in
      charge
      of
      the
      world,
     
     
      our
      now
      silenced
      voices
      may
      be
      heard
      and
      possibly
     
     
      the
      world
      would
      be
      ‘‘
      a
      beautiful
      place’.
      However,
     
     
      feminists
      are
      simply
      striving
      for
      equality:
      equality
     
     
      under
      the
      law,
      access
      to
      political
      leadership,
      an
      end
      to
     
     
      our
      exploitation
      as
      sex
      objects
      and
      humane
      use
      of
     
     
      skills
      and
      power,
      We
      don’t
      want
      to
      rule
      the
      world
      -
     
     
      we
      simply
      want
      an
      equal
      say
      in
      what
      happens.
      We
     
     
      may
      not
      be
      able
      to
      solve
      the
      world’s
      problems
      but
     
     
      perhaps
      many
      of
      them
      wouldn’texistifwe
      had
      the
     
     
      power
      we
      deserve.
      If
      we
      had
      equality,
      every
      person
     
     
      would
      be
      able
      to
      experience
      free
      choice,
      self-actuali-
     
     
      zation
      and
      the
      enjoyment
      of
      life
      as
      the
      individuals
      that
     
     
      we
      are,
      not
      the
      people
      we're
      expected
      to
      be.
     
    
   
   
    
     
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