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     THE CADRE, TUES., FEB. 5, i974 Page 4 
     
    
   
   
    
     This edition introduces a 
     
     long needed forum for wom- 
     
     en's liberation. This sec- 
     
     tion of the Cadre is for 
     
     all who need to express 
     
     their aleniation, oppress- 
     
     ion and despair as members 
     
     of the most unfortunate -— 
     
     women and children. 
     
    

    
     Although men, too, are op- 
     
     pressed, they are not so 
     
     much so as the women who 
     
     are oppressed through the 
     
     men. WOmen are oppressed 
     
    
   
   
    
     through many cunning and 
     
     subtle ways: the only way 
     
     to combat it is to disco— 
     
     ver the ways in which this 
     
     occurs and, thus, attack 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     "Even a worm, when trod up— 
     
     on, will turn." 
     
     — Unknown — 
     
    

    
     When the rebel rebels, 
     
     his g9 is a xgs: his de- 
     
     nial is an affirmation: 
     
     What is affirmed is LIFE, 
     
     what is denied is what 
     
     obstructs life. The rebel 
     
     is a revolutionary. 
     
    

    
     ‘ - Paraphrase of Camus - 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     The Worm Turns 
     
     Do you ever feel put down 
     
     because you're a female? 
     
     Are there things you would 
     
     like to do but can't? How 
     
     many times have you asked 
     
     the question "Why?" and an— 
     
     swered, "You're just a girl 
     
     you wouldn't understand." 
     
     Although female liberation 
     
     groups have appeared all 
     
     over the country, UPEI cam- 
     
     pus seems to have been mis- 
     
     sed. Not only is there no 
     
     such group but it seems the 
     
     girls on campus are only 
     
     interested in being the 
     
     W. which is 
     
     looking pretty. V 
     
     Anyone that pays any att- 
     
     ention to the females on 
     
     campus can see that there 
     
     exists a great competition 
     
    
   
   
    
     or m s. 
     
    
   
   
    
     it. You cannot defend your- 
     
     self until you have iden- 
     
     tified the enemy. This does 
     
     not mean that men are the 
     
     enemy —— on the contrary, 
     
     they just appear as such 
     
     upon superficial reflection: 
     
     closer reflection reveals 
     
     that the society in which 
     
     we live oppresses everyone — 
     
     but the men get off much 
     
     easier than the women -— 
     
     they too, need liberation. 
     
     The first article to app- 
     
     ear in "For Ms." is written 
     
     by she who inspired its in— 
     
     ception -- Gillian Brammer. 
     
     Gil, a freshman Education 
     
     student, is the daughter of 
     
     Mr. Ken and Jane Brammer 
     
    
   
   
    
     of Parkdale. Formerly from 
     
     Kensington where she took 
     
     grades 9&10, Gilucompleted 
     
     High School in Charlotte— 
     
     town after which she_worked 
     
     for a year in Toronto before 
     
     entering UPEI. V 
     
    

    
     The manifest oppression of 
     
     women and children has mot- 
     
     ivated her to root out the 
     
     causes and work for change. 
     
     All contributions to "For, 
     
     Ms." should be addressed to 
     
     "For Ms." to be included 
     
    

    
     in the corresponding sec- 
     
     tion for debate as "Dear 
     
     Ms." rather than to the ed— 
     
     itor. All mail i , of course, 
     
     in care of the "Cadre". 
     
    
   
   
    
     Editor 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     among them. Who has the 
     
     most fashionable clothing? 
     
     Who has the newest hairdo? 
     
     Who has the best figure? 
     
     Who has the most boyfriends? 
     
    

    
     Like many students, the 
     
     females aren't interested 
     
     in learning about them- 
     
     selves or other matters 
     
     but are only here because 
     
     it is a good place (?) to 
     
     find a chauvanistic mate. 
     
     That's right girls! As long 
     
     as you continue at the rate 
     
     you're going, that's all 
     
     you'll ever find for a 
     
     mate. - 
     
    

    
     Ybu complain that all the 
     
     guys are chauvanistic males. 
     
     What else could you expect? 
     
     Since females have contin- 
     
     ued to cater to their every 
     
     whim, they and yourselves 
     
     have been conditioned to 
     
     think that is the only way 
     
     to be. Never do you think 
     
     of yourselves in the way 
     
     of being intellectually 
     
     interesting or knowledge— 
     
     able. Instead you have 
     
     only put your faith in your 
     
     physical appearance so 
     
     what else can men judge 
     
     you by? 
     
    

    
     Men never thought of you 
     
     as persons and for good 
     
    
   
   
    
     reasons too. You are not 
     
     real individuals but fas- 
     
     hion models out to please 
     
     by the use of girdles, 
     
    

    
     minis, make—up and so on. 
     
    
   
   
    
     ‘Your whole life revolves 
     
    
   
   
    
     around men. we have be- 
     
     come so dependent on men 
     
     that it has.become very 
     
     hard to‘break free. Men al— 
     
     so need a certain liberati— 
     
     on. Since we are so depen— 
     
     dent on men they are in 
     
    

    
     the situation now of con- 
     
     trolling us. They must tell 
     
     us what to do, how to do it 
     
     and who to do it with. How 
     
     many times have you said 
     
     to a friend, "Oh, I can't, 
     
     do that until I ask my boy— 
     
     friend." Therefore your 
     
     boyfriend must always be 
     
     prepared to entertain You, 
     
     thus, he is unable to be 
     
     himself. Many times boyfri— 
     
     ends also say, "Oh, I can't 
     
     do that, I promised to 
     
    

    
     take my girlfriend out." 
     
     (In other words entertain 
     
     her, or she'll be lost for 
     
     something to do.) » 
     
     Come on girls! Start using 
     
     what's upstairs instead of 
     
     your body. Help free the 
     
     men and yourselvesll 
     
    

    
     Gil Brammer