ear
      Editor,
     
    
   
   
    
     
      While
      no
      one
      would
      assume
      thatall
      Christians
      hold
     
     
      identical
      beliefs
      or
      that
      all
      conservatives
      are
      fascists
     
     
      at
      heart,
      itis
      interesting
      to
      see
      that
      some
      people
      make
     
     
      such
      rash
      judgements
      about
      radical
      feminists.
      There
     
     
      are
      as
      many
      different
      kinds
      of
      feminists
      as
      there
      are
     
     
      Christians
      orconservatives.
      Indeed,
      the
      scope
      is
     
     
      perhaps
      wider
      because
      there
      is
      no
      specific
      doctrine
      or
     
     
      written
      “‘word’’.
      If
      you
      wish
      to
      understand
      whata
     
     
      particular
      feminist
      believes,
      ask
      her.
      Do
      not
      make
     
     
      assumptions
      based
      on
      myth,
      fear
      or
      the
      selected
     
     
      writings
      of
      certain
      feminists
      taken
      out
      of
      context.
     
     
      The
      word
      radical
      in
      its
      most
      literal
      sense
      means
      ‘‘to
     
     
      go
      to
      the
      root
      of
      the
      matter’’.
      The
      word
      ‘‘extreme’’
     
     
      has
      no
      meaning
      except
      asa
      modifier,
      ‘‘extremely
     
     
      good’’,
      ‘‘extremely
      committed’’,
      ‘‘extremely
      enthusi-
     
     
      astic’’,
      and
      soon.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      In
      response
      to
      Joseph
      Murphy’s
      letter,
      I
      have
      two
     
     
      questions.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      1.
      In
      what
      way
      does
      the
      honouring
      of
      human
      sexual-
     
     
      ity
      found
      in
      Starhawk’s
      work
      lead
      you
      to
      believe
      she
     
     
      is
      mentally
      unbalanced?
     
    
   
   
    
     
      2.
      In
      what
      way
      does
      calling
      someone
      crazy
      constitute
     
     
      a
      rebuttal
      to
      the
      substance
      of
      that
      person’s
      argu-
     
     
      ponte!
     
     
      |
     
     
      [n
      response
      to
      Peter
      Hanu’s
      letter,
      I
      have
      several
     
     
      somments.
     
     
      é
     
    

    
     
      .
      When
      someone
      tells
      you
      what
      she
      believes
      and
     
     
      fines
      her
      terms,
      it
      is
      very
      patronizing
      to
      dismiss
     
     
      ler
      meanings
      and
      inset
      your
      own
      (e.g.
      ‘‘No,
      no,
     
     
      fou’re
      wrong...
      This
      is
      what
      you
      mean!’’)
      Dawn
     
     
      Ambler
      is
      entitled
      to
      define
      her
      own
      view
      of
      radical
     
     
      eminism
      for
      herself,
      just
      as
      I
      am
      entitled
      to
      define
     
     
      ny
      own
      view
      of
      radical
      feminism
      for
      myself.
      You
     
     
      nisunderstand
      the
      collective
      nature
      of
      feminism
      if
     
     
      ou
      believe
      it
      to
      be
      a
      struggle
      of
      ‘‘us
      versus
      them’.
     
     
      eminists
      of
      many
      different
      backgrounds
      and
      view-
     
     
      oints
      value
      each
      other
      and
      work
      together
      to
      promote
     
     
      urcommon
      goals.
     
    
   
   
    
     
        
     
     
        
     
     
       
     
     
       
     
     
        
     
     
        
     
     
       
     
     
        
     
    
   
   
    
     
      .
      Using
      select
      quotations
      taken
      out
      of
      context
      does
     
     
      jot
      promote
      greater
      understanding
      of
      complex
      issues.
     
     
      hdeed,
      the
      examples
      you
      have
      used
      act
      instead
      asa
     
     
      mear
      campaign
      intended
      to
      discount
      valid
      opinions.
     
     
      isis
      abundantly
      obvious
      from
      your
      comments
     
    

    
     
      ut
      female
      sexuality.
      It
      would
      appear
      that
      you
      hold
     
     
      mistaken
      assumption
      that
      women
      are
      sexually
     
    
   
   
    
     
          
     
     
       
     
     
       
     
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      inert
      in
      the
      absence
      of
      a
      male
      catalyst.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      3.
      Most
      feminists
      do
      not
      support
      ‘‘bashing’’
      any-
     
     
      body,
      male
      or
      female.
      It
      isnota-very
      admirable
      or
     
     
      useful
      occupation.
      We
      do,
      however,
      recognize
      that
     
     
      women
      suffer
      from
      sexist
      abuse
      in
      disproportionate
     
     
      numbers
      and
      we
      would
      like
      it
      to
      stop.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      4.
      Your
      remarks
      about
      the
      relative
      numbers
      of
      male
     
     
      and
      female
      faculty
      do
      not
      change
      the
      reality
      ofthe
     
     
      overwhelming
      lack
      of
      female
      representation
      in
      this
     
     
      area.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      5.
      Your
      final
      comment
      stating
      that
      ‘‘radical
      feminism
     
     
      uses
      an
      utopian
      end
      to
      justify
      an
      immoral
      means
      “‘
      is
     
     
      a
      classic
      example
      of
      reversal.
      One
      of
      the
      most
      funda-
     
     
      mental
      beliefs
      of
      feminism
      is
      that
      ‘‘the
      way
      is
      the
     
     
      means’’.
      There
      is
      no
      separate
      means
      to
      an
      end.
      How
     
     
      you
      get
      there
      determines
      where
      you’re
      going.
      You
     
     
      close
      by
      challenging
      radical
      feminists
      to
      justify
      their
     
     
      **means’’
      (having
      already
      declared
      these
      meanstobe
     
     
      immoral).
      Yet
      you
      have
      never
      stated
      exactly
      what
     
     
      these
      ‘‘means’’
      are
      nor
      have
      you
      shown
      how
      they
      are
     
     
      *‘immoral’’.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      In
      closing
      I
      must
      say
      that
      I
      was
      delighted
      to
      see
      such
     
     
      student
      interest
      in
      debating
      feminist
      issues.
      Any
     
     
      student
      who
      wishes
      to
      learn
      more
      about
      these
      con-
     
     
      cerns
      would
      make
      a
      welcome
      contribution
      to
      the
      study
     
     
      of
      women.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Vaughn
      Jelliffe.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Dear
      Editor,
     
    
   
   
    
     
      After
      taking
      a
      look
      at
      the
      past
      four
      months
      and
      my
     
     
      list
      of
      ‘‘stuff
      to
      do’’,
      it
      seems
      that
      it
      will
      only
      get
     
     
      partially
      done.
      However,
      UPEI
      Student’s
      hard
      work
     
     
      and
      fight
      for
      our
      needs
      are
      slowly
      showing
      results.
     
     
      After
      years
      of
      lobbying
      by
      various
      SU
      councils
      (and
     
     
      a
      few
      tragic
      accidents)
      concerning
      the
      safety
      of
      pedes-
     
     
      trians
      on
      the
      Avenue,
      action
      has
      finally
      been
      taken.
      A
     
     
      “*pedestrian
      light’’
      at
      University
      Avenue
      and
      Brown
     
     
      Court
      is
      now
      installed
      and
      began
      operation
      on
      January
     
     
      6th.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Unfortunately,
      all
      hard
      work
      does
      not
      bring
      positive
     
     
      end
      results,
      The
      campus
      Employment
      Center
      on
     
     
      campus
      is
      officially
      closing
      its
      doors
      at
      UPEI
     
     
      fulltime
      in
      May
      1992.
      This
      service
      will
      no
      longer
      be
     
     
      there
      for
      inquiring
      fulltime
      and
      part-time
      students
     
     
      who
      will
      be
      looking
      for
      summer,
      part-time,
      lifetime
     
     
      work.
      As
      well,
      no
      more
      resume
      writing
      suggestions,
     
    
   
   
    
     
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