Mcn
     
     
      E
      do
      not
      assume
      that
      when
      a
      girl
      comes
      home
     
     
      with
      you
      that
      she
      wants
      to
      have
      sex.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      2.
      -
      do
      not
      assume
      that
      a
      girl
      wants
      to
      have
      sex
     
     
      because
      she
      seems
      to
      enjoy
      kissing
      you.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      What
      to
      do
      if
      you
      have
      been
      raped:
     
    
   
   
    
     
      i
      Get
      to
      a
      safe
      place
      i
     
    

    
     
      a
      Call
      a
      close
      friend
      or
      relative,
      you
      should
     
     
      not
      be
      alone.
     
    

    
     
      3
      Call
      the
      RCMP
      and
      report
      the
      rape.
      You
     
     
      can
      also
      call
      security
      if
      you
      are
      on
      campus.
     
    

    
     
      4.
      Do
      not
      bath
      or
      shower.
      Your
      body
      is
      often
     
    
   
   
    
     
      the
      only
      evidence.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Calendar
      of
      Events
      >
     
    

    
     
      Gender
      Issues
      Brown
      Bag
      lunch
      Soc/Anthr.
      lounge
     
     
      12:30-1:30,
      November
      9,
      1990.
      Topic:
      Violence
     
     
      Against
      Women.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Montreal
      Massacre
      Commemoration
      organization
     
     
      meeting
      Sunday,
      Nov.
      11
      -
      12
      noon,
      Robertson
     
     
      Library
      Lecture
      Theatre.
      All
      persons
      interested
      in
     
     
      volunteering
      their
      time,
      energy
      and
      talents
      for
      the
     
     
      organization
      of
      the
      commemoration
      to
      be
      held
     
     
      December
      6,
      1990
      at
      UPEI
      are
      asked
      to
      attend.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Quote
      of
      the
      Week
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Rape
      is
      a
      serious
      crime!
     
     
      Women
      and
      Accessibility
      |
     
    
   
   
    
     
      According
      to
      a
      release
      from
      CFS,
      over
      the
     
     
      last
      20
      years
      the
      participation
      of
      women
      at
     
     
      universities
      and
      colleges
      has
      risen
      sharply.
     
     
      Women
      now
      account
      for
      half
      of
      the
     
     
      undergraduate
      full-time
      student
      population
     
     
      and
      over
      60%
      of
      the
      part-time
      student
     
     
      population
      rates.
      Even
      though
      the
     
     
      participation
      rates
      have
      increased
     
     
      Significantly,
      women
      still
      face
      barriers
      in
     
     
      their
      pursuit.
      of
      post-secondary
      education.
     
     
      Women
      also
      tend
      to
      be
      under-represented
     
    
   
   
    
     
      at
      all
      levels
      within
      certain
      disciplines
      such
     
     
      as
      the
      natural
      sciences
      and
      engineering.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      ‘Childcare
     
    
   
   
    
     
      The
      childcare
      crisis
      on
      Canadian
      campuses
     
     
      has
      been
      acute
      for
      many
      years.
      Student
     
     
      parents
      have
      been
      looking
      for
      national
     
     
      leadership
      in
      providing
      a
      daycare
      strategy
     
     
      that
      would
      recognize
      the
      needs
      of
      low-
     
     
      income
      persons,
      as
      well
      as
      addressing
      the
     
     
      need
      for
      adequate
      childcare
      facilities
      on
     
     
      campus.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      In
      August
      1988,
      the
      Hon.
      Jake
      Epp,
      former
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Minister
      of
      Health
      and
      Welfare,
      announced
     
     
      a
      $4
      billion
      childcare
      program
      providing
     
     
      200,000
      new
      daycare
      spaces
      over
      a
      seven
     
     
      year
      period.
      For
      students
      with
      children
      this
     
     
      initiative
      does
      little
      to
      alleviate
      their
     
     
      problems
      of
      overcrowded
      and
      underfunded
     
     
      campus
      childcare
      facilities.
      For
      many
      single
     
     
      parents,
      particularly
      those
      in
      graduate
     
     
      school,
      the
      lack
      of
      daycare
      on
      campus
      often
     
     
      means
      an
      interruption
      in
      their
      studies
      and
     
     
      an
      incomplete
      degree.
      _
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Graduate
      Studies
     
    

    
     
      The
      participation
      rates
      of
      women
      in
     
     
      graduate
      schools
      drop
      off
      in
      comparison
      to
     
     
      the
      undergraduate
      figures.
      In
      1989-90
     
     
      women
      in
      full-time
      undergraduate
      programs
     
     
      accounted
      for
      51.4%
      of
      the
      undergraduate
     
     
      student
      population,
      in
      graduate
      studies,
     
     
      however,
      women
      account
      for
      only
      41.5%
      of
     
     
      the
      total.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Government
      underfunding
      of
      research
      has
     
     
      had
      significant
      impact
      on
      women
      in
     
     
      graduate
      studies.
      The
      Social
      Sciences
      and
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      The
      UPEI
      X-Press
     
    
   
   
    
     
      November
      8,
      1990
     
    
   
   
    
     
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