personal
      opinion?
     
    
   
   
    
     
      We
      students
      have
      the
      right
      toa
      non-threatening
      aca-
     
     
      demic
      environment.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      In
      the
      professional
      field
      of
      teaching,
      working
      together
     
     
      as
      a
      team
      is
      a
      vital
      component.
      This
      should
      go
      with-
     
     
      out
      saying.
      If
      the
      various
      faculties
      wish
      to
      have
      the
     
     
      respect
      of
      the
      student
      body
      them
      this
      element
      of
     
     
      working
      as
      a
      team
      must
      be
      present.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Is
      Professor
      Vaughn
      Jelliffe’s
      sub
      jective
      perspective
     
     
      to
      be
      allowed
      to
      hinder
      our
      quality
      of
      teaching?
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Signed;
      A
      student
      concerned
      aboutour
      future,
     
     
      Rose
      Wolf
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Dear
      editor
      and
      students
     
    
   
   
    
     
      It’s
      no
      wonder
      the
      ‘‘Campus
      Women’’
      column
      of
     
     
      March
      19
      was
      unsigned.
      Both
      the
      style
      and
      the
     
     
      research
      are
      so
      inept
      that
      as
      a
      former
      staff
      member
      of
     
     
      the
      student
      publication
      on
      the
      same
      campus,
      I’m
     
     
      astonished
      it
      was
      even
      submitted.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Long
      ago,
      your
      campus
      was
      my
      home
      away
      from
     
     
      home
      for
      four
      years;
      the
      faculty
      and
      students
      were
      my
     
     
      surrogate
      family.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      At
      that
      time
      there
      was
      only
      a
      handful
      of
      women
     
     
      students.
      We
      participated
      with
      the
      male
      students
      on
     
     
      an
      equal
      footing
      in
      a
      wide
      range
      of
      activities.
      They
     
     
      were
      not
      our
      enemies.
      They
      were
      more
      like
      brothers
     
     
      (just
      as
      aggravating,
      and
      justas
      lovable).
     
    
   
   
    
     
      There
      were
      no
      student
      loans
      and
      bursaries
      then
      so
      we
     
     
      co-eds
      knew
      how
      precious
      was
      our
      opportunity
      to
     
     
      attend
      university
      and
      we
      were
      determined
      to
      learn
      and
     
     
      to
      achieve.
      We
      did
      both
      with
      distinction,
      setting
      high
     
     
      academic
      standards
      and
      friendship
      in
      the
      process.
      We
     
     
      did
      it
      on
      our
      own
      mezits
      without
      compromising
      our
     
     
      integrity
      as
      women.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Surely
      today’s
      women
      students
      are
      as
      capable
      as
      we
     
     
      were.
      Surely
      they
      can
      see
      through
      the
      nonsense
      in
     
     
      such
      resources
      as
      Vaughn
      Jelliffe’s
      ‘‘report’’
      on
     
     
      those
      ‘‘dangerous
      Right
      Wing
      Women’’,
      written
      in
     
     
      1986
      forthe
      PEI
      Advisory
      Council
      on
      the
      Status
      of
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Women.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      It
      reads
      like
      an
      inferior
      version
      of
      Karen
      Dubinsky’s
     
     
      paper,
      adapted
      to
      PEI
      with
      blatant
      disregard
      for
      the
     
     
      facts.
      While
      Dubinsky’s
      was
      wrong,
      it
      was
      very
      well
     
     
      written.
      But
      Jelliffe’s
      version
      is
      one
      of
      the
      wildest
     
    
   
   
    
     
      UPEI
      X-P
      RESS
     
    
   
   
    
     
      April
      9,
      1992
     
    
   
   
    
     
        
     
     
         
     
     
          
     
     
        
     
     
        
     
     
          
     
     
          
     
     
         
     
     
         
     
     
       
     
     
       
     
     
       
     
     
       
     
     
       
     
     
       
     
     
       
     
     
        
     
     
        
     
     
         
     
     
       
     
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      feminists
      to
      refer
      scornfully
      to
      any
      woman
      who
     
    
   
   
    
     
      doesn’t
      agree
      with
      them),
      it
      zeroed
      inon
      only
      one
     
     
      group:
      Realwomen.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      What
      made
      her
      paper
      particulary
      ludicrous
      was
      that
     
    

    
     
      there
      was
      no
      Realwomen
      chapter
      on
      PE[
      at
      the
      time.
     
    

    
     
      As
      far
      as
      Jelliffe
      and
      the
      Advisory
      Council
      knew,
      the
     
     
      only
      RW
      member
      in
      the
      province
      was
      Dianne
      Porter,
      —
     
     
      the
      Chairperson
      of
      the
      Council,
      who
      (after
      signinga
      :
     
     
      statement
      saying
      she
      shared
      all
      our
      beliefs)
      had
      joined
     
     
      Realwomen
      to
      obtain
      out
      literature
      and
      mailings.
      :
     
     
      (She
      didn’t
      havea
      membership
      list,
      but
      I
      did,
      and
      she
      -
     
     
      toned
      down
      her
      attacks
      considerably
      when
      I
      threatened
     
     
      to
      expose
      her
      in
      the
      local
      papers.)
     
    
   
   
    
     
      |
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      4
     
     
      ¥
     
    
   
   
    
     
      But
      isn’t
      it
      a
      little
      strange
      to
      use
      tax
      payers’
      dollars
     
     
      to
      insult
      discredit
      and
      otherwise
      shoot
      down
      anor-
     
     
      ganization
      that
      as
      far
      as
      they
      knew
      counted
      only
      their
     
     
      own
      Chairperson
      among
      its
      members??
      (If
      Jelliffe
      did
     
     
      it
      free,
      then
      the
      Council
      certainly
      got
      what
      they
      paid
     
     
      for.)
     
    
   
   
    
     
      The
      report
      is
      filled
      with
      distortions,
      inaccuracies,
      and
      —
     
     
      misrepresentations.
      When
      I
      pointed
      them
      outina
     
    

    
     
      series
      of
      Letters
      to
      the
      Editor
      at
      the
      time,
      Jelliffe’s
     
     
      responses
      further
      demonstrated
      a
      warped
      view
      of
      ,
     
     
      man-woman
      relationships.
      Those
      letters
      should
      bein
      _
     
     
      our
      file
      in
      the
      Library,
      for
      I
      put
      them
      there.
      If
      they
      4
     
     
      are
      gone,
      we
      can
      replace
      them.
      s
     
    
   
   
    
     
      One
      direct
      result
      of
      Jelliffe’s
      attacks
      in
      1986-76
      was
      _
     
     
      that
      a
      few
      months
      later
      the
      PEI
      members
      of
     
     
      Realwomen
      formed
      a
      provincial
      chapter,
      of
      which
      I
     
     
      was
      president
      until
      six
      months
      ago.
      We
      were
      30
     
     
      members
      then;
      we
      are
      now
      over
      400
      and
      growing.
      '
     
     
      Without
      Jelliffe’s
      ‘‘help’’
      we
      probably
      wouldn’t
      have
      -
     
     
      bothered.
      ‘
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Readers
      should
      be
      aware
      that
      when
      we
      point
      out
      that
      —
     
     
      Ms.
      Jelliffe
      distorts
      RW
      positions,
      she
      tells
      us
      we
     
     
      don’t
      know
      what
      we
      stand
      for.
      She
      proceedstotell
      —
     
     
      us
      what
      SHE
      says
      we
      stand
      for,
      and
      then
      attacks
      her
      —
     
     
      own
      creation.
      i
     
    
   
   
    
     
      I’ve
      been
      on
      the
      National
      Board
      of
      RW
      for
      five
      years,
     
     
      helping
      to
      shape
      and
      express
      our
      policy.
      AndI
      say
      0
     
     
      this
      writer
      what
      I
      said
      to
      V.
      Jelliffe
      in
      1987:
      Don't
      -
     
     
      try
      to
      tellus
      what
      we
      are
      saying.
      We
      know
      what
     
     
      we’
      re
      saying,
      but
      you
      obviously
      don’t.
      We
      also
      knov
     
     
      what
      YOU’RE
      saying,
      its
      longtermimplications.
     
     
      Since
      this
      letter
      is
      already
      long,
      I'll
      mention
      onl