yond
      the
      power
      of
      Ian-
     
     
      E
      at
      has
      been
      imposed
      on
     
    

    
     
      _
      women
      by
      force
      becomes
      a
      standard
      of
      freedom
      for
     
     
      _
      women:
      and
      all
      women
      say
      it
      is
      so.’’
      As
      one
      digs
     
    

    
     
      _
      deeper
      into
      radical
      feminist
      scholarship
      it
      doesn’t
     
    

    
     
      _
      matter
      what
      one
      does
      concerning
      rape,
      Brownmiller
     
    

    
     
      _
      points
      out
      the
      traditional
      heavy
      penalty
      for
      the
      crime
     
    

    
     
      _
      of
      rape
      is
      due
      to
      the
      basest
      economic
      motive:
      men
     
     
      protecting
      their
      property.
      This
      is
      a
      sign
      of
      patriarchy.
     
     
      _
      Remember,
      patriarchy
      is
      everywhere.
      Itdoesn’t
     
     
      matter
      how
      men
      treat
      women,
      they
      always
      seem
      to
      be
     
    

    
     
      _
      oppressed
      according
      to
      radical
      feminists.
      Carol
     
    

    
     
      _
      Cassel
      views
      romantic
      love
      as
      ‘‘the
      sweetener--
     
     
      artificial
      at
      that--of
      a
      woman’s
      virtual
      serfdom
      within
     
     
      _amonogamous
      relationship.’’
      Simone
      de
      Beavoir
     
     
      points
      out
      that
      three
      factors
      contribute
      to
      generate
      the
     
     
      _
      female
      desire
      for
      romantic
      love:
     
    

    
     
      _
      (1)
      the
      general
      human
      desire
      to
      avoid
      a
      life
      of
      respon-
     
     
      sible
      self-determination
      (the
      phenomenon
      of
      bad
      faith
     
     
      |
      or
      mauvaise
      foi);
     
    

    
     
      :
      (2)
      the
      specific
      social
      and
      economic
      circumstances
      of
     
     
      _many
      women,
      [remember,
      all
      men
      are
      born
      into
      rich
     
     
      families]
      and
     
    

    
     
      (3)a
      romantic
      ideology
      which
      is
      carefully
      inculcated
     
    
   
   
    
     
      S
     
    
   
   
    
     
      pe
     
    
   
   
    
     
      _in
      girlsand
      women
      froman
      early
      age
      (Pauly
      Morgan,
     
     
      268-9;
      see
      this
      on
      reserve
      for
      Can
      St
      222).
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Now
      radical
      feminists
      have
      turned
      romantic
      love
      into
     
     
      _a
      form
      of
      ‘‘false
      consciousness.’’
      Men
      are
      so
      bad
     
     
      that
      we
      have
      to
      inculcate
      women
      into
      loving
      us.
      This
     
     
      i
      brings
      to
      recollection
      the
      feminist
      saying
      ‘‘A
      woman
     
     
      needs
      aman
      like
      a
      fish
      needs
      a
      bicycle.’’
      Bicycles
     
     
      ‘inculcating
      fish?
      And
      of
      course,
      as
      we
      noted
      at
      the
     
     
      first
      of
      this
      article,
      men
      can
      oppress
      women
      by
      look-
     
     
      ing
      at
      them
      ‘‘sexually’’.
      So
      if
      we
      were
      to
      try
      to
      count
     
     
      _the
      number
      of
      ways
      men
      can
      oppress
      women,
      the
     
     
      “exercise
      would
      be
      futile--at
      least
      according
      to
      radical
     
     
      feminists.
      Infinity
      is
      rather
      hard
      to
      count
      to.
      Profes-
     
     
      sor
      Rahman
      noted
      in
      his
      critique
      that
      ‘‘the
      creation
      of
     
     
      policies
      for
      every
      specific
      form
      of
      unwanted
      behav-
     
     
      _iourcan
      lead
      to
      Orwellian
      committees
      of
      ever-watch-
     
     
      ful
      big-brothers
      and
      big-sisters
      keeping
      tabs
      on
      trips
     
     
      to
      the
      coffee
      shop
      to
      quantify
      ‘unwanted
      pressure.’
     
     
      Orwell's
      apprehension
      that
      North
      America
      would
     
     
      ‘quietly
      slip
      into
      totalitarianism
      by
      apparently
      demo-
     
     
      -ratic
      measures
      would
      then
      be
      fully
      vindicated.’’
      One
     
     
      can
      look
      atthe
      poster
      posted
      by
      a
      feminist
      group
      in
     
     
      Toronto
      (below)
      and
      only
      wonder.
     
    
   
   
    
     
         
     
     
        
     
     
       
     
     
       
     
     
       
     
     
        
     
     
        
     
     
        
     
     
        
     
     
         
     
     
        
     
     
         
     
     
        
     
     
         
     
    
   
   
    
     
      [It
      may
      be
      of
      interest
      to
      some
      to
      note
      that
      ‘‘The
     
     
      ‘Backlash’’
      is
      on
      the
      student
      union
      agenda
      for
      March
     
     
      Ast.)
     
    
   
   
    
     
      UPEI
      X-P
      RESS
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Here
      it
      is,
      early
      1992,
      and
      the
      comics
      have
      already
     
     
      begun
      the
      year’s
      first
      major
      crossover
      series.
      Yes,
     
     
      yet
      another
      crossover
      series.
      Before
      weary
      comic
     
     
      fans
      run
      screaming
      from
      the
      stores,
      though,
      they
     
     
      should
      give
      this
      series
      a
      look.
      It’s
      actually
      pretty
     
     
      darn
      good.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      February
      20,
      1992
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Operation:
      Galactic
      Storm
      will
      not
      appear
      in
      aself-
     
     
      tilted
      miniseries,
      as
      did
      Marvel’s
      overhyped
      and
     
     
      underwritten
      Infinity
      Gaumtlet.
      Instead,
      the
      story
     
     
      will
      appear
      in
      nineteen
      installements
      in
      the
      pages
      of
     
     
      books
      related
      to
      the
      Avengers
      (including
      Captain
     
     
      America,
      Avengers
      West
      Coast,
      Quasar,
      Wonder
      man,
     
     
      Iron
      Man,
      and
      Thor),
      beginning
      with
      Captain
      America
     
     
      #398
      (which
      went
      on
      sale
      in
      January)
      and
      concluding
     
     
      in
      Avengers
      #347.
      Each
      issue
      will
      bean
      equally
     
     
      significant
      chapter
      of
      the
      central
      plot
      (unlike
      the
     
     
      legion
      of
      vaguely
      related
      crossover
      tales
      that
      came
     
     
      with
      series
      like
      Infinity
      Gaun
      tlet,
      ‘‘Acts
      of
      Venge-
     
     
      ance’’,
      and
      Secret
      Wars
      I]),and
      the
      story
      is
      com-
     
     
      pletely
      contained
      within
      the
      nineteen
      chapters
      running
     
     
      from
      January
      to
      March.
      It’s
      a
      well-organized
      crosso-
     
     
      ver
      series.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Organization
      aside,
      the
      series
      has
      a
      promising
      plot.
     
     
      It’s
      not
      another
      ‘'o
      mnipotent
      menace
      that
      can
      reshape
     
     
      reality
      on
      awhim’’
      story,
      a
      plot
      that
      Marvel
      has
     
     
      milked
      for
      at
      least
      three
      of
      its
      crossovers
      (Infinity
     
     
      Gauntlet
      and
      the
      two
      Secret
      Wars
      series);
      instead,
     
     
      Marvel
      is
      this
      time
      working
      on
      an
      interstellar
      war
     
     
      epic
      (sure,
      that’s
      not
      incredibly
      down
      to
      Earth
      either,
     
     
      but
      it’s
      a
      lot
      easier
      to
      swallow
      than
      Thanos
      orthe
     
     
      Beyonder).
      The
      story
      involves
      three
      alien
      empires
     
     
      that
      have
      appeared
      in
      past
      Marvel
      comics:
      the
      Kree,
     
     
      the
      Skrulls,
      and
      the
      Shi’ar.
      The
      Kree
      and
      Skrulls
     
     
      have
      menaced
      Earth
      in
      the
      past
      with
      their
      centuries=
     
     
      long
      war,
      a
      war
      in
      which
      the
      Earth
      isa
      strategically
     
     
      important
      area
      between
      the
      two
      races;
      hence,
     
     
      superheroes
      like
      the
      Fantastic
      Four
      and
      Avengers
      have
     
     
      been
      fending
      off
      these
      aliens
      for
      years,
      most
      notably
     
     
      in
      the
      classic
      Kree-Skrull
      war
      storyline
      that
      ran
      in
      the
     
     
      Avengers
      #89-97
      years
      ago.
      This
      time
      out,
      though,
     
     
      the
      Kree
      are
      warring
      with
      the
      rival
      empire
      knownas
     
     
      the
      Shi’ar(a
      matriarchal
      empire
      familiar
      to
      X-Men
     
     
      fans),
      and
      their
      zapping
      back
      and
      forth
      in
      space-warps
     
     
      is
      destabilizing
      Earth’s
      sun.
      The
      Avengers
      become
     
     
      aware
      of
      the
      threat
      and
      send
      two-thirds
      of
      their
      mem-
     
     
      bers
      into
      space,
      one
      third
      bound
      for
      the
      Kree
      empire
     
     
      and
      the
      other
      bound
      for
      the
      Shi’ar
      empire
      in
      an
      at-
     
     
      tempt
      to
      try
      and
      negotiate
      a
      peace
      between
      the
      two
     
     
      powers.
      Other
      forces
      are
      at
      work,
      though
      as
      the
     
    
   
   
    
     
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