Prominent
      feminist
     
    
   
   
    
     
      declares
      feminism
      dead
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
         
     
     
        
     
    
   
   
    
     
      inism
      is
      dead.
      Though
      UBC’s
     
     
      re
      for
      Gender
      Relations
      and
     
     
      men’s
      Studies
      has
      been
      operat-
     
     
      ing
      for
      only
      one
      year,
      we
      now
      have
      found
     
     
      overwhelming
      evidence
      that
      patriarchy
     
     
      has
      ceased
      functioning.
      In
      fact,
      we
      are
     
     
      entering
      matriarchal
      times.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      However,
      despite
      our
      evidence,
     
     
      UBC’s
      Coordinator
      Dr.
      David
     
     
      Strangleway
      has
      expressed
      cau-
     
     
      tion.
      While
      he
      stresses
      his
      con-
     
     
      fidence
      in
      our
      research,
      last
     
     
      week
      he
      confirmed
      with
      me
      that
     
     
      ‘*until
      we
      see
      sustained
      equal-
     
     
      ity,
      this
      [the
      end
      of
      patriarchy]
     
     
      may
      be
      merely
      a
      brief
      turna-
     
     
      round.”’
      He
      feels
      that
      feminism
     
     
      is
      still
      necessary.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      But
      Anne
      Hutchin
      of
      UPE
      2900
     
     
      has
      publicly
      disagreed
      with
     
     
      Strangleway,
      indicating
      a
      grow-
     
     
      ing
      consensus
      among
      feminists.
     
     
      Hutchin
      is
      extremely
      pleased
     
     
      with
      the
      gender
      equality
      on
      this
     
     
      campus
      and
      is
      also
      happy
      with
     
     
      the
      recent
      agreement
      by
      the
     
     
      Board
      of
      Governors
      to
      adopta
     
     
      collective
      decision-making
     
     
      process.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Among
      evidence
      the
      Centre
      has
     
     
      amassed
      are
      statistics
      showing
     
     
      that
      violence
      against
      women
      has
     
     
      dropped
      drastically,
      from
      1
      in
      4
     
     
      women
      to
      1
      in
      100.
      Only
      1
      woman
     
     
      out
      of
      35
      is
      now
      beaten
      annually
     
     
      by
      her
      male
      partner,
      compared
     
     
      to
      1
      in
      5
      a
      scant
      year
      ago.
      As
     
     
      well,
      women
      are
      now
      earning
     
     
      $1.08
      for
      every
      dollar
      a
      man
     
     
      makes.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Still,
      one
      tenacious
      faculty
      continues
      to
     
     
      indicate
      the
      concern
      for
      women
      on
      this
     
     
      campus.
      Former
      engineering
      student
     
     
      President
      Alan
      LeRuse
      has
      confirmed
     
     
      that
      students
      in
      his
      faculty
      have
      started
      a
     
    
   
   
    
     
      goddess-worshipping
      ritual
      at
      the
      cairn
     
     
      in
      order
      to
      raise
      awareness
      about
      wom-
     
     
      en’s
      issues.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      This
      kind
      of
      continued
      pro-feminism
      con-
     
     
      cerns
      me
      greatly.
      It
      is
      unnecessary
      now
     
     
      that
      patriarchy
      and
      feminism
      are
      dead.
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      For
      example,
      A-Rune
      Sravisteva,
      a
      pro-
     
     
      fessor
      in
      Women’s
      Studies
      at
      UBC,
      has
     
     
      found
      in
      her
      research
      that
      the
      Vancouver
     
     
      Art
      Gallery’s
      permanent
      collection
      is
     
     
      now
      emphasizing
      First
      Nations
      women’s
     
     
      carvings.
      As
      well,
      English
      country
      dances
     
     
      are
      being
      held
      once
      a
      month
      for
      the
      ethnic
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
     
         
     
     
       
     
     
        
     
     
       
     
     
        
     
     
       
     
     
         
     
     
       
     
     
        
     
     
        
     
     
         
     
     
       
     
     
        
     
     
         
     
     
       
     
     
       
     
     
       
     
     
       
     
     
       
     
     
       
     
     
       
     
     
       
     
     
        
     
     
        
     
     
       
     
     
       
     
     
       
     
     
       
     
     
       
     
     
        
     
     
       
     
     
       
     
     
       
     
     
       
     
     
        
     
     
       
     
     
        
     
     
       
     
     
       
     
     
        
     
     
         
     
     
       
     
     
       
     
     
         
     
     
         
     
     
       
     
     
       
     
     
       
     
     
       
     
     
       
     
     
         
     
     
       
     
     
        
     
     
       
     
     
       
     
     
       
         
     
     
        
     
    
   
   
    
     
      British
      communities.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      The
      amount
      of
      research
      on
      this
      campus
     
     
      about
      women
      is
      overwhelming.
      All
      our
     
     
      evidence
      points
      to
      the
      fact
      that
      women
     
     
      are
      no
      longer
      silenced.
      Hence,
      Merrily
     
     
      Climb,
      one
      of
      the
      two
      professors
      in
      our
     
     
      program
      and
      a
      legal
      specialist,
      has
      begun
     
     
      a
      petition
      to
      officially
      end
      Wom-
     
     
      en’s
      Studies.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Those
      of
      us
      who
      teach
      Women’s
     
     
      Studies
      are
      debating
      the
      future
     
     
      of
      our
      research.
      While
      we
      are
     
     
      agreed
      that
      we
      will
      stop
      research
     
     
      about
      women,
      several
      of
      us
      wish
     
     
      to
      continue
      in
      gender
      relations.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Cath
      Hensen
      has
      expressed
      her
     
     
      concern
      for
      men
      in
      this
      changing
     
     
      world.
      She
      is
      worried
      that
      many
     
     
      men
      face
      severe
      psychological
     
     
      stress
      and
      wants
      to
      institute
      re-
     
     
      search
      into
      literatures
      of
      resist-
     
     
      ance
      by
      white
      men
      who
      have
      lit-
     
     
      tle
      access
      to
      the
      publishing
      in-
     
     
      dustry.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Since
      heterosexual
      behavioul
     
     
      has
      become
      a
      new
      subject
      of
      in-
     
     
      quiry,
      especially
      in
      sociological
     
     
      deviance
      classes,
      Women’s
      Stud-
     
     
      ies
      professor
      Marie
      Byrce
      is
      now
     
     
      concerned
      about
      compulsory
      ho-
     
     
      mosexuality.
      She
      has
      uncovered
     
     
      evidence
      that
      heterosexuals
      até
     
     
      finding
      it
      increasingly
      difficul!
     
     
      to
      obtain
      employment
      unless
     
     
      they
      closet
      themselves.
      Mor
     
     
      studies
      are
      needed
      because
      cout"
     
     
      challenges
      to
      the
      same-sex
      only
     
     
      partnering
      laws
      are
      expected
     
     
      reach
      the
      Supreme
      Court
      soon.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Those
      of
      us
      at
      the
      Centre
      for
      Gende!
     
     
      Relations
      are
      excited
      about
      the
      new
      po’
     
     
      sibilities
      now
      that
      feminism
      is
      dead.
      W°
     
     
      will
      continue
      to
      push
      Dr.
      Strangleway
     
     
      take
      the
      initiative.
      Our
      evidence
      is
      goo!
     
     
      and
      very
      conclusive.
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