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By Marian Green
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More than 300 women took
back the night Saturday, pro
testing the sexual and violent
crimes that keep women trom
walking free from fear after
dark.
All day Saturday, women and
men attended workshops on
rape prevention, pornography,
domestic violence, sexual har
assment. feminist erotica and a
men's panel on sexual violence.
At a rally before the march,
members of Amazon Kung Fu, a
women's martial arts collective,
demonstrated self-defense
techniques for women and chil
dren. Rally participants also
sang songs and read poems.
"Tonight the streets belong to
us — to our songs, our voices,
our rage and passion and to our
visions,” said Lisa Jeanchild,
reading from an essay she had
written for the march.
"Together tonight, with every
step, we commit ourselves to
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Women march to protest fear
going the distance, to trans
forming this earth, to take back
the night — not only tonight but
every night of our lives — and to
reclaim the day as well for our
selves and for every woman who
has ever lived."
A group of women read
statements from female victims
of assaults, beatings, rapes, and
incest.
“I was raped at gunpoint
when I was 15, and I didn’t tell
anyone for four years," one
woman read.
“I was attacked by a man in
downtown Portland. There were
people all around, but no one
stopped to help,” read another.
After each statement, the
protesters loudly chorused "I
am a woman— I'll fight back."
The participants prepared for
the march, singing a song about
taking back the night and pass
ing signs from hand to hand.
Some marchers wore banners
reading "I have survived rape"
and "l have survived incest."
Jerry Rust, a Lane County
Commissioner and Democratic
gubernatorial candidate, tried
to march with the crowd of
women, but was not allowed to
join. The women asked that men
show their support from the
streetcomers.
"They just told me I couldn't
go," Rust said. But after reflect
ing a moment, he said “I have a
daughter and a wife and many
other loved ones. I can under
stand it, and I'll support it in my
heart."
Carrying lighted candles, the
vocal crowd shouted chants,
such as "Our bodies, our lives,
our right to decide" and “Stop
rape, organize, we will not res
trict our lives.”
The protesters marched
through the streets of Eugene,
winding their way through the
downtown, residential and
University areas in an hour-long
show of solidarity
Spectators— mostly men—
watched from the streetcomers
and sidewalks or peered
through upstairs windows.
Some held banners or burned
candles to show support for the
women’s cause
"I'm a very, very strong sup
porter of feminist causes." said
David Colton, who trailed the
women for the duratipn of the
march. "I wanted to march with
them, but I understood what
they were saying.”
Lana Dowell, a
Register-Guard composing
room employee who viewed the
march, said taking back the
night was a "good idea " She
said she feared venturing out
alone at night. "That’s why I’m
with these two gentlemen," she
said, referring to her compan
ions.
Marcher Madeleine Smith, a
writer and self-proclaimed
feminist, said taking back the
night is just a start. "You have to
take back everything," she said
“It’s terrific they're out here at
all," she added
Scott Wilkinson, a recent
University graduate, said the
march hit home because his
wife works late at night, and he
worries about her.
Journalism major Laura Wat
son and German major
Elizabeth Rak watched the
marchers file past on Alder
Street and agreed that Eugene
isn’t the safest city tor women
’’I've felt safer in cities of
700,000 than here." Watson
said.
"It’s ridiculous," Rak said
about fearing going out at night
alone. "Sometimes, you just
can’t get around it, but you
definitely keep looking over
your shoulder."
Bob McFarland, a security
guard at a 13th Avenue parking
garage, said not only women,
but also old men and children
fear violence at night
"I know I don’t let anyone in
my family out alone at night," he
said. “It's not like the good old
days."
In the ’30s, ’’you could walk
home from the movies at 11
o'clock at night without any fear
at all."
' Teenage girl flees rapist
A man wearing blue jeans and a denim jacket attempted to rape
a 17-year-old girl Thursday night while she waited on campus for a
bus, according to Sgt Rick Allison of the Eugene Police Depart
ment
The girl, a Eugene high school student, was attacked between
Fenton Hall and Deady Hall about 11 p.m , Allison said The girl fled
after the incident, and called Oregon State Police after she had got
to 30th Avenue and Franklin Boulevard, near Lane Community
College, he said
There are no suspects at the moment, he said
The man is described as in his early 20s, of medium build,
5-feet-9 to 5 feet 11 inches tall with a stubbly beard and wearing
white cotton gloves
The incident was the first attempted rape on campus in several
months, Allison said.
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