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Oregon Daily
Emerald
Wednesday. February 19. 1986
Eugene, Oregon
Volume 87, Number 101
‘Crazy’ men aren’t always major
rape perpetrators, panel agrees
By Amy Moss ,
• • OfthifamW’^ ■ • .. '
It Is hotthe"crazy'.' group of. men who rape.
. Rather.tha'men who poople of our.culture consider
.- •'nof’mai ■ -thai'meri we are friends with, have gone.
/ out with.or are* married to — are inost often'the.
. rapists.- ah official on rape said Tuesday night . *
'•* ' .. .. . Ifelena See and Karen Kane, both of the Rape.
-, Crisis •Nettybfk, spoke at*>ut defining aqtiaintance
. rape to a'group of more than 50 people, in the FMU.
Forum - Room, Tuesday's-event was the first in a
... si hedu|e<f threedayrape "awareness symposium "• ;
' Rape, is'at-epidemic'levels and is the only
violent crirhe-thaf is on tbeTncmase. See said Ap
. •• pVqxifnutely‘50 io fib; percent of all rapes happen in
,* thd home. Oof in,alleys or'on bike path as popular
" ; • ' belief-die tales, and lO.pe’n ent occur on the job
Seventy:percent oK more of those rapes occur
. \ betujeeh men and women Who know eac h other. See
•s^id. §§*rdtsfin«Ki acquaintance rape as any sexual. ...
.-. ‘ , act',that.toccurs*without.the.woman's consents
■ .- .^".V'Menjheed tci stpp'raping women, and tine way.
is^hfe'uglVviMlneating.themselves.” See said . .
. • , VKane. des^hfaHf-oiiriaitiety as a "rape culture." •
• ... one ^fiert'.attiiudes^bout women makes them more
\ * • avatlabl'tvto t^rrapdd''-.
'• i;:"-''./;Men.'are'taught that women are available for
/^a-nypndV^and WmOeninVtauljhCthat they need to act
, .in avseVuai-‘fhat)h¥r;fo'be <ppreciated.'' Kane said. .'
...; • .; ^;' .'.'Mejtjafe,.spcialiEed (o be aggressive, dominant
;ijid tough.vW?^ Womei>. t») b*^ non-aggressive, sub
• ' .'nu.3.siy'e,' an'd Weak.'if ..we ask. ourselves which side
. makes a'Better Victim, tbe'answer is obvious." Kane
. -‘ ^ ;.said:;v'';‘'.*'.
She;blames, many qT the prevalent attitudes in
sotiiety on how riieh and .women are port rayed in TV.
pornography and impular. music, and how those
-• ihed.ia-perpetuate the sex roles that we. are trained in
. to.acting.out. ..- •
Kane quoted a line from a popular Rick Spr
ingfield song ‘^Affair of the Heart." in which Spr
ingfield says:.:"I want to control you, I want to seize
you. I waht to rape you, I want to kill you." A Bruce
Sprifigsteen soiig; she said, illustrates an even mom
cominonvittitude: "You say no: you say you don't
like itrbuf f kiKtyy,you're a liar."
> ' : " "This.'is.'t'Ke kind of music we all hear, hum
along with.and .realty learn a lot from very subtly."
• . Kane said;..'. °' • ■ •
. . Men are taught that when women say "no."
. -^what they really mean is "ves."
"That is one of the thousand scenarios that
leads up to date rape," Kane said.
■ , Kane also spoke about marital or relationship
rape. We live in a society where it is not illegal in
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many states to rape your, wife of girlfriend, she said.
. I'1 25 states, including Oregon1.- marital.rape is con
sidered illegal. Hut" in 2;3‘*staies a..fnan can rape his
wife if they are living together: r^pe is'only con-.
sicJered a crime if they are not livirig'togethei; when it-’
• happens. In Alabama’and Vermont; rnarifal rape is . \
never considered illegal'.she-said.. ' *. .
Kane defined marital-rape’dhe- saitje as aquain- ''
.tance rape. She said'there"are‘rfiaiiy, reason^ why ’
women consent to both, forms pf,r»p‘e.’. Among them,
is.ignorance, the fact fhaf’womeh are socialized to
think it is okay for men'tp;do-these thihgs‘tp: them
that it is their duty asa woman to consent! she saici.
Raymond Scully,* |ack-Straton and Kmie.'Ran
. dolfi from Men Against. RapV also, spoke.'to .-the
audience, .- .• >•' V-*•*•.-.•.■•
\ . ''Women have a fundamental right to terminate ;•
sex at any point.of their.'choosjng,';!«Sfra'fpn °said.
■ ‘Men must accept the-responsibilfy of changing the •
altitudes ihai perpeiiirtte>rape.'7*he’added/-. - "•
>• •,* • * • .-'ft- *, " *. -m c'oa \k -. «• • » > ,.i f
. -Straton believes !hat thefearO. men-vyho'wiflnot. ■“
control themselves, but nb mcui;«vho canhorconirol. •
themselves. . •*'. “ '
“The attitude that women-owe men sex is false,.* '
‘Men are socialized to be ag
gressive, dominant and tough,
and women to be non-aggressive,
submissive and weak. If we ask
ourselves which side makes a bet
ter victim, the answer is obvious.%
— Karen Kane .
and the idea that rape is somehow natural is also,
false. I am a man. and I will not rape." Straton said.
The Men Against Rape members; of which there
are Hi. believe it is their job to educate men about the
issue of rape. They think wOmeh can also educate .'
men by tolling their boyfriends. or male family ‘
members how they feel about rape, arid encourage'
men to talk about their feelings' • ;
' Rape is a man's issue, and to Understand more ..
about rape we have to understand'more about howv
we were socialized." Randolfi said, "I’m grateful for .
the opportunity I had to grow tip and learrrthat (the
misconceptions of society) are not the. .way things
really are. • . /, . • -.
"We need to give m/sn; the opportunity to
challenge the roles that they grew up-with and pre
sent new ways for them to be masculine," he said. •" •
Students now taking
University to court
over heating dispute
•. By Linda Hahn
• Of thr Kmniiid '« * *
Michelle Totalinsoft-and .other similarly situated ; '
. University lijn residents now. are taking'tfie'l Iniversity'-. ‘
'to.court for failing to maintain'adequate h.eat at .the "
University Inn last term, * '• f.
, • Apparent ly- the .defendants in the ’ matter .were ‘
unaware of- a. .to-day deadline .to respond to'the’ claim.
. andlhus Waived their right tp rbspondto it lastThbrs
« d^y.'one month, after original letter dated jan* 13, ■
ptHti w«|s sent., . • .- •' ...
f The complain! fiied-against the complex is in the.
• form’.of- 4 tort claim, dr. a wrongdoing.resulting In civil .
, ‘ actipn..-The .plaintiffs, .who cither than Tomlinson re-.
/.main- tinna'med 'as yet. charge that. Hie temperature oh
.their floor yvds uncomfortably low during faH term and*
•.;.that1.they*ShopId.he-reimbursed for part of the.ireon-' '. •
, fractcid^rent.; *•> .
"Because a letter advising.State Assistant Attorney • -.
C.enerai james Cyasby'of fh'e.ciann received no response.
• ihtj'stuyfents’ ajtomey,.Robert Afckerman. of Ackerman.
. "DeWenter.fk l.luntsbe'rger; will.file a class action suit on
.behalfdf his clients w.ithin seven days. ' * ••-'
.' '_TH.be-preparing..the papers-tliis'week. We gave °■
them their opportunity. We gave them 30 days to makp
. .an,adjustment." 'Ackerman Jaid.- "P$ow\ we_go* to ' •. .
court." •'*' ’ ... ; ......
"Uasby'.did. not know much about the case because . .. •
he.had- refe.rred it to Peter Swan.. University -law .pro,
fessor arid assistant to the president for legal affairs, he
'said..Swap said-on Tuesday he knew very little afaiout
the case because he.haci given.it to research-assistant.
. ■ He expected'more information bv next week..
, When inform'pd of the students', plan to’sue.. Swan
.said'he was'not aware of the 10-day.limit. He said he
just%.received-‘the papers,on the case last week. Jlis
secretary had not-yet opened a file on the case and-his
research' assistant currently had the papers, .'Swan
. added.' V • . • ■ ' . •
‘‘It.seems like I had seen, somewhere that, they •'
threatened a class action.suit, bui'1 didn't know about
• the'30-day limit," Swan said. • • •
- Swan also said that the students "leapfrogged
Upiversity.chahnels" by filing a tort claim. People who
have a grievance can try to get relief informally., even
witfi an attorney, he said. If they da not think they are
going to get satisfaction, they then siiould’try other op
tions, he said.
Bill Kittredge. director of the Office of.Student Ad
vocacy, said the students tried unsuccessfully last term
to get a response to the problem through other
channels. ' / ;• -... . ° '
"They spent seven -weeks going through Universi
ty channels, which is mired in incompetence.".-Kit-*
tredge said, “They (University officials), acted', very,
indifferently." • • t- •
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Board to determine proposed research park site
By Paul SturU
Of Mm bwrtW
Whether the Riverfront Research Park
will Mnd up located at the selected
Willamette River site may now be deter
mined by the land Use Hoard of Ap
peals' interpretation of an 11-year-old
ruling
AI Urquhart. a University geography
professor, challenged the City of Eugene
Tuesday by arguing that the far
reaching Willamette Greenway legisla
tion of 1975 nullifies any plans for such
a park
The city failed to prove that Industrial
development would enhance the
natural, scenic and environmental
quality of the Greenway as is specified
in this area's general plan before Land
Use Board of Appeals referees In Salem,
t'rquharl said.
"Any ambiguity disappears when one
reads the purposes of the Creenway
statutes." he said. "The rules spell out
quite precisely what can be allowed
along the river. "
After Dec:. 6. 1975. the Creenway
legislation does not permit intensified
land use of areas within 150 feet of the
river unless the lands considered are
deemed not suitable for natural, scenic
or recreational uses.
The city has targeted the Riverfront
Research Park as critical In the diver
sification of the area's economy, The
proposed site, north of the Southern
Pacific Railroad tracks, was selected
because of its proximity to the Universi
ty and the research activities already
conducted on campus.
Tim Sercombe. a city attorney,
defended the city's plans as being
within the Greenwav’s guidelines and
said the area was not considered a
"needed open space or a significant
resource area."
Urquhart charged the city did not suf
ficiently study the area or adequately
note its quality before proceeding with
plans to develop it industrially.
Plans for converting areas designated
"open space" inlo ones for research
park use did not take into account the
concerns and needs of the community.
including its recreational uses, Ur*
quhart said
In addition, he said the plans are not
consistent with the University'# North
Campus Plan, which designates the
areas for open space and recreational
uses.
In the city's written argument. Ser
combe says that since the land is owned
by the State Board of Higher Kducation.
not the University, consistency with the
University's North Campus Plan is not
required.
The Land Use Board of Appeals will
announce ils formal decision March 17.
If the board upholds Urquhart's appeal,
the city’s plans could be stalled
indefinitely