EDITORIAL
How does it feel?
Oh, ihc leaves began to failin’
And the seas began to part.
And the people that confronted him were many
And he was told lud these few words
Which opened up his heart,
"If ye cannot bring good news then don’t bring
anv."
"The Wit ked Messenger"
Hob I Jylan
Advertising signs that con
You into thinking you're the one
That t an do what's never been been done
That i an win what’s never been
Meantime life outside goes on all around you
"It s Alright. Ma"
Hob I )vlan
Hut when there's too much of nothing.
It just makes a folia mean.
' Too Mm h of Nothing
Bob I)\ lau
Any da\ now , anv dav now
I shall be released
"I Shall be Released"
Mob Dylan
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"I hope they revamp the U S. education system. I want to be able to operate all
the neat products the Japanese will be selling us in 20 years!”
‘Harmless visual stimuli’ not so harmless after all
By Carol Cheney
Skimpily i lad women i avort
mi tropii .iI beat lifs in Sports II
histriiti'tl I’l.iylxn "bunnies
rump .iround .i luvish swim
ming pool in stirinv llollv
vvi x id Young women e.iri'
Commentary
iliniH’l lor i nllege tuition I>\
dam mg m topless bars I’rosti
toles walk along a downtown
street in ven short miniskirts
hoping to get pit ked up A
woman is kidnapped and
forced to have sex with a
strange man in trout ot a rolling
i amera This is the pornogra
phv rape continuum
It starts as seemingly barm
less and even glamorous enter
I.iinini'llt yet it srls lln‘ i Inn.iliJ
uf desenMti/.ation lh.it i .in end
in brutal murder All these
\\ < nni'i) haw something in
common
• rh.-v ire p.irtii ip.iimu in the
tlic multi liillion dolliir porting
r.ipln industry from which
tlicv rci cuc little
• l hc\ .is women .ire mem
tiers of .1 group tinit earns til)
i cuts lor ev ery dollar men
make, giving them fewer op
lions to lie economically se
< lire
• They have little sell esteem
• They are all y kdims of a situ
ation that perpetuates these sit
nations
Pornography is based on the
ohjectific -.ation and dehum.in
i/.ation of women Why do you
think 1‘lavboy tails them "him
mv ' (Also think of the i.miiin
l.ilions nl rabbits anti sex )
U lu'n human beings air dehu
manized. it I in null's r.isirr to
srr (linn as inlrnor to enslave
thrin and kill them
l or instant r Afrii an-Atneri
i an slaves were seen as am
mats thus justifying thr brutal
treatment thr\ rrtrivrd from
slavrholdrrs During World
War II lews. srrn h\ the Nazis
as sub-human. wrrr murdered
b\ the millions It one studies
the propaganda of war. one
finds that the militan depicts
the 'enemy" as animals, mon
sters or other strange creatures
It is mui h easier to kill some
thing that is not another human
being It is no coincidence that
75 percent ol sex offenders use
pornography In pornography.
women are the "enemies.”
And they are dying
Women who enter the sex in
dustry .ire not stupid All worn
en m our society do not have
the same employment options
that men do Women are six ial
i/ed to gauge their value by
their ability to please men,
whether by standards of beauty
or their service to men. This in
i hides sexual services Nearly
75 pen ent of women who enter
the sex industry are incest sur
vivors
Pornography literally means
"depiction of sexual slavery "
It most often portrays the domi
nation ol women by men Al
though pornography generally
oppresses women, everyone
loses Hy depicting sexuality in
such a shallow, one-sided way.
pornographies deny both wom
en .md men the celebration of
sexuality in .111 equal, loving
and sensitive way
I urge both women and men
to educate themselves about
pornography and do some sell
examination to understand win
we glorify and take part in tins
shallow, shameful and de
humanizing industry that robs
every one of us of our true sex
uality and our freedom to be
human
For more information and
statistics about pornography
please (.all the ASUO Women s
Center, 346-4095.
Carol Cheney is the coordina
tor for the ASUO Womens I)i
versity Program.
Personality profile never intended to cover pom issue
The Fine Print
by
fatmalach
Ill rase vmi didn't sec it in last Thursday 's h'.mrrald
thi'rt' was a story on pant- four about a l'Diversity stu
dent who has .in unusual part time job she is a top
less dam ct .it jiggles Tavern
The darn er featured in the store said she enjoys her
job. and her dam ing has even added to her self i onfi
deuce and esteem This particular personality profile
dealt with a woman who likes her job and has no com
plaints
However, the feature on the dam er student raised
the ire of four members of the Women's Center who
i ame up to the /mera/c/ office to voic e com ern alxiut
glorifying a topless dancer The women said they he
lieved the artu le was one sided and read like an ad
vertisement for the night club They said the artu le
should have contained the viewpoint of a dancer who
had not "enjoyed" her experienc e as an exotic danc er
The Women s Center representatives said there should
have lx*en an accompanying artic le disc ussing the
abuse some dancers face and the amount of sexual
abuse perpetrated by men who frequent such clam ing
establishments
Paire l
('■runted, if the goal of the story printed in the paper
had been to delve into the world of hard -core pornog
raphy snuff films or prostitution it would have fallen
far short Hut the artir le was not a story about porting
raphy it was an interesting story aliout one University
student
The Emerald has printed stories in the past about
students who have interesting hobbies, jobs or yvho
have won awards They are not investigative pieces
written for their social relevant e The goal of the urti
i les is simply to profile a person you may have class
with, study next to in the library, or veil and scream
yyith at rallies Personality profiles are intended to hu
manize your felloyy students
Hie profile of the dancer asked and got answers to
lum she personally felt aliout her own safety and self
respei t It also brought to light her reasons for faking
the job. and it discussed how she felt seeing class
mates. and even teai hers, at her place of work The
profile attempted to bring one individual person to
life, and it ai < omplished that goal
While the people from the Women's Center may
have valid points to make about pornography and ex
ploitation. they are not applicable to the profile print
ed last yy eek
Sidestepping the whole issue of whether pornogra
phy is the cause, or simply a result, of the
objectification of women, the fair-coverage issue
brought up by the Women's Center representatives
poses an interesting journalistic question: Should a
newspaper be required to cover every possible angle ot
a story even il it is not of the hard news variety'
Karlier this term the Emerald ran a story about the
opening of the New Taylor’s. Under the journalism
practices advocated by the dancer profile complain
ants, the story about the tavern should have included
tacts and statistics about alcoholism among college
students.
In the Oct. 24 issue of the Emerald, there was a per
sonaiity profile about a University student who won
the rookie of the year prize on the American Racing
Series circuit, but, taboo of taboos, the story men
tinned nothing about this country's addiction to gas
powered vehicles And the personality profile also
overlooked any mention of how may youths are killed
each year in auto accidents on and off the track
When the Emerald ran a feature story about former
I lurk quarterback Hill Musgrave's success in the NH
draft there should have also been an accompanying ar
tide dealing with the number of college athletes who
not only don't go pro. but who don’t even graduate
with a degree — shabby journalism again.
I here are many large social problems in the world
that need to be dealt with and discussed And there
are many people who have committed their lives to
fixing those problems. Hut along the road to changing
the big picture you can't lose sight of the individuals
/’at Malach is an editorial editor for the Emerald
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