LETTERS
Men are also victims
In regards to Shoshnnnh Oppenheim's letter [Glib .
April 1), she has every right to he offended Wo are all
influenced by media, arts and literature
And I have the right to be offended by the ail too tvp
i<nl complaint, usually by women, that men are the per
petrators and women the victims in domestii and sexu
al abuse I won’t even pretend to suggest that I can link,
pornography, sexual abuse and v iolence against anyone
As a therapist. I work with sexual abuse victims And
a lot of my clients are men who were abused by women
And I ron state a precept that more than 4(1 pen ent of
the victims of spouse abuse and domestii violent e are
men. It's just that society dic tates that it is 'unmanly" to
report such crimes
Oppenheim uses the words women" and "female"
almost a dozen times in her letter. I say women are
exploited in pornographic films and literature hut so are
men And many of the publishers, editors and filmmak
ers of pornography are women.
One has only to look at the billboard, located on Main
Street in Springfield, that states "Real Men Don't Use
Porn." Again, men are depicted as the only "users" of
porn.
The next time you are at your local video shop, wuti li
who goes in and out of the adult mbvie section. It's not
just men.
I am sick and tired of rending letters like Oppenheim's.
pointing tiie twisted, biased judgmental finger at us
males One more reason to believe that men are the last
group it is OK to single out. joke about and discriminate
against It's trendy
Colin Campbell
Alumnus
Sisson’s right
Because the responses to Stephanie Sisson's column
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Chad McHenry
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How to use pom
What's with that hillhoard the Christians pul up in
Springfield next to the adult hook store' It saw. ' Heal
Men Don't Use (’urn " What do they mean In that? Hou
does one "use" porn'
It reminds me of a sc ene from National /.ompoon's
Family Vacation Kustv Crisxvald. I :t. is hanging around
with his cousin who has a small collet lion of nudie mag
azines Rusty asks if he can have one
"No." his i owsin says "I use them a lot
"How do you use' a magazine?’ Rusts asks
In reply, his cousin makes a quaint yet vulgar refer
ence to masturbation
Is that what those foul-minded Christians are talking
about' Imagine the sort of person w ho would has him
self pu lured on a huge billboard pro* tanning himself .1
"Real Man" bei auso lie doesn't manipulate his filthy,
reeking generative organs
Scott Bishop
Unemployed
Multiculturalism needed
This letter is for people who get stories mixed and
have a rather i heap understanding of rat nil issues I have
heard the rumor that students of 1 olor are trying to fori e
their values on other students and that they only look
through a " in it It it ullural lens
()nt> of lhi' main reasons rat ism exists today is Iksause
ii is not si'i'n through a "uuiltii ultural Inns Iho Inns
has been painted only while, anil this is not fair If any
thing is hning Inri nil. ii is European • A merii an history
\aim's anil culture ll is fort oil on all youth from grade
st hool onward
People of color am put through a pro* nss of interior
ization This puls those who are not of European
ties* not on a lower rung It denies them a history It pro
motes internal rai ism It i mates biased attitudes lietwecii
the rai es This pro* ess, thorugh education as well as oth
er institutions. I ontrihutes to the rill ism. prejlldii e and
discrimination that plagues our so* iety
This affe* ts us all in tin- rvorlt plai e. in i lass, m Irons
mg opportunities, so* nil henefits, mi'dii al i am and just
about every yy here m Ameru a This pro* ess affe* ts .ill
i olors of w lute, him k. hroyvn. red and vellmy
'I’nopln should lie pulged on merit Phis is true, hut
what if one's merit is Mused? What do you do w illi a sy s
tem that denies people merit las ause of the i olor ol their
skill' Do we as ho mail he mgs (list at ( »*pt It' Do yve say
we'll gist let it work out naturally ' Maybe so. and per
haps then y\e w ill let revolution i ome naturally
Kevin Chang
APASU
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I he evening was very enjoyable and edu* ationnl
heiko Suzuki. Japanese Student Organization presi
dent and lapan Night produi er, is to lie t ommended lor
her hard yvork ill organizing this i ultural evening.
The In gene I ,nku Drum (iron p’s performance was a
standout in a field of outstanding perlormaiu es l buyer
sity student brit Mali's drinumiug yy.is truly impressive
I i ongrolul.il" them all oil an e\i eptiomil lapan Night I
w ill lie looking toryvard to next yeai s
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ASUO Programs Coordinator
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