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...Crimson photographer will be arraigned in Middlesex County District Court this morning on trespassing charges following his arrest during Saturday night's demonstration at the Pi Eta Speakers Club...
Holly Idelson is absolutely right in her editorial regarding the "private" newsletter sent to the members of the Pi Eta Speakers Club regarding an upcoming party. Whether or not a parody, the newsletter is clearly an example of sexism, insensitivity, even mysogeny. But Ms. Idelson misses the point...
...Newsweek article depicted the surprisingly widespread and growing phenomenon of "date tape" in which women are forced to have sexual relations with men they are already acquainted with. This phenomenon reflects the sense of alienation and misunderstanding between men and women that is at the heart of the Pi Eta newsletter. Feminists of both sexes need to work at bringing understanding and respect between men and women, instead of deepening the line between them. Catherine Temma Davidson...
...time we face up to the fact that society daily condones, if not actively supports, attitudes, imagery, and actions that promote the dehumanization and tape (physical, psychological or emotional violation) of women. Men amused at or gratified by the imagery in the Pi Eta Club newsletter are no different from those men who cheered on the rapists...
Last, I might add that the Pi Eta letter is a horrifying reminder to women who are rape survivors (of which there are hundreds at Radcliffe) of what can only be described as the most dehumanizing moment of their lives. Had the newsletter's author known this, he may have thought twice about writing. Then again, maybe not. Caristine Hayes...