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Women's Rights Or Wrongs? Gough Whitlam Speaks on the Federal Referendums Great Court. 1pm. August 3rd Women's Rights or Wrongs? Inside... Usual Features Whitlam IF YOU'RE INVESTING IN A GREAT BODY Supports DO IT FEET FIRST Brooks For Women are specially designed to enhance a women's natural movement. Graduate Years of scientific research conducted by Michigan State University proved a women's wider hips, more flexible joints and different center of gravity require a shoe built especially for her. This research led to our exclusive design- Tax! the only design which fits a woman's body as well as her feet. We also add special Comfort Crafted features hke a patented built-in- slipper to hold your foot snugly and eliminate seams that cause blisters. Mrs Enid Whitlam, a Toowong pen­ sioner, has recently come out publically ATHLETIC SHOES DESIGNED FOR WOMEN ONLY. in support of the Federal governments proposed graduate tax on students. Mrs Wliitlam, a local identity and mud wres­ tling enthusiast said" All that most stu­ dents really needed was a damn good thrashing with a cricket bat to strengthen their character and 5 years compulsory military service." Mrs Whitlam believed that beating students about the head viciously with cricket bats was no PERSUASION REVELATION longer an option as bleeding heart, nancy-boy High mileage running shoe A 3/4 cut fitness shoe liberals had a stranglehold on the country. "In my with the Female Support System designed to give maximum view the graduate tax doesn't go far enough. My designed to accommodate cushioning and support to husband Gerald, always said that you only begin medial movement inherent in the female body. to appreciate something when you cant afford to the female gait. pay for it." R.R.P. $130.00 R.R.P. $140.00 Mrs Whitlam said that she was really disap­ Our price $109.70 Our price $118.20 pointed when the wheels fell off the 'Joh for I^M.' bandwagon. "We all remember young Johannes at UNIVERSITY SPORTS STORE Kingaroy Primary School. Joh used to spend alot Union road, opposite Squash courts. of time behind the old bike shed until the Head­ mistress caught him. She would always say to him 5% Discount to students and in a very steam voice, 'Johannes,if you persist in FOR WOMEN. SPRA members. this sort of behaviour youll probably be destined PH: 371 0571 for a career in politics.'" Mrs Whitlam was reluctant to comment any fur­ ther while her husband, Gerald, had her in a head- lock, mOPE N • • • • •:•:•»:• V Hours: 6 a.m. 10 p.m. r ' HERE > WE ARE • TO flMPa. UNI r o /IMPOL --•"' Gailey Rd X^^ TO irsVOOKOPiiiii «>MWVtOM««'' SELF SERVE MTA6Q (with driveway ^S nwPMgDWityaWirJ TARINGA attendant} 2 SEMPER FLOREAT JULY 1988 EDITORS: Helen Nolan EDITORIAL CONTENTS Kevin Folet Women's Rights or Wrongs? Helen The University of Queensland Union LAYOUT ARTIST: Chris Stannard hosted the 1988 NOWSA Conference Nolan, a member of the Women's Rights conunittee and Kevin Folet from the 15th to the 17th of July. Lou Larder NOWSA (Network of Women Students offer a critical perspective of the TYPESETTER: Association) is a "loose collective" of Women's Rights Area. women involved in left-wing politics GRAPHICS AND throughout Australia. So, what is this PRODUCTION: John Carey Conference, and how much money Hannah Cutts comes from your student fees to sub­ Chris Stannard sidize its costs? Foo Lin Khoo David Knij­ The agenda for this Conference is a neburg most interesting document Some of the topics covered include "student ac­ tivism", "societ/s inlierent violence", PHOTOGRAPHER: Chris Pokarier "women in Central America", legaliza­ tion of abortion and lesbianism. PRINTERS: Merino Litho, Moorooka No one doubts that sexism exists on campus and needs to be combatted. But ADVERTISING is this sort of left-wdng gabfest really the AGENT: Craig Mcintosh forum to address this issue? How Colombia. The University of Phone 371 2568 relevant are the problems of women in Queensland branch of Amnesty Inter­ Nicaragua to the average woman stu­ national profiles Colombia, a country with an appalling human rights FINANCIAL dent on this campus? Should the Union )ames McKay really waste money which is paid for by record. ADVISER: all women on campus, for minority ex­ PUBLISHER: Dirk Moses tremists to discuss issues which have lit­ 8 A Time of Hope. Chris Pokarier's President of tle relevance to the problems faced by photo essay of the opening celebra­ U.Q. Union most women on this campus. tions of Asia - Australia Week. For too long, the Womens Rights area has been regarded as sacrosanct in the 11 The Reality of God: John Liggens Union. They have their guaranteed al­ gives an account of his search for location of funds through the Union con- God. stihition, and they're not really worried about how you think they should spend 13 Daily Scum 4-page Uftout. Semper your money. plunges into the depths of journalis­ You see, according to last year's tic despair with the Daily Scum. Women's Rights VP, Ruth Apelt, Womens Rights is not meant to represent 17 College Page with Andrew 'Doc' all women on campus. Ifs only for radi­ Bullen. cal feminists - "this is a feminist area" ac­ cording to Ruth. Thafs fine, as far as it 18 Soap: Avid soapie watcher Stella Goodellis reveals all! goes. But 50 000 a year? 22 The Messianic Minister. John Daw­ The notion that Women's Rights repre­ kins takes his Graduate Tax plan to sents all women on campus is untrue. It 19 Changing for Tomorrow. Uincent J. the campuses. Chris Pokarier reports. serves to foster the paranoia and in­ Brady (Kawanjii) looks at where the security of a small group of middle-class landrights movement should be 23 In Search Of... This month we go in activists. The Women's Rights area never headed. search of 'The Vanishing Telecom attempts to seek the views of most Technicians', women on campus - the "Collective" knows best. How many women agree 24 Not The Union News with a noted Socialist Workers Party ac­ tivist that all college boys and medical 25 • Reviews students are rapists? The tragedy of the situation is that the 26 Letters To The Editors legitimate concerns of female students are treated with contempt by a small minority. The Marxists and Men-haters in Women's Rights should spend their time on real equal opportunity issues, not waste it (and our money) on self in­ dulgent wanking about the horrible nasti­ ness of bourgeois patriachal oppression. Perhaps the Union should employ an Equal Opportunity Officer as an alterna­ tive, directly elected by students. Then we might see some real achievements for the 50% of this University's population who are female... 27 Cartoons: The Red Tulip Affair HELEN NOLAN 28 Gutterpress With Uncle Rupert: (Women's Rights Committee Our resident expert of the news Member) 21 The Life and Times of Paul Ellison, thafs not fit to print. Uncle Rupert, KEVIN FOLET A Short Story by Nik Douglas. brings you the dirt! SEMPER FLOREAT JULY 1988 3 The Women's Rights area has always at­ tracted considerable critidsm from most students.'Its critics claim it is a nasty cli­ que of man-haters with a biuning hatred of mainstream society. Yet the women in­ volved in the area espouse to represent Womens the aspirations and feelings of all women on campus. With a constitutionally guaranteed budget of $50 000 this year this sacred cow deserves some critical scrutiny. Women's Rights has a full-tune paid Women's or­ Rights or ganizer, a part-tune librarian, an area Vice-president and a committee of 10 women elected from the Students Union govemmg coimcil which oversees the running of the area. In reality, as a Wrongs ? Women's Rights leaflet explains "the or­ ganizer. Women's Rights Vice-president, and the committee ultimately take theu What does the Women's Rights area do for the average direction from the collective, member­ ship of which is open to all women stu­ woman student ? Helen Nolan, a member ofthe dents. The opinions expressed by the Woman's Rights committee and Kevin Folet offer a collective are taken as oiubest indication of the opinion of women students critical view ofthis controversial department generally." ofthe Students Union. Blatantly contradicting the Union's constitution, Left-wing activists always demand at weekly area meetings that decisions be made by a consensus of all those women present (a collective). This strategy ensures that the democratically elected committee is castrated and contentious issues like the areas performance can be effectively buried. Tlie sup­ posedly representative nature of the area is subject to the strident demands of a noisy, intimadatorj' Left-wing collective. One committee member, who did not wished to named, said 'They (the collec­ tive.) claim to be representative of all women shj- denls on campus but most women don't want to have anything to do with them." A number of women who have had dealings with Women's Rights say they are pressured if they dare to deviate from the area's dominant Left-wing hegemony Tlie public face of the Women's Rights area often contradicts the views expressed private­ ly by its collective members. At the first area meet­ ing on December 21, committee member and collective supporter, Ruth Apelt, summed up the collective's view of the area. 'Women's Rights is a fenninist area with its own philosophy... Ruth reiterated that Women's Rights was not necessarily for all women but was a feminist area." An observer, Andrea Napier, dis­ agreed stating "that all women contribute 7% ofthe Union charge and so should all be represented.
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