Uniter #17, March13, 2003 B.Qxd

Find out what ThatThat OtherOther booze does to your WindyWindy CityCity brain! Page 13 Page 12 VolumeUniterUniter 57, Issue 17 march 13, 2003 THE T HE O FFICIAL W EEKLY S TUDENT N EWSPAPER OF THE U NIVERSITY OF W INNIPEG Violence Against WWesmenesmen ShotShot Women Still an Issue DownDown inin FinalsFinals Panel Discussion Demands End of Abuse BY CORTNEY PACHET Circle of Life: Thunderbird House assists sex trade workers in Winnipeg, including the publication of Women united to discuss violence prelevant in our Street News to warn people of “bad dates” and the society and its root causes at a panel organized by New distribution of condoms to promote safe sex. Wolf WAVES (Women’s stressed the impor- Action against tance of their good Violence and for rapport with the Equal Status) last Sex Crimes Unit of Thursday. the Winnipeg Police The panel con- Department. sisted of women Other panelists, from the communi- however, empha- ty, and from health sized the isolation and counseling felt by abused services in spouses, particularly Manitoba: Cecile partners of law Cassista, Childcare Violence Against Women: Let's Talk panel was well enforcement offi- Coalition of attended last Thursday. cials. Manitoba and “In our society MFL Women’s Committee Representative; Debby shame is attached to being in a violent relationship or Cumby and Meghan Wolf of Circle of Life: being sexually assaulted,” said Jennifer Howard, a Thunderbird House; Debbie Blunderfield, Director of community activist, who stressed that isolation is a the Elizabeth Fry Society; Jen Howard, a community barrier in escaping abuse. “Why do women stay?” she activist; Laurie Bertram, Status of Women Director, continued. “Women often stay because eventually UWSA; Matha Avilis from Immigrant Women’s they believe they have no options.” Counseling Service; and Lina Kleric from Klinic Howard believes women still have an unequal sta- Community Health Sexual Assault Program. tus in society. The status of Legal Aid for women in Manitoba “Things we don’t think of as connected issues are,” was an issue discussed by several speakers, although said Sarah Amyot of New WAVES, noting a correla- isolation in circumstances of violence was also on the tion between poverty, for instance, and abuse. agenda. Laurie Bertram, Status of Women Director for the “Men need to change their ways and take respon- UWSA, questions the role of gender and its correla- sibility for their actions,” said one speaker. “Violence tion to violence against women. is power.” “Since the day you’re born, they put the little pink Cumby, of Circle of Life, discussed the ways sex toque on your head, or the little blue toque, and you trade workers are portrayed in the media, especially in have to be a certain way,” she stated. “How is gender situations involving death. constructed?” “[These women] are visually and verbally abused The rise of common-law spousal abuse and homi- by the media,” said Cumby, noting headlines using cide rates in Ontario and the murder of sex trade An amazing season, which included a 20-game winning streak, came terms such as “hooker” or “prostitute” to describe vic- workers in Vancouver concern the U of W student. to an end for the women’s basketball team Monday night in Hamilton. tims. “Our goal is to bring attention back to violence The Wesmen lost the CIS National Championship final to the upstart Wolf echoes this idea by affirming that sex trade against women,” said Bertram. “Women’s rights are Victoria Vikings, who knocked off the Wesmen 69-51 while holding workers are mothers, daughters, and sisters. still an issue. Women’s rights are still a fundamental the Red and White scoreless in the final three minutes of the game. “They are real women with real families and part of Canadian society. Violence against women See story page 18. friends,” she said. needs to end and it needs to end now.” U UWSA Elections Dominated by Slates are not grouped together on the ballot, many stu- executive can’t get along there can be major who is running for President, Sara Squires who is BY GINNY COLLINS dents are asking why these candidates are run- problems.” running for Vice President Advocate and Chris As the UWSA elections draw near, U of W ning as groups and what kind of benefits this There are currently two slates running in the Olson who is running for Vice President Student students will notice election posters asking them approach provides. UWSA elections. Services. to vote for certain “groups” of people, not for cer- People who have the same goals and ideals The Hands On slate and the SOME slate. The The names of the slates reflect their overall tain individuals. These “groups” are called slates. will sometimes choose to run together so they can Hands On slate consists of Michael Rosenstock, goals. The Hands On slate claims that they will Aslate by definition is a group of individuals who pool their resources and gain more recognition. for President, Cathy Hamilton, for Vice President take just that kind of approach in running the run for an election under the same title. “When you run as a slate there is no time Advocate, and Farnoosh Ali, for Vice President UWSA. Considering that students are not required to wasted getting to know each other,” said Chris Student Services. “Our main goal is to stress our involvement vote for candidates from the same slate, as they Olson who is currently part of a slate. “If an The SOME slate includes Chris Minaker Continued on Page 2 Blue Quarter Photo Special - page 11 page 2 MARCH 13, 2003 the uniter uniter the news Volume 57, Issue 17 March 13, 2003 STAFF Cortney Pachet News Editor Tamara King Features Editor Jonathan Tan Focus Editor Michelle Kuly View and Culture Editor Andrew Buck Sports Editor Ginny Collins Beat Reporter Andriy Michalchyshyn Photo Editor Eszti Nagy Distribution Manager Stu Reid Production Manager Lessons From a Seven-Foot Penis Ted Turner Advertising Manager Nawrocki Remembers His Years as a Comical Sex Educator Matt Hiebert brunches in my apartment on Sundays.” Nawrocki explained how men work the Uniter Coordinator CORTNEY The brunches provided a forum for under the assumption that thoughts are sim- P ACHET Nawrocki to ask men and women about sex. ply transmitted from one person to another, THIS WEEK’S CONTRIBUTORS News Editor However, the integration of both sexes rather than communicated through speech proved to be problematic. or body language. The nose is a fantastic “The women would talk non-stop, but “Guys, we communicate through osmo- Allison Besel make-believe clitoris, the men wouldn’t talk,” he said, opting to sis,” he said. “That guy knows the length of learned a small, yet interview the men individually in his my dick, what I’m thinking.” Benjamin Bloomfield engaged audience when boudoir. “Lessons From a Seven Foot Penis” Norman Nawrocki visited the University of His show “I Don’t Understand Women “ allows Nawrocki to interact with his audi- Scott de Groot Winnipeg. drew in crowds of 300-1000 people, most of ence and engage them in every aspect of his Nawrocki, a sex advocate, educator, whom were men. Mrs. Robinson, performance. cabaret artist, author, actor and musician Nawrocki’s favourite character -“my big “Did you ever think about female ejacu- Phil Heidenreich from Montreal, talked about his experi- boobed babe”- was a main player in this lation as women’s liberation?” he asked the ences traveling across Canada and perform- production. She taught “Clit Class 101” to audience. The performance moved into a Leighton Klassen ing what he dubs “educational, sex comedy instruct men and women how to give good lesson about manual clitoral stimulation shows.” head to women. –“Some people aren’t into the oral sex”- Sheri Lamb “This is what I do,” he said. “I talk about Some of the performances, including taught by Mrs. Spears, Britney’s mum. sex.” “My Dick and Other Manly Tales,” discuss “More lube good, no lube bad,” said Initially, Nawrocki intended to hold a serious and often controversial subjects. Mrs. Spears, who aids Nawrocki in his quest Dave Law show at his apartment to teach men about “I deal with really heavy issues,” said to teach people how to find and stimulate their inappropriate sexual and social behav- Nawrocki. “Date rape, sexual harassment, the clitoris. Molly McCracken iour toward women. He planned to adver- violence against women.” Over the course of his career, Nawrocki tise the performance as a “Free Sex Show at Censorship is something Nawrocki has has encountered many misconceptions Kegan McFadden Norm’s Bachelor Pad.” However, after dealt with throughout his career. Certain about sex and sexuality. much deliberation, Nawrocki decided the universities were not open to aspects of his “There are misconceptions about every- pub at McGill University was a better performances and supporters of Nawrocki thing,” he said. “Everybody is straight to Matthew Mulaire venue. His first show attracted an audience faced some discrimination. ‘you put it in, you pull it out’, it’s boinking. of 300 people. “People postering for the show were People don’t masturbate or people are Alana Pona Since then, Nawrocki has performed getting beat up on campuses,” he said. afraid to masturbate. They don’t know their nearly 9,000 shows for over 250,000 people “You take on homophobia in this coun- anatomy.” The Uniter is the official student newspaper of on every university and college campus in try…you take on fundamentalist The audience isn’t only benefiting from the University of Winnipeg and is published by Canada. Christians,” he said, noting that he required Nawrocki’s years of performance and edu- the University of Winnipeg Students' “I Don’t Understand Women” was police protection on particular campuses.

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