B Think twice CHRIS ARLOLD and Greg McQuarrie were at the Skeena Mall last weekend to talk about the dangers of drugs and alcohol, and Fetal Alcohol Syndrome. | They had convincing samples of cocaine, crack and heroin — not to give away . | but for educational purposes. : Plenty of re SHE WEARS it with a de- gree of pride. I can tell by her step. She means what | her T-shirt says. Carol Sabo, one of the coordinators of the Terrace Women’s Center, identifies with her shirt’s emblem — TGIF. Thank God I’m a Feminist. My dad queried the other day, ‘‘What exactly is femi- nism?” Emphasis on the word exactly, I thought about it. Looked it up in the Oxford Diction- ary of Philasophy. “Feminism is the ap- proach to social life, philo- sophics and ethics commit- ting itself to correcting biases leading to the sub- ordination of women or the disparagement of women’s particular experience.” Seems reasonable ta me, But what does it really mean? Back to Carol's office and her collections of posters, A small purple one in the comer reads, “‘...because a The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, November 26, 1997 - B5 s for feminism SPEAKING. OUT _ SARAH de LEEUW women’s work is underpaid or unpaid., because what we look ‘like is more important than what we do,...and if we sland up for our rights we’re aggressive and unfeminine, and if we enjoy sex we’re nymphos. and if we don’t we're frigid and if we can’t cope or don’t went a preg- nancy we're made to feel guilty about abortion and....for lots of other rea- sons we are part of the femi- nist movement.’’ ason There’s more' to the poster, but you get the gist. At the Women’s Center, we deal with subordination every day. We work with the women who make up the Terrace and area statistics recording that over the last four years 272 cases Over the last four years 272 cases of male to female spousal abuse have been reported, of male to female spousal abuse have been reported. Over the same number of years, the RCMP have seen only 42 cases of female to male spousal assault. We also work with the wonderful women who are trying to change the bias. They lobby to get more women interested in politics and science. They counsel teenagers dealing with un- Planned and unwanted preg-' nancy, They organize: around December 6, a na- tional day of mouming for women who have suffered violence, In fact, it is the December 6th motto many feminists I know live by, ‘‘First moum. ' Then work for change.” When Carol wears her TGIF T-shirt, I get the feel- ing she is determined. Determined not only to change things, but to change things for the better. y EPILEPSY » EPILEPSY * EPILEPSY Local peer support groups. BRITISH COLUMBIA 1-888-223-3366 EPILEPSY SOCIETY Fur More information | RULES: | L. Simply unscramble the names the business on this page. 12. Clip out entry form and mail or bring into the Terrace Standard, 3210 Clinton St. Terrace. . : 3. 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