. ‘lVlYTHS AND ATTITUDE
UPESI SUN Ibvenber ll,l982 m. ‘
The i—‘I‘EI Rape and Sexual Assault Centre is looking for volunteers. _ By late Eioverber planting cmmittee will have had
a crash routes: in council— ling Victims and will be ' r-royfsrc‘d to worn. wit-i! volunteers in establish- ing a tron t;.'~four hour telopi'o: e answering so - ice to aid Victims of rape and sexual assault.
The Tetrr‘ will need many volunteers in all parts of the island. If you have some. free time and («rant to ‘- you will be needed. . information all Bil-8027 on Tuesdays or writ-C; Crisis Centre 0.0. 30;: 3.523
Char lottratown .
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Rape has became one of the most rapidly increas- ing crimes of today. {frolic attitude must take much of the it is the resgonsibiiity of
all of us to learn to distinguish betwean the myths and the facts about rape.
. PH-Tv’ice girls don't got raped.
FACE—Elie rapist does not,
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stop to think of whether his victim is nice or not. Eie usual}: y preys on women who are kind and trusting and therefore vulnerable to his approach.
MYTH-Only young attractive Wen are raped. “ ELCT'The reported age range of victims is
six months to ninety» years. - Every wrman is a potential
’ victim.
MYT -The woman is to blame if she gets raped be— cause she asked for it. EET—No woman's be? haviour or dress gives any man the right to
rape her. Society en: courages women to look as attractive as they can. Mil—mm falsely re— ' port rape out of revenge. Egg-False reports occur ’ no more than false reports for any other crimes. y mil—A wmwan cannot be raped against her will. FELT-Rape is a life threaten- ing experience which often involves a weapon and physical and verbal force. Women are taught through
NEWS. f/
‘ View men, no matter
what their size, as stronfer.‘ This attitude alone is enough to render a woman incapable of defending herself against and assailant. \ w . MYTH-All women fan- _\ ta51ze about being raped
FACT—Men are as likely ,
to fantasize about being raped as they, are about being murdered and as likely to want the rape to ahppenn MYTH—Rape is a passion. . ELCIj—Rape is a crime of
crime of
_. violence, an act" of ex— -
traordinary humiliation, degradation and assault done with an enormous a— mount of hate. ,
METH—A woman who is raped will be hysterical. w-There are many dif— ferent ways in which x people display their feelings during a crisis. A woman's immediate outward expressions after rape do not determine
the validity, severity, or £1101:in impact
of the rape.
MYTH—The rapist is sexu— ally unfulfilled. FBQE'Dr. William Pendergast, of the New Jersey State Prison, states all of the rapists he has studied had available sexual relationships. Sixty per- cent of the men in Dr. Amir's study were, in fact, married and led normal sex lives.‘ flYl‘H-A rapist is usually a stranger. ' , EMF—Forty eight percent air—the rapistsgin Dr. Amir's study were known to the victim (either casual friends or, relations).
MYTH—Most rapes occur mark alleys and side streets. . ‘ FACT-The majority of. air rapes are committed in the home of the _ victim or the offender. Milli-The rapist is mental— ‘ ly ill. ' FACT-Studies show that the fist has ,a normal per— sonality. He is, how— ever abnormally aggres—, sive and violent, and probably exhibits feelings of hatred to- wards and fear of wanen. MYTH~Rape is an im—
f‘ACIf—In a study done * by Dr. Amir, 90% of group rapes were plan-
'—-ned inadvanceand 58%
of rapes cannitted by a single man were planned. MYTH-A woman cannot be raped by' her husband... ‘ FACE-This is the re sult of the age old concept that a wife is the property of her hus--: band. Any act ' of sexual intercourse _ which the has not consented to is rape. LYLE BREHAUT.
COLLISION REPORT ’
§__ ER 4, 15%;
latest collision report issued by the highway safety division, dated-- October 29, 1982, indi- cates that there have been fourteen (14) motor vehicle related fatali-f ties on I'slandrso' far this year. I'he report sin/vs that " , there were four (4) more - fatalities than for the same period last year.
An increase of 510%.
:So far this year there
up very slightly from the 2058 that occured, to this date last year.
‘50 far this year 531
‘ people were injured in motor vehicle
related accidents. This represents a decrease of g 9.23% compared with last ear's figure.-
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Final exams are over. ,Diplcmas have at last handed out. No longer students, they stand proud and eager, ‘ ready to take on the world. But times have A changed. ’It's 1982 and the world is no longer at their "feet. What V the future holds for i. 1982 university GRADS \ and how they face it [is a CBC Televisidn documentary Sunday, - ' "DecemberlZ at 10: 00. ‘p.m. -
'10ne hundred thousand gstudents graduated from
ECanadian universities\ this -
!;year. That's like ad- 4
igding the population of
gSORRY,NO JOBS l
‘cnnnrorurnximn (IIS) - The
have been 2062\collisions, r
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ibshawa? Ontario/to the
" already long
for jobs. Many “of their» stories have a familiar ring as they face some pretty hardfacts. .JI'he {jobs aren't there._
”Enaine wants to teach
;in a correctional 'in— _ :stitute. No‘available; positions. Steve _ with a' B.A.
[in Geology, a profes—
. ision that in past years
practically assured the graduate his Choice of company. He can't find
a job- Maggie took work
as a waitress to wait out the dry spell ‘in the
work force.
This year's graduating / students entered universi= ty three tb five years ' ago men expectations were high and jobs» were plenti- " ful. They leave universi- ty as: if they passed through a time warp, ‘Back into
~61L society, not only
in arecession, but often computer-dominated. M_.. Those studentsrwho‘ studied. in Canada's co—ope‘rative, ” universities ,. alternating terms between the class— room and a fulltime job, were more prepared to
enter the work force
on' graduating. But
they represent fewer
than 10% of the students
in Canadian universi— ties. And co—op pro- graI'ns cost money.
These‘GRADS. —they're .
\ Canada's bright lights
_ They. represent her future. It costs a. lot of money to give them their education. No»: they want to prove it was. worth it.
That's the problem.
Was it?
GRADS is an Agriculture-
and Resources ddcu- '
mentary.‘ Producer is.
‘For more information, '
contact; Jill Keenleyside
‘ r ' CBC Publicity :~
,3 . (416), 925-3311 ext'2150