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By NANCY BROWN
of The Advocate
Alberta Women's Institute members are
participating in a week- long boycott of
stores selling pornographic material .
Members finding pornographic material
in stores will approach store managers to
tell them of the ban .
The idea for the province- wide ban came
from Judith Hazlett- Dennehy of Balmoral
Women's Institute, located just north of
Red Deer.
She made the suggestion at last May's an-nual
convention in Olds, says Balmoral
member Jennifer Lund, Mrs. Hazlett-
Dennehy's sister .
" You shouldn't be able to buy milk from
the same store you buy pornographic
magazines," said Mrs . Lund .
She said members agreed there's an in-
W. 1 Convene A Workshop
The Gray Nun Regional Centre was the
home forapproximately fifty members of the
Alberta Women's Institute Executive,
Directors and the Constituency Conveners
from January 20th - 23rd inclusive . The
Workshop was an extensive study of the
factions that will enable our members to do
their best in their communities . Norma
Farquharson, the keynote speaker gave a
seminar on ' Communicating Assertively' to
all those convenors and anyone who joined
for the afternoon . Aileen Kritzinger, an
A . W. I . member, gave an enlightening class
on ' Writing a Resolution' . This also included
the parlimentary procedure in presenting
resolutions . Shirley Myers, Head of Home
Economics Branch, Alberta Agriculture,
Women protest pornography
creasing danger of acceptance of oorno2ra-
Fxecutiva mamharc to st vear vlewea a
Due to the ever- increasing availability
of pornographic material, the Alberta
Women's Institute has made porno
graphy one of its major concerns for the
coming year .
While it is difficult to define porno-graphy
to the satisfication of everyone,
Maude Barlow, a consultant on women's
issues, explains it as " verbal or pictorial
material which represents or describes
sexual behaviour that is degrading or
abusive to one or more of the participants
in such a way as to endorse the
degradation ."
phy because of continued exposure to it .
" We're concerned about all pornogra-phy,
about becoming immune to it . And
then you push it a little bit further," said
Mrs. Lund.
The province's 159 branches has 2,500
members ; nine branches in the Red Deer
area from Innisfail to Lacombe have 132
members. All have promised to boycott
stores that handle magazines dealing with
pornography .
Provincial president Kathryn Hubber-field
said today members will urge store
managers to discontinue selling particular
magazines, or move them where they can't
be seen by youngsters.
Members are especially concerned about
" violence with a sexual connotation - not
only with women, but men as well
ANjoins in fight against pornography
industries combined. i n 1982 there were
264 different rluld porn magazines
available, and over sixty percent of the
films bought by video recorder owners
we[ c X rated
As chairman of the Alberta Women's
Institute's Committee on Pornography . I
find the messages conveyed by porno-graphy
frightening . It is appalling to
know that some men want to master,
hurt, torture, and even kill, women .
" Not a Love Story", a National Film
Board offering, was one of the first
productions to shock audiences into
numbed silence . Last spring, while
attending a workshop on pornography, I
viewed a ghastly slide presentation of
clips from magazines and video tapes, all
told the ladies of how their department can
always be of assistance in their branch
meetings, handicraft judging and as an
information bureau. ' Effective Speaking' by
Sharon Bazant of St . Albert was a highlight .
It does not matter when we speak, but it
taught us how to always be ready to meet the
challenge . The Provincial Education
Conveners of the A . W . I . presented their goals
and accomplisments in a panel .
These workshops are held once a year for
the executive and conveners, but their
expenses were paid through a grant from the
Wild Rose Foundation this time .
slide presentation on pornography that
showed one magazine suggesting " incest is
fun, try it with a youngster," said Mrs.
Hubberfield . " That's sickening ."
Members aren't identifying particular
magazines or stores, said Red Deer Centre
convenor Doris Northey, who added the
ban is on " violence as opposed to erotica."
" Stores throughout Alberta, if they're
carrying pornographic material, will be
boycotted," said Pat Mayne, president of
Highway Women's Institute, a local branch
including Red Deer and rural areas south-
Provincial members chose this method to
commemorate Founders Week, celebrating
Adelaide Hoodless who founded the first
Women's Institute in 1897 . Begun in Ontar-io,
the association now has branches
throughout the world .
ration and distribution of hard- cc
Pornographic material in Canada .
But we have come to realize that to 1
more effective we must educate of
mvinbers . iml tlu- general public . Mar
people have no awareness of the issur
others avoid it entirely . Those who hav
confronted it have reacted with shocker
horror .
The AWI will have knowledgeable
speakers and visual presentations on the
programs of upcoming institute con-ferences
and meetings . These meetings
are open to the public . Members are
being asked to be aware of the " five foot
bylaw" pornographic material in stores
should be placed at lc-[ tire t- t . rt- 1r
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| Date | 2007 |
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Description
| Title | Page 137 |
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| Collection | Alberta Women's Institutes - Collective Memory |
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| Copyright | For Private Study and Research Use Only |
| Transcript | By NANCY BROWN of The Advocate Alberta Women's Institute members are participating in a week- long boycott of stores selling pornographic material . Members finding pornographic material in stores will approach store managers to tell them of the ban . The idea for the province- wide ban came from Judith Hazlett- Dennehy of Balmoral Women's Institute, located just north of Red Deer. She made the suggestion at last May's an-nual convention in Olds, says Balmoral member Jennifer Lund, Mrs. Hazlett- Dennehy's sister . " You shouldn't be able to buy milk from the same store you buy pornographic magazines," said Mrs . Lund . She said members agreed there's an in- W. 1 Convene A Workshop The Gray Nun Regional Centre was the home forapproximately fifty members of the Alberta Women's Institute Executive, Directors and the Constituency Conveners from January 20th - 23rd inclusive . The Workshop was an extensive study of the factions that will enable our members to do their best in their communities . Norma Farquharson, the keynote speaker gave a seminar on ' Communicating Assertively' to all those convenors and anyone who joined for the afternoon . Aileen Kritzinger, an A . W. I . member, gave an enlightening class on ' Writing a Resolution' . This also included the parlimentary procedure in presenting resolutions . Shirley Myers, Head of Home Economics Branch, Alberta Agriculture, Women protest pornography creasing danger of acceptance of oorno2ra- Fxecutiva mamharc to st vear vlewea a Due to the ever- increasing availability of pornographic material, the Alberta Women's Institute has made porno graphy one of its major concerns for the coming year . While it is difficult to define porno-graphy to the satisfication of everyone, Maude Barlow, a consultant on women's issues, explains it as " verbal or pictorial material which represents or describes sexual behaviour that is degrading or abusive to one or more of the participants in such a way as to endorse the degradation ." phy because of continued exposure to it . " We're concerned about all pornogra-phy, about becoming immune to it . And then you push it a little bit further," said Mrs. Lund. The province's 159 branches has 2,500 members ; nine branches in the Red Deer area from Innisfail to Lacombe have 132 members. All have promised to boycott stores that handle magazines dealing with pornography . Provincial president Kathryn Hubber-field said today members will urge store managers to discontinue selling particular magazines, or move them where they can't be seen by youngsters. Members are especially concerned about " violence with a sexual connotation - not only with women, but men as well ANjoins in fight against pornography industries combined. i n 1982 there were 264 different rluld porn magazines available, and over sixty percent of the films bought by video recorder owners we[ c X rated As chairman of the Alberta Women's Institute's Committee on Pornography . I find the messages conveyed by porno-graphy frightening . It is appalling to know that some men want to master, hurt, torture, and even kill, women . " Not a Love Story", a National Film Board offering, was one of the first productions to shock audiences into numbed silence . Last spring, while attending a workshop on pornography, I viewed a ghastly slide presentation of clips from magazines and video tapes, all told the ladies of how their department can always be of assistance in their branch meetings, handicraft judging and as an information bureau. ' Effective Speaking' by Sharon Bazant of St . Albert was a highlight . It does not matter when we speak, but it taught us how to always be ready to meet the challenge . The Provincial Education Conveners of the A . W . I . presented their goals and accomplisments in a panel . These workshops are held once a year for the executive and conveners, but their expenses were paid through a grant from the Wild Rose Foundation this time . slide presentation on pornography that showed one magazine suggesting " incest is fun, try it with a youngster," said Mrs. Hubberfield . " That's sickening ." Members aren't identifying particular magazines or stores, said Red Deer Centre convenor Doris Northey, who added the ban is on " violence as opposed to erotica." " Stores throughout Alberta, if they're carrying pornographic material, will be boycotted," said Pat Mayne, president of Highway Women's Institute, a local branch including Red Deer and rural areas south- Provincial members chose this method to commemorate Founders Week, celebrating Adelaide Hoodless who founded the first Women's Institute in 1897 . Begun in Ontar-io, the association now has branches throughout the world . ration and distribution of hard- cc Pornographic material in Canada . But we have come to realize that to 1 more effective we must educate of mvinbers . iml tlu- general public . Mar people have no awareness of the issur others avoid it entirely . Those who hav confronted it have reacted with shocker horror . The AWI will have knowledgeable speakers and visual presentations on the programs of upcoming institute con-ferences and meetings . These meetings are open to the public . Members are being asked to be aware of the " five foot bylaw" pornographic material in stores should be placed at lc-[ tire t- t . rt- 1r |
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