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ZURICH CITIZENS NEWS
THURSDAY, MAY 13, 1971
Feminist Backlash
Militant feminists are beginning to feel the uncomfortable
draft of backlash,.
For half a century they have shouted for their "rights" -
the vote, equal pay for equal work, equality of opportunity -
all the while damning men for their plight.
By now, most men have been persuaded that women have
had a raw deal, and are enthusiastically making up for lost
time by swinging the doors of business and the professions
much wider.
Men have even gone so far as to suggest that women should
not get alimony - or that women should pay alimony after a
divorce. They rub their hands together at the prospect, -of the
little woman helping out with the family income.
Psychiatrists have rosily prophesied fewer heart attacks,
ulcers and hypertension among men. But they forsee more of
these predominently male ailments turning up in women as
they assume a more active role in the working world.
Some husbands are gleefully cutting down on the burden
of their insurance coverage as they realize that their mates
are quite "capable of looking after themselves."
It is not surprising then that the worst backlash to feminist
ideas is springing up among women who are safely married to
husbands who provide bountifully. These women have no
intention of getting a job or "fulfilling" themselves through
a career.
They find their identity in motherhood and homemaking;
also all the interesting things that not being career women,
they are able to do in community service and creative activ-
ities.
Working against the feminists is the fear felt by many
women that in gaining their "rights" they may be losing many
of their cushy little "advantages."
Teacher Radicals are Davis Boosters
Ontario premier William Davis, who only a few weeks
ago looked as if he couldn't win an election, has been getting
a lot of help lately from the teachers' unions, notably the
Ontario Secondary School Teachers' Federation.
While still education minister, Mr. Davis brought in a
tough cost-cutting program for Ontario schools. The results
of this are showing up dramatically across the province in
lower mill -rates.
The public seems pleased. People have got to the point
where they would rather pay less as taxpayers than receive
more as parents of schoolchildren. So far the premier was
doing well, reversing the earlier public judgment that he was
too soft on education costs.
At this point the teachers' union leaders moved in. Now
the teaching profession, to its credit, is concerned with its
end -product. This is in contrast to most unionized groups - did
you ever hear, for instance, of protests by construction workers
about the comfort and convenience of the buildings they erect?
So the teachers' union began making noises about the
spending ceiling on education. At first the public thought the
purpose of this was to have more money made available for
higher salaries for teachers. A natural tactic for a union, al-
though rather anti -social at a time when we are trying to
eradicate the inflation -or -unemployment malaise.
Gradually we discovered that the teachers' leaders were
opposing government policy in the schools. And the radical
faction that has secured control of the teachers' union was
actually threatening to strike.
This is something entirely different. Government policy is
set in the Legislature by those elected by the whole public. It
is the whole public that pays the nill and the whole public that
gets the end -product.
What the teacher -militants were threatening was a political
strike, something that has long been condemned as undemocr-
atic. But significantly, in the politics of confrontation, the
militants, radicals and malcontents of the New Left talk a lot
about extra -parliamentary opposition. They have to - they
.;an't get elected. They have no use for democracy because it
fails to deliver what they want. .
At Easter, those attending the teachers' annual provincial
convention "overwhelmingly" endorsed strike action. All was
set for the political strike. Except the teachers themselves had
to approve it in a ballot.
The next stage was incredible in a democracy. In a flag-
rant attempt to pervert the ballot results, the union leaders
required that the teachers sing their ballot forms.
And despite this, the teachers overwhelmingly rejected
strike action and a small majority turned down a "go-slow"
proposal.
All of which shows clearly that the teachers' unions are in
the hands of a minority that is not representative of the teach-
ers' and certainly commands no sympathy from the public.
For such a group to oppose Premier Davis is pure gain for
him. Politicians should be so lucky! (Farm and Country)
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DON'T SNEEZE AT
RIGHTS OF SPRING
It's only when you're dying
that you truly appreciate living.
Arid I'm dying right now.
Don't scoff. I mean it. You'll
be sorry next week when this
column appears as a blank,
white space with a heavy black
border around it.
I don't want any eulogies in
that white space. At least, noth-
ing fancy. Nothing like;
"Here lies a noble soul
Torn from this earth
before his time:
His words were nothing
But his soul sublime."
No. I don't really want that
sort of thing. Although it was
my first suggestion as I lay,
gasping for breath, trying to
choke down the rye and hot wat-
er and honey and lembn juice
that somebody had suggested to
my wife might save me.
We compromised, after some
discussion concerning how much
a letter the tombstone man
charges. And I will say this for
my wife. She wiped my fore-
head and brought me cups of tea
while she sorted through my in-
surance policies.
We settled on:
"After all
Bill knew
He'd die;
So do you,"
It wasn't quite what I had in
mind, but I don't quibble about
these things, and I did like the
last line. Also, we saved $367.
80 on the lettering. That's al-
most enough to buy an automat-
ic dishwasher. Let's put first
things first.
There's been a lot written
about the rights of spring: poetry
music and stuff like that. To
be dying of the 'flu is one of the
rights of spring in Canada. It's
one of the few inalienable
rights we have left.
Oh, there are other rights of
spring in this country, but
they're becoming polluted, like
everything else.
There's the right to go trout
fishing on Opening Day. This
was once an indefinable and in-
explicable delight. Nowadays
it's about as thrilling as climb-
ing onto a subway train at rush
hour.
There's the right to go out
and shovel and sweep back onto
the road all the sand the snow-
blower has thrown up on your
lawn during the winter. This
has a tendency to pall after the
first five or six years.
There's the right to cheat
on your income tax. This used
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to be day rigerre, as we used to
say, but so many people are
doing it now that it's passay, as
we say now.
There are all sorts of other
spring rights, like giving birth
to twin lambs, going for a swim
as soon as the ice goes out, or
discovering that your kid has
quit university a week before
final exams.
But we're not all cut out for
these things. They're sort of
spotty. The only spring right
that has riot been interfered with
by government, big business,
labour unions or the women's
lib is the ordinary Canadian's
spring right of dying from the
'flu.
I think it's propably the last
spring right we'll have in perp-
etuity. And I think it's fitting
that we should.
Practically anybody can die
of practically anything these
days, according to the experts.
And they're probably right,
though I have yet to know an
expert to be right about anything.
But to die of the 'flu every
spring is something that's fairly
precious to us Canadians, and I
hope the advertising agencies
don't catch on to it, or they'll
spoil the whole doleful business.
Can't you see the ads? 'COME
TO CANADA FOR A NEW THRILL
INSTANT INFLUENZA!" Probably
sponsored by "drink Canada dry"
and "relax with Canadian club."
The Yanks would flock in.
Don't let them. Let's keep
something for our mess of pot-
tage. I'm dying of the 'flu, and
I don't want a bunch of tourists
horning in.
Private G.L. Grenier, son of
Mr. and Mrs. George Grenier,
R. R, 1 Dashwood, recently compl-
eted the recruit course at the
base in Cornwallis, Nova Scotia.
He graduated March 12, and is
now posted at Gagetown New
Brunswick, for further training.
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GRADUATION PHOTOS
Within the next month, stud-
ents from the district will be
completing courses at various
schools of higher learning.
To record their successes, the
Citizens News would be pleased
to publish pictures of all grad-
uates, as well as recording the
names of all those who have
completed their year at univer-
sities, teachers' colleges, nurs-
ing schools and institutes of
technology.
Most photographers who take
graduation pictures are happy
to supply glossy prints for news-
paper reproduction.
The size of these photos
should be approximately one
and three-quarter inches wide
and three inches deep.
Information included with the
picture should list the particular
training which the student has
completed, as well as any aw-
ards won and what future empl-
oyment he or she plans to follow,
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