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The Goderich Signal-Star, 1978-05-04, Page 15The Beta Theta Chapter of the Beta Sigma Phi Sorority installed their officers for 1978-79 at a meeting on Tuesday evening. Back row, left to right, are Joy McKee, president, Corinne Walsh, treasurer and Mary Ann Johnston, secretary. Front row, left to right, are Sharron Moore, past president and Marian Shephard, vice-president, (Photo by Joanne Walters) Ruby event Goderich couple honored Mr. and Mrs. Ben Riley of 160 Bayfield Road in Goderich, were honoured at a dinner at the "Garage" in London on Saturday, April 22 by their family prior to their 40th, wedd,ing anniversary which was April 23. All 11 children were present for the occasion.' Following the • dinner, everyone returned to the 'home of Mike and Doreen Bannon, 27 ,Milford Crescent, where a family reunion was enjoyed. During the evening, Mr. and Mrs. . Riley were presented' with an an- niversary clock and cran- berry glass vase. oar e lnv Y JEFF SEDDON The Huron County Board of Education intends to find out if the advice offered in the film How to Say No to a Rapist and Survive is sound advice before it permits the film to be shown in county high schools, The board decided to in- vestigate professional opinions on the film before it accepted a recommendation from the Kinsmen Club of Belgrave to show the film'at the five county secondary schools. The film recently became a centre of con- troversy at the London Board of W Education when advice offered in the film was sharply criticized and the film subsequently banned by the London board. The banning by the London board came about after a University of Western Ontario student, who had seen the film and followed the advice offered in it, was brutally raped on the campus of the university. The woman, - said she had used the advice in the hopes of escaping and it didn't work. The London board trustees did not want to take responsibility for showing the film in its schools in case students seeing it adopted the attitude that if the board advocated the film it/Must be reliable. Goderich board trustee Cayley Hill raised the suggestion at Monday's Huron board meeting that the Huron board may be 'wise, not to promote use of the' ilm because of problems arising from its viewing. He said he was not sure what the problems were about the film not havingseen it and having only read newspaper ac- counts of a group claiming advice, in the film is misleading. He said he has no qualms about the visual aspects of the film but was hesitant about approving its use if the adviC'e' is "con- tradictory" to that offered by police or 'other similar t GODERICH SIGNAL -STAR, THURSDAY, MAY 4, 1978 ---PAGE 15 stigates use of rape film agencies. Hill said the board should, find out if the film's advice is adequate and ac- curate. Board chairman John Elliott proposed the film be investigated by the board's school programs committee. He said the committee could find out what professionals feel about the film and possibly set up a viewing for board trustees. The film was produced by Frederick Storaska. Storaska does not profess to be a professional psychologist or psychiatrist but claims he does have formal education at the university level in psychology. He claims he once encountered an 11 year old' girl being raped by a group of boys and after coming to the girl's aid he devoted his life to studying the • motives, habits, desires and needs of rapists. He discovered that little or nothing was being done in the field of rape prevention and consequently began work on the film. Storaska's advice is sub- mission to the will of a rapist. He claims that by appearing submissive the victim may cause the rapist to relax enough to allow the victim to escape. He claims that by staying calm the victim lessens the chance of assault, bodily harm and possibly death °and indreases the chances of physical defence. Storaska's entire approach is to prevent physical injury rather than rape. He ad- vocdiescertain defence mechanisms that may be possible if the victim is relaxed, 'calm and not fighting the rapist. In the film he shows two methods the victim can use to ward off_the rapist, gouging his eyes or crushing a testicle. The Women's Resource Centres in Canada, operators of a Rape Crisis, Centre, condemn , Storaska's . ap- proach claiming the advice is, completely wrong. They claim a victim stands a Tax Free 52,000 In Prises t Big Chance $1000.00 WINNER EACH WEEK 52 CHANCES TO WIN 100 each or Two cheques '52 each or Four cheques '26 each or 10 cheques `10.40 each Phone 5246087 - Larry Jeffrey 524-8344 e Town Hall 524-6015 - Bill Kirkey 524-8345 - Town Hall 5248373 - Rec Board TICKETS WILL BE DELIVERED TO YOUR DOOR Mayor's Office ® Town Hall 57 WEST STREET WILL BE OPEN UNTIL MIDNIGHT Thursday, May 4th To accept phone calls - 524-8344 or 524-8345 or drop in PROVINCIAL LO'T'TERY NUMBER /36351 A1LL PR FIRST DRAW MAY 8th 1:00 P.M. TV CABLE CHANNEL 12 Draw to be made by Warden Gerry Ginn CEEDS TO AGRICULTURAL PARK IMPROVEMENTS 0 chance of escaping if she screams, fights and makes as much of a disturbance as possible. They feel that by screaming "fire" rather than "rape" the victim has a better chance of getting help. By taking that approach the Rape Crisis people feel that therapist may panic and run to avoid being see. The crisis centre alsb conducts classes teaching women basic self defence designed to fend off attack long enough to allow escape. Storaska claims that the only reliable method of rape prevention is martial arts but points out that few women take the time or make the effort to learn martial arts. He is careful to explain that by taking the advice he offers there is no guarantee that the victim will not be raped but a chance she will escape bodily injury. His attitude seems to be that a woman who knows that she is going to be raped anyway, may as welt make it as painless as possible. The Rape Crisis Centre cringes at that attitude, They feel that the only way a woman can survive the mental torture of being a rape victim is to do everything possible to prevent it. The most serious problems in a rape incident are the mental ones according to many experts who claim that if a woman feels she did not do everything possible to avoid being raped she will have severe emotional problems personally and socially. Rape and'other• sex related crimes have recently .been examined by the federal government ' with the in- tention of proposing sweeping changes in the Criminal Code to deal with rape. The changes suggested would make rape an act of indecent assault. causing bodily harm which may carry a maximum sentence of � 14 years. The most impo Cant change is that no longer would penetration have to be proved to lay a rape charge. Women may not have to go through. the ordeal of court proceedings in a rape case, something that keeps a lot of rape victims away from the legal system. Statistics concerning rape and other sex crimes show an alarming number of incidents that go either unreported or result in no official charges. 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