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WEDNESDAY. MARCH 3.1971 LINCOLN. NEBRASKA VOL.94 NO. 73
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Feminist Millett invites all
to join liberation movement
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by CONNIE WINKLER
Managing Editor
A radical feminist quietly and
rationally talked about liberation
Tuesday afternoon, not only women's
liberation, but kid s lib, gay lib, and
men's lib. ,
An overflow crowd of more than
1,000 packed the Centennial Room of
the Nebraska Union to hear Kate
Millett, the author of Sexual Polities,
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But although her thoughts were
radical, her manner was mild as she
talked about the patriarchal system in
American society.
PATRIARCHY, or male
supremacy, is the social organiaiion
by which one group controls the lives
and destinies of another group, Millett
explained. The value system of
patriarchy has filtered into all aspects
of society, she added.
"We are inculcated in the early
years," Millett said. "People's
incapacity to deal with an infant until
they know if it is a male or female is
amazing. If the baby is a male they
proceed to scratch its stomach; if it is
a female they say, "isn't she cute"
This patriarchy oppresses femaies in
many ways, according to Millett.
Women can expect to earn, on the
average, one-half of what men earn,
she stressed. Adding that the New
York Times" want ads on one day
showed some 85 types of jobs for men
and only 15 for women.
THE SUBORDINATE position of
women in society is further illustrated
by the prostitute. "Prostitution is
slavery," she said. "But people are
remarkably content that women
should lead lives like this-victimized
by everyone."
Women are victims of murder-more
so than men. Three out of four murder
victims are women, while only one in
twenty murderers is a woman, the
women's lib national spokeswoman
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Millett also called for gay liberation.
"Homosexuals are probably the most
oppressed group because most of them
won't admit their oppression.
"As Song as a male is called a fag or
or effeminate, females can never be
free." she added.
Womens' liberation is also about
the liberation of children, or kids lib,
as she called it. "Like women of 120
years ago minors are viewed as
property. Parents own their children,"
Millet t commented.
KID'S LIB would include economic
security for minors and shelters where
children could get away from their
parents.
Millett agreed with the men's
liberation signs posted in the
doorways, since males are also
oppressed by the system. "Watch an
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Breslow . . . "I'm confident
Next week campaign
workers will begin door-to-door
politicking for Ml student
John B. Breslow.
The 21 -year-old Breslow
became the second student to
enter the race for a seat on
Lincoln's city couacil. William
F. Bennett. 20, filed in January
for one A the foar council
seats to be decided in the
spring election.
Breslow said his campaign
will concentrate on personal
contact with residents in their
homes and businesses.
Campaign workers will canvass
the more populous districts in
the city, he said.
-ONCE PEOPLE LISTEN
to me and mv ideas." Breslow,
who filed Feb. 25, saidTrr.
confident I'll get then votes."
Since his plans don't include
an advertising campaign,
Breslow said costs for the April
6 primary election will only be
about $400.
Campaign headquarters are
located in Breslow's room at
the Sigma Alpha Mu house on
campus. The staff of five
students and five businessmen
is headed by student Gary
Kuklin.
Predicting
35-hour-a-week
campaign schedule, Breslow
said he decided to run because
"I think my presence will add
to it. I feel I can do a better
job."
"I BELIEVE THAT many
of - the problems w faich have
faced our governing body could
have been looked into more
thoroughly and hopefully
resolved more favorably to the
community as a whole," he
said.
Although asking for student
help and votes, Breslow said he
won't run a completely
student- oriented campaign.
Whether helping Bennett or
himself, Breslow said the
campaign will give students a
chance to learn about Lincoln.
Representing "youthful
voting and tJunkiiig" on the
Councd, the Teachers College
senior said he's received
encouragement from city
officials.
IF ELECTED. BRESLOW
said he can offer residents a
councilman whose voting won't
be prejudiced in favor of any
special interests. Breslow said
he would like to see the
amount of basse ling at Council
meetings cut down.
One of the issues before the
Council is the future of the
downtown business core.
Breslow said. The suburb
shopping areas are taking much
of the business away from
downtown, he said, mainly
because of the inner city
parking problem.
Stating that "It's essential to
keep the downtown business
core." Breslow suggested that
free parking downtown would
remedy the situation.
'LINCOLN IS
DEFINITELY going to grow,
along with industry," Breslow
said. The city will start
experiencing a pollution
problem, he said, and suggested
that the city begin testing
businesses to determine
whether they're contributing to
pollution.
A railway transit system
from outlying parking areas
would cut down pollution from
city traffic, continued Breslow.
Quoting from a report by the
Metropolitan Transportation
Council of Lincoln, be added
that such a system wouldn't be
feasible in the city for another
15-20 years.
Asserting that the city needs
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