From: wdstarr@athena.mit.edu (William December Starr)
Subject: "Images of Violence Against Women" at Northeastern 4-14-92
Organization: Northeastern Law, Class of '93
Date: Sat, 11 Apr 1992 14:06:04 GMT


Got my weekly (Thursday 9 April 1992) edition of WE, the newsletter
of the Northeastern University School of Law, in the mail today (I'm
out of school law-clerking this quarter).  Included in it is the
following notice (any obvious typos are probably mine):

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                           GUEST SPEAKER
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GAIL DINES, PhD.: professor of sociology and women's studies at
                  Wheelock College.

TOPIC:  IMAGES OF VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN:  PORNOGRAPHY AND THE MEDIA

         Ms. Dines presents a thought provoking portrayal of
         images of women through her lecture and slide show.  She is
         one of the most powerful and compelling speakers I've ever
         heard.  I think we are very fortunate to have this
         opportunity to hear her and I hope many students, faculty
         and staff will avail themselves of this opportunity.

             There will also be a discussion of the anti-pornography
         bill currently being considered in the Massachusetts
         legislature and copies of the bill will be available.

TIME AND PLACE: Tuesday April 14th at 4pm in Room 97.

 o  Pornography is a $10-billion-a-year industry.

 o There are four times as many so--called adult bookstores
   in the United States as there are McDonald's restaurants.

 o Playboy, Penthouse, and Hustler have a combined reader-
   ship over twenty million magazines per month.

 o 3 out of 4 women in this country will be victims of at least one
   violent crime during their lifetime.

 o A woman is beaten every 18 seconds.

 o A woman is raped every 6 minutes.
 
 o One out of four female children will be sexually abused
   before she turns 18.


(Sponsored by the Women's Law Caucus)

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I'm posting this primarily because I probably won't be able to show
up at this event and lob the occasional intellectual hand grenade
into the discussion (I'm working 9-5 at a law firm; I _may_ be able
to get permission to cut out around 3:30, but probably not).  So I'm
hoping that _somebody_ in the Boston area who believes in freedom
will see this and be able to attend... my wet dream, of course, is
that at least one woman into SM and willing to admit it in public
will show up, someone like an East Coast equivalent of
STella@thelema.uucp, who recently told a would-be censor "I've been
raped; I've done SM.  I can tell the difference."

If I do make it to the event, I'll try to post a report in
appropriate newsgroups.

("Room 97" is a large lecture hall in the lower [basement] level of
Cargill Hall, which is located at or about 400 Huntington Avenue,
Boston, Mass.  If you need directions, call the N.U. general info
number, 617-437-2000.  Don't ask me for directions because I'm
terrible at giving them; I'd probably wind up sending you to Harvard
or something. :-)

-- William December Starr <wdstarr@athena.mit.edu>