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WINSLOW BOOKSTORE OPERATION

Effective Thursday, March 25, 1982,
the Winslow Bookstore will be closed
permanently and the operations will be
consolidated with the New Westminster
Bookstore.

Services will continue to be available
to Winslow personnel and departmental
requisitions should be forwarded to
the New Westminster Bookstore. We
will make every reasonable effort to
fill and ship the requisitional sup-
plies promptly.

In the case of text books and supplies
required by students, there are two
| alternatives:

1. Personal visit to the New Westmin-
ster Bookstore.

_ 2. Telephone the New Westminster Book-
{ store to determine the cost of the
: required articles and forward a
cheque to the Bookstore through in-
ter-campus mail. Upon receipt of
the cheque the Bookstore will ship
the articles to the Receptionist at
the Winslow Campus where they can
be picked up. Please do not send
money through the mailing system.

 

Please direct any inquiries that you
may have to either Karen or myself at
the New Westminster Bookstore.

 

WOMEN'S CENTRE: MYTHS ABOUT
: SEXUAL HARASSMENT

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| MYTH #1: "SEXUAL HARASSMENT IS NOT

VERY COMMON."

Recent surveys have indicated
that 80-90% of women in the
labor force have experienced

sexual harassment at some time

in their working lives. In

 

MYTH #2:

MYTH #3:

Canada, that represents 3.6
million women. In a recent
survey of the membership of
the B.C.G.E.U., 80% of the i
respondents reported the exist~ |
ence of sexual harassment in
their workplace.

"WOMEN INVITE SEXUAL HARASS-
MENT BY THEIR BEHAVIOR AND/
OR DRESS."

Sexual harassment is an expres=-
sion of power. Generally it is
not sexually motivated. Conse-
quently, it is usually practiced
with little regard for appear-
ance or behavior.

Harassers may misinterpret be-
havior or dress as being "en-
ticing" in order to justify
their aggressive actions.

Women are taught throughout
childhood to appear attractive
and act pleasantly and passive-
ly. Accusing women of inviting
harassment by their appearance
or behavior is a blatant example
of blaming the victim instead of
the instigator.

"WOMEN WHO OBJECT HAVE NO SENSE
OF HUMOR."

This statement implies that sex=
ual harassment is "harmless fun.”
It is not, it is degrading and
humiliating. Sexual harassment
means being treated as a sex ob- —
ject, not as a worker. Itis a
vivid reminder that the harasser
has higher status and more power
than the victim. Sexual harass-
ment has the potential to threat-
en the victim's job, working con-
ditions, training and career op-
portunities. Any behavior with
such potential is certainly not
"harmless."