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Show 'Equal rights law essential for new feminist; "Today feminists are insisting upon a broad re-examination and re-definition of women s place. In common law, women were essentially classified with children and imbeciles. rS'uCmbs stated tshh0uld"'t be 4 themselves. Thev into hysterics if f women havetoit need suggestive' ; ConveV image thl5' The s0n M rr,n uLbera"" look shabby isbeauii men toexpfe,, hem as sex looking pretty -E anyone." By JAMES A. NELSON Chronicle Staff Equal rights for women is another of the many struggles confronting people, and women's liberation, despite the laughing and joking, has taken giant steps. Sprouting up in cities all over the country and on campuses in nearly all of the states, women's liberation has a voice here at the University with 40-50 members and many other women participating with individual efforts. Rita Curtis (Combs) is a former University student with an associate degree in nursing. Mrs. Combs has attended school in Boston at the Quincy school of nursing. On the equal rights amendment that Sen. Birch Bayh (Indiana) is sponsoring, she said: "Women should be aware of the importance and consequences of the equal rights amendment. church and its culture concerning women's lib: "When I mention women's lib to a Mormon male he immediately tries to prove he is a gentlemen. I've only met one Mormon male who admitted there was such a thing as chauvinism. The Mormon Mor-mon church has taken a firm stand against women's liberation saying it destroys the roots of the family. Just like the concert "Jesus Christ Superstar," they are from legal rights, opportunities, and responsibilities. Under the guise of protection, other laws oppress rather than benefit women (i.e. wage and hours laws)." "Our legal structure will continue to support and buttress the social and economic subordination of women so long as it permits any differentiation in the legal status of women or influences legal judgments on the basis of sex." "The equal rights amendment is crucial. Our lack of progress is the result of believing that sex discrimination would be women should serve in the military as well as men. "If women were subject to the draft, then they would be responsible for decisions or goals of the country as well as men." Mrs. Combs believes that the men and women should be equally responsible for the children and the marriage laws need change involving alimony. She also advocates change in the criminal code involving sex offenses, with the only special regard being when pregnancy is involved. Ellen Bryson, a junior at the University majoring in art-history is also active with the women's liberation movement. When asked why she became involved in this cause Miss Bryson said: "It is really an intellectual involvement. in-volvement. Things like the commercials showing women as dumb broads, statements saying you can tell a women by the way she writes, and jobs that don't allow women when there is no physical ability involved all have made me aware of the problem." Miss Bryson, a Mormon, had these comments on the LDS eradicated as a social problem by a series of step-by-step reforms." "Only in a society that is free can any individual hope for self-fulfillment. self-fulfillment. It is the duty of women to protest and revise the concept that any government has the right to program or perpetuate per-petuate any stereotyped behavior for the ostentatious rationale of maintaining a stable society." Mrs. Combs looks at the problem in four main categories: the draft, criminal law, marriage and employment. She claims herself to be a pacifist but believes now in its 48th year Detore Congress. American society has always confined women to a different status under the law. The women's rights movement of the late 19th and early 20th centuries concentrated upon obtaining the vote for women. Today feminists are insisting upon a broad re-examination and re-definition of women's place. In common law, women were essentially classified with children chil-dren and imbeciles. In the present legal structure, some laws are designed to exclude women I i I l . ) saying it is bad without listening to wlfat is being said. If you talk about specifics, people will listen, but as soon as you mention women's liberation they slam the door in your face. Women just need a choice for employment or anything else. They just need to have that choice." Speaking on sororities Miss Bryson said: "Sororities for the most part only measure a person on material worth. They usually date only Women's liberation t. movement that has;-, are dedicated and tr about what they are: organization on k'. weekly meetings an: forming a women: t caucus. The group tee first edition of a paper l women's liberation. U activity is of interer: people but as of nc defined policy of "i doesn't permit menK meetings. 1 |