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Peace Research and Feminism. {ontinued from page 5)
end all oppression. As Pat Parker says in This Bridge Called My Back,
If the passage of the ERA means that I am going to become an equal participant in the exploitation of the world; that I am going to bear arms against other Third World people who are fighting to reclaim what is rightfully theirs then I say fuck the ERA. (page 240) Hopefully, we are working toward a world that is different from the one men have created. We need visions of this alternative world. We can look to science fiction, such as The Wanderground and Woman on the Edge of Time for some of these visions, but we need others that involve looking at the transitions that need to happen.
In male peace research many crucial transitions to a world of peace and justice are left out. A prime example is the elimination of sexism. There are many connections between sexism and warfare. Men keep women oppressed through threat, force and economic power. Our country and other imperialist countries keep "under-developed" countries oppressed through economic power and the threat of force. Countries are exploited, then, in much the same way women are. If we are to have a just world, we must end not only the nation-state/multi-national corporation system, but also the oppression of
women.
Our current military system embodies the worst of the socialized "masculine" characteristics. Boys are supposed to strive to be the strongest-the winners. Men are taught to compete and are encouraged to act out their anger in aggressive ways.
Through advertising and pornography, men are conditioned to view women as objects. Similarly, the military encourages men to see the "enemy" not as people who share a common humanity, but as objects to be "neutralized." Only through such a view could men ever conceive of a bomb that would kill people and leave buildings standing.
Perhaps if women were conducting the disarmament talks, it would eliminate the problem of the male ego. Our male leaders do not want to be the first
ones to give in, to submit in any way, as if still afraid of being called "sissy." Women may be able to do things differently, not out of any inherent biological différences, but because of socialized differences."
A society based on the military harms women. The more money Reagan spends on the "defense" system, the more the rest of the budget gets cut in ways that hurt women. Women's issues have always been put aside in times of war, but now we arc constantly ready for a state of war. Disarmament has become the crucial issue because it is a matter of life and death. But, as Donna Warnock says,
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Feminism is crucial to disarmament because we must dismantle mental, as well as military, weapons. The nuclear arms race is not simply madness-it is socially imposed manliness taken to the extreme.
None of the connections between the military, women, and the future of the world emerged in the course. Fortunately, however, if you dig deep enough you can find a growing body of feminist research on world orders and peace. Betty Reardon, for example, will soon have a book published entitled Sexism and the War System. Another feminist, Pat Mische, contributed to a section of the Whole Earth Papers called "Women and the World Order." There' is also the newspaper WIN (Women's, International Network News) which covers international news, linking male-dominated systems with the global crisis we are in. Often the feminist newspapers include international news as well, but leave out the reasons and the necessity of making global connections.
Other exceptions include the recently published book, Reweaving the Web of Life, about feminism and non-violence. This book includes visions of the future as well as several essays analyzing the connections between militarism and sexism.
We need to continue research and activism, such as the Women's Pentagon Action and the Women's Peace Encampments (there'll be a peace camp this summer at the Seneca Army Depot). I believe that through feminism there is hope for the future—a future that we need to nurture now.
Mini-Reviews from the Feminist Library
Lesbian Health Matters! (Santa Cruz Women's Health Center)
An excellent resource book for both health care professionals and lay people covering gynecological health, feminist therapy, alcoholism, menopause and alternative fertilization. Often the traditional medical profession/health care system is heterosexist. We must combat this by learning about our own bodies, and about health issues specific to lesbians. Lesbian Health Matters is written in non-technical language and describes home remedies using herbs as well as prescription medicines. It also discusses your rights as a patient, and what to expect from doctors.
Daughters of Copper Woman (Anne Cameron, Press Gang)
Stories/myths that have been passed from generation to generation among the native people of Vancouver Island. There are tales of a matriarchal society and a secret society of women. A book meant to be read aloud, Daughters of Copper Woman is a com-1 fort in this violent, patriarchal society.
Carlotta, and the Scientist (Patricia Riley Lenthall, Lollipop Power)
A book for young children (and the child in everyone) about a curious penguin, Carlotta. The other penguins disapprove of Carlotta, but in the end her curiousity is rewarded. For anyone who knows
what it is like to "march to the beat of a different drummer." Also a good book for learning. about Emperor penguins, where the male penguin is responsible for incubation, while the female goes off in search of food.
Each month What She Wants receives. review copies of recent book releases. The following.books are available for review from the Feminist Library. Please limit your review to 2-3 double-spaced typed pages. If your review is accepted, you'll receive a year's free.subscription for yourself or a friend.
The Electronic Cottage-Deken
The Advocate Guide to Gay Health-Fenwick Keeper of Accounts-Klepfisz (poetry) Teenage Women in the Juvenile Justice System-Crow
Women of Ideas-Spender
Rocking the Cradle-Hanscombe
Spray It Loud-Posener
Yantras of Womanlove-Corrinne
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