I HAVE been following‘ the efforts of Toronto w riter. June

Callwood ‘to’ hammer: some:

sense.

“movement about the subject of pornography. S

It seems ‘she - is finally

ceeding.

The National Action Committee :

on the Status of Women,
brella organization. =. for
women's: groups,
three million Canadian =. women,
immediately registered | its’ opposi-
tion: 10’ the latest. attempt .by ‘the
federal government to use the fig
leaf as a gag.

In the past, they urged this sort
of thing.

» Almost. ‘alone among... women
who-have been, in the spotlight’ on,

an um-

: the issue,’Ms..Callwood has‘con- ;
anti-por-.
‘invariably ©:
winds “up being censorship, any.

argued. that
legislation

sistently
nography.

way you look at it:

The. result, for. artists,
and even "journalists, is
freedom of expression, not more:

’ The... bill: introduced : by “former

eo justice minister John (“Quaker”)

Crosbie“ was “so ° anti-sex

Crosbie’s' poor, wife felt obliged to
=" go’ on ‘record stating that -her-.old
“mani ‘did, “indeed, ‘indulge : from
“si dime to times, ch as es
‘ Were. beginning to

“The “latest.” Tory: ‘stab ® at ‘for-
mulating legislation to’ match ‘what
© they think ‘must’ be the mainstream

“morality: of ; the: times is’ the: anti- &:

: porn. bill introduced ° by ‘the new
-justice minister Ray Hnatyshyn. cin

suc
- the” same clumsy;

470 -
representing

the findamentalis
up. on! the same side'when ‘it came:

writers :
less":

that"

“Ht issa. more mellow: version ot
off-the-wail, stupid, idea;
“that you. Somehow” strike “at. the
problent..of the abuse, of children

and “women. by aiming a law ‘at’
freedom of speech and- artistic ex,

pression /:

By and large, the. feminists and
fundamentalists are -natural
enemies’ on::such , issues, for -in-

_ Slancejas aboriion et
as‘ Strange’

It, always. struck’ ms
and ‘weird: that the: fzminists and

to anti-pornism.
Author Callwood has abways
opposed that: ‘‘uncommon - “part-
nership?’, as she calls it:
A‘ stout-hearted feminist on ‘all
other’ issues,” Ms. Callwood never

: allowed: her loyalty to her. team in

to” cloud - her

the . gender wars
intrusion: on

awareness: that’ any

the hard-won right: to self-expres--

sion isa backward step for us all:

It is hard enough, believe: ie, to:
find’ outlets “through which® it: is:

possible to express anything’ other
than bland, pablum-like drivel. ~~
vin the process of shutting down

©, the video. sneaky-peeky - industry,

the’ bureaucrats -would have given
themselves the power to shut down

-moré to the point, didn't like.

oD, never. thought fire: ‘bomb, ate

form of pote svoscurism,

into. the women’ s rights:

 Off-the-mark,.
namely,

‘imaginary
ported to.be an avalanche of filthy ©
isva ‘myth:; What passes for por-":*.
Canada ‘consists «

should wind |

“children,

just about anything they liked or,

vhs on Red Hor
ere a particudacky
litical statement. :
First, J don't. buy’ the decunienit
that comsensual sce oti la screen is
woything more ‘than armvle
Rathe

herently Phatorve,

el AUS pet that: it

probably reduces oi
cP

PMs. Callwood doesn't £0 > quite
so. far as ta make this pouty but
she does notes in a-recent Globe
and Mail column. that In the past
year or two, many feminists have

“changed their minds about censor-

ship.”*

They, realize now “that: censor:

the disk“te: women

Video oshaps,
sophis vicated |

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ship is irrelevant to their’ struggle:

against the feminization ¢ of Paver-.; .

ty.

threat. What:

nography . in.
almost. entirely: “of: depictions ‘of,

consenting adults in- activities that

give them sexual pleasure.

“Pictures. of. the more. exotic ~.
“forms of; sexual behavior such: as
sado- masochism care rarely ;

available: 0).

= "Pornography involving
is. rare’ in Canada, and
does not require censorship laws to
contain it.; What were needed, and
what: were finally; enacted:.
better laws governing sexual abuse
of children.”"

The kind of legal changes: sige

gested by. the Tories to “control
pornography" are the - political

equivalent’ of the .War- Méasures

Act, she warns.. J.

_. It would be’a shame to get rid of.

one terrible piece’ of dictatorship- *
. empowering legislation:
“another in its place.

and

Spike ‘the porn ‘pill, guys: Ms:

Callwood : is -saying:: And to her.
_ fellow :
“more than: ever? If you 'stick with’
“the: fundamentalists’ on ‘this.’one;
“you' Il be sorry. later.: Hear} hear! -.”°

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