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April
13, 2001
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Sympathetic Reaction is not Enough
In
bringing Dr. Gail Dines to campus this past week, Safe Space performed
a great service to the Bowdoin community. Most people did not agree
with everything Dines said, and some people agreed with nothing
she said. However, for the first time in a long time, there was
standing room only in Kresge Auditorium, and not for a concert or
play, but for a lecture addressing the issue of violence against
women. What can we do? What can't we do?
After Dr. Gail Dines's lecture on the effect of pornography in the
media, a student asked the always anticipated question, "What can
we do?" But when given a specific answer, another student expressed
doubt in ever seeing such a solution come into being at Bowdoin.
When Dr. Dines addressed that question to the audience, the response
from the audience was that the proposed solution seemed "too big."
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