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Sisterhood.
Not
only
is
"it"
powerful,
it
is
also
a
difficult
concept
to
define.
.
Since
approximately
fifty
percent
of
the
population
of
this
College
is
female,
since"
any
woman
Interested
in
feminism
will
eventually
have
to
deal
with
this
term,
and
any
feminist
group
should
be
highly
concerned
with
this
subject,
an
exploration
of
the
word
and
its
beginnings
is
in
order.
The
phrase,
"Sisterhood
is
powerful",
was
coined
by
Kathie
Sarachild
in
1968
in
a
leaflet
she
wrote
for
New
York
Radical
Women.
It
was
a
simple
political
statement
women
acting
together
are
more
powerful
than
women
acting
alone.
But,
informally,
the
phrase
picked
up
connotations
of
"togetherness"
and
unswerving,
uncritical
loyalty
to
all
women...thus,
Sisterhood
was
born.
Sisterhood;
an
image
of
how
it
should
really
be.
Yet
throughout
the
feminist
movement
an
excuse,
or
a
reason,
to
stifle
political
disagreement
and
differing
opinions,
and
an
excuse
to
oppress.
"Had
said
at
the
time,
'We
don't
like
what
certain
women
are
saying,'
then
we
could
have
talked
about
disagreements.
But,
instead,
people
would
say,
'You
have
no
right
to
say
that
to
her
-
she's
a
woman.'
It
got
to
the
point
where
they
would
give
out
tokens
at
the
beginning
of
each
meeting.
Each
time
you
spoke,
you
put
in
a
token,
and
if
you
used
up
all
your
tokens,
you
couldn't
speak
anymore.
So
the
people
who
had
more
experience,
the
leaders,
could
not
speak
because
they
were
on
the
same
level
as
the
woman
who
came
off
the
street
yesterday
and
maybe
wanted
to
sit
back
and
listen.
Sisterhood
was
originally
a
strong
word
-
women
uniting.
It
wasn't
this
wimpy-wampy
stuff."
(Colette
Price,
a
nurse
who
now
belongs
to
Red-stockings,
telling
how,
Sisterhood
was
invoked
to
stifle
political
disagreements
in
New
York
Radical
Women
around
1969,
in
an
article
written
by
Veronica
Geng.)
The
alienation
of
the
feminist
movement
from
the
original
reason
for
feminism
-
male
oppression
of
females
in
our
culture
-
has
made
it
easy
to
accuse
another
woman
of
"unsisterly"
actions.
We,
as
women
and
feminists,
should
be
dealing
with
the
realities
of
trying
to
exist
in
a
male
dominated
culture,
and
helping
each
other
to
trust
and
accept
the
evidence
of
our
senses,
in
many
cases
helping
each
other
to
become
in
touch
again
with
our
senses,
to
control
our
own
lives
and
thoughts
-
not
wasting
time
squabbling
over
Sisterhood.
Per
chance
have
we
forgotten
how
profound
an
affect
the
male
opinion
has
on
our
personal
and
political
lives?
Are
we
so
busy
apologizing
for
men
because
they,
too,
are
oppressed
by
capitalism,
racism
or
a
"masculine
mystique"
that
teaches
them
not
to
cry-
or
building
toy
alternatives
to
the
"male
death
culture"
that
we
have
forgotten
why
we
originally
decided
to
organize?
In
part,
due
to
negative
feedback
from
men,
and
in
part
due
to
some
feminist
promotion
of
"lunatic
fringes",
feminists
and
feminist
organizations
have
become
overly
concerned
with
"image".
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would
die
out,
if
the
bra-burning
image
and
hate
rhetoric
alienated
the
broad
groups
of
women
who
I
sensed
were
ready
to
come
in."
This
statement
by
Betty
Friedan,
this
strategy,
was
and
is
insulting
to
women
-insinuating
they
are
not
free
thinking
individuals,
but
slow
witted
"broad
groups",
who
must
be
carefully
shielded
from
the
facts,
like
children,
until
they
are
ready
to
"come
in".
"Now
a
lot
of
women
have
felt
they
had
to
tone
themselves
down
in
order
to
'reach
most
women'.
..All
I
can
say
is
that
in
my
experience,
you
don't
reach
most
women
by
toning
yourself
down,
by
lying
about
your
needs
and
desires.
That's
the
kind
of
deceit
you
use
against
people
you
really
consider
your
enemies
or
your
inferiors..
.Lies
are
boring,
lies
are
what
women
have
heard
a
million
times
before."
Kathie
Sarachild,
1971.
We
must
overcome
political
compromise
and
fear
of
male
retribution
(both
personal
and
Social)
in
order
to
act
in
a
strong
effective
manner.
Then
perhaps
we
can
come
closer
to
that
ideal
of
Sisterhood.
"You
expect
this
movement
to
be
your
grail,
you
expect
women
to
treat
you
better
than
men,
and
it
does
not
work.
Feminism
was
the
one
place
where
I
really
went
down
the
line.
I
said,
I
believe
this,
women
are
the
exception,
women
will
not
hurt
each
other.
And
to
find
that
women
were
just
as
capable
of
power-tripping
and
playing
the
kind
of
hierarchecal
games
which
are
so
ingrained
in
this
society,
and
which
I
thought
feminism
existed
to
change
through
its
collective
structure,
was
probably
one
of
the
greatest
disappointments
of
my
IVCF
IVCF
is
a
fellowship
group
for
on
campus
Christians
or
those
interested.
It's
purpose
is
to
provide
a
regular
time
of
meeting
and
discussion
over
mutual
concerns.
The
word
Varsity
is
another
name
for
University
and
thus
it
is
an
inter-University
or
inter-College
group.
Participants
are
kept
abreast
of
what
is
happening
on
other
campuses
through
discussion
and
their
IVCF
leader,
Bob
Goethe.
Bob
works
fulltime
as
an
IVCF
staffperson
in
the
wider
Prince
George
area.
He
fills
the
group
in
on
activities
and
functions
that
are
available
for
joining,
whether
they
are
seminars
or
strictly
fun
events.
From
time
to
time
a
film
or
guest
speaker
is
featured.
For
instance
on
thursday
15,
of
this
month,
Nick
Loenen,
the
Western
Canada
representative
for
the
Institute
for
Christian
Studies,
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5
feminist
poet
on
the
consequences
of
the
early
seventies.)
Daughters
of
Lillith
lectured
at
noon
hour
in
room
306
lecture
hall,
the
topic
was,
"Should
a
Christian
be
Capitalist
or
Socialist?"
The
lecture
was
enjoyed
by
all
who
attended
with
stimulating
conversation.
Inter-Varsity
meets
twice
a
week
here
at
CNC,
on
Tuesdays
from
3:30
-
5:30
and
on
Wednesdays
from
12:00
-
1:00
in
Room
308-B.
All
those
curious
or
interested
are
welcome
to
come
along.
It's
okay
to
bring
your
lunch
on
Wednesdays
as
many
in
the
group
do.
On
Tuesdays
the
group
usually
eats
supper
together
in
the
cafeteria.
Perhaps
you
have
noticed
the
Christian
bookstand
just
outside
the
cafeteria
on
Thursdays
from
11:30-1:30.
IVCF
sponsors
the
bookstand
which
has
a
wide
range
of
literature
on
contemporary
topics
relevant
to
students.
Feel
free
to
stop
and
talk
to
any
one
of
the
people
working
at
the
bookstand
even
if
you're
not
in
the
mood
for
buying.
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