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Salient. Victoria University Student Newspaper. Vol 36 No. 5. 29 March 1973

Sirs,

Just to set the record straight regarding Jill Brassel's suggestion that the Executive implied support of sexism by allowing cigarettes sold with the catchphrase "separates the men from the girls" to be distributed on campus.

None of the Exec. members were approached before the cigarettes were distributed. I myself happened to walk into the caf. as the gentlemen concerned were ending their give-away session. I was assured that the cigarettes were not Rothman's but I did not see and was not aware of the slogan by which the cigarettes were advertised.

However, the matter of the sexist slogan was brought to the attention of the next Exec. meeting and the Executive was unanimous in condemning it Incidentally, the Exec. were not happy with the idea of "free samples" moving around the university at will, since we do not wish to see the place turned into a commercial playground.

We shall therefore be doubly vigilant in the future in guarding against the infiltration of sexism, racism, or commercialism.

Peter Wilson

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