The Backlash! - November 1998

Organization News - MenCan
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Shop at Eatons if you hate men

Eatons advertising promotes misandry. Remember: bigotry and hate never stops with one group.

 
Shop at Eatons if you hate men, that's Eaton's message in these recent ads:

Ad 1: Men are shown chained. If Eatons showed blacks enslaved or natives chained, would you support them with your shopping dollars?

Ad 2: An anorexic-looking female model asks, "How much do you want to be hated?" Teaching women to hate men is as bad as teaching whites to hate blacks.

Ad 3: "In a world without men there would be more closet space" - eerily like the nazi campaign to have a "world without jews" to get more "liebensraum" (living space).

Male employees of Eatons report feeling harassed by the poisoned atmosphere created by these male-bashing ads. Fight sexual harassment-boycott Eatons!

What men can do? Say no to Eatons.

Get your wife to return her credit card. If your girlfriend won't stop shopping at Eatons, ditch her for someone who doesn't hate men. Hate produces violence. No means no.

What women can do: shop elsewhere.

Yes, Eatons is doing this to get attention. Yes, it is an attempt at market share by a desperate corporation which has handed its advertising budget to two inexperienced radical anti-male ideologues. Maybe it is funny to bash men, but not other groups.

But bigotry and hate never stops at one group. Women can stop commercial hate campaigns by shopping elsewhere. You have the power to say no. Stop Hatred: Boycott Eatons! Canadians for a world without Eatons.

The above is being distributed in Ottawa in the form of a flyer and poster. We've done 1000 of them. We will hand them out outside Eatons downtown store. Eatons is vulnerable so let's hit them hard! The male employees feeling harassed was documented in a recent Alberta Report article. Nothing is made up. All can be documented. Glenn in Ottawa I will give a free copy of Pizzey's new book to whoever does the best job against Eatons in their own city.

 

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