Salient. Official Newspaper of Victoria University of Wellington Students Association. Vol. 40 Number 4. March 21 1977

Letter from an Ex-patriot

Letter from an Ex-patriot

Dear Editor,

After 2 years intinerant potato-picking on the continent I decided it was time to return home to Enzed.

Upon arriving penniless I took up employment with the harbour board and was officially designated the task of draining the water out of Wellington harbour to aid in the reclaimation process. However, after pumping for 6 months I became disillusioned and decided to take the only sane alternative—go to varsity.

After being here for 3 weeks I received a serious shock - there were women on the campus! Not only were they in the lectures but some were roaming about outside without being in the custody of a responsible male!

It is obvious that without recourse to their sexuality women would never pass a single unit. I have even heard that one unfortunate girl had to satisfy the wanton lust of an honours student so that he would help her fill out the enrolment form.

As we all know, women are inferior to men, and as such should not be seen trying to raise themselves to our level. They should not, therefore be at varsity. Instead, they are recommended to go home, to look after their children, cook their husband's dinners, empty the slops, and generally attend to the domestic affairs for with Nature designed them.

By taking this advice they will gain the respect of all right-minded people an end not to be attained by unsexing themselves and meddling in masculine concerns of which they are profoundly ignorant.

Yours faithfully

Father of 10.