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't ti' ' ~iT u't. tti~nntint a~tîr Lq~'fl ~r tirr'~t 'r r ~' -Oronc Weekiy Tmes, Wé dnesdoy> Matrch 17', 9 LIFESTYLE ~1W TIPS Active Living W Do it Your Way-Every Day Canadians are on to something. moderate amount of physical The Campbell Survey on Well-. activity offered real health benefits. Being in Canada tells us that our On the list of contributing activities favourite physical activities are were the very activities Canadians walking, gardening, swimming, find moýt popular. bicycling, social dancing, and home exerise.Theyals hapen t be A third study showed that you exerise Thy aso appn t bc don't have to set aside time for good for you! exercise. Short bouts of activity Not so long ago, we tended to spaced throughout the day were focus almost entirely on vigorous shown to be effective in improving endurance activities to improve physical fitness. physîcal fitness. But we 110W know The message is clear from ail of that modest levels of physical this. When it comes to physical activity also have a positive ýeffect activity for your health's sake, littie onhelth.things add up. There are real The- Canadian Fitness and benefits to being a "modest Lifestyle Research Institute-a mover." national agency funded by Fitness Lciy hr r oso ast Canada-tracks the research in this fiLuciltere are lts vo wast area and has much good news t tpyiajatvt nt ordy report. Here are a few suggestions: The institute can cite numerous * Devise a simple routine-some studies showing the benefits of bending and stretching physical activity on the job and exercises-which you can do in during leisure time. It also notes sprmoetdungheay that recent research strengthens theePu asoin yrche n case for moderate physical activity. Pu"gt"inoyrchesn Active living clearlymakes good and around the house. seuse.e Leave the car at home whenever One study, following more than you can. Walk or wheel for short 13,000 people over an eight-year trips to the corner store, the period, found that the low-fitness mailbox, the park. If distance and category had a death rate of 64 in safety permit, how about cycle 10,000; the moderately fit group commnuting? had a much lower rate of 26 per 10,000 people. A brisk walk of as 9 Choose active hobbies during littie as 30 minutes a day, is your leisure time. And mnake it a sufficient to provide the modest family affair! level of fitness that seems to offer protection from coronary heart It's quite simple, really. Active disease. living means pursuing things you Another study, looking at the find useful, pleasurable, satisfying. total amount of leisuire-time It'sla collection of pleasant habits physical activity, found simiilar ..an active wayof life. results. Programis requirinig a Thtis aricle is provided by rthe Canadian FitneÉss% and Lifestyle Research Inistitute in clarainwith PairticipA CTIO.. Spping the- Violence Against Women When they first met they felI madly in love; they seemned -meant ta e." They were married in a small town in Northern Ontario where they made vows 10 love. honour and, protect each other until death did they part. What the happy bride couldn'foresee was that the next 10 years wouild involve brutal physical bealings, as weil as ongoing emotional abuse in- tended to isolate and confuse her. Finally after 10 years of abuse she gained the courage ta leave him, pack her bags, take her children and begin a new life. The night she tld him she wanted a divorce he repeatedly shot her while she slept-.she survived 19 bullet wvounds and lived 10 seefher husband sert- tenced to1 4years in prison. She was one of the lucky ones...if you can conisider that lucky. Over one million womnen 'Inl Canada have been assaulted by their male parîners within the last 10 years. In 1987 il was beieved that one in tenl Canadian women were victims of domestic violence; today, as public awareness grows, offi- cial sîatistics quote one in eight. Domestic violence is nol con- fined 10 a single province, nor 10 Canada alone. Il exiss in A socio-economic classes, al cul- tures, il has no educational bar- riers, nor religious or racial prejudices; il happens in aIl seg- mentsWo sociely, in aIl kinds of homes. 106 WOMEN WERE KILLED IN CA NA DA IN 1990 - ýBY THEIR PAR TNERS In 1990, 106ô Canadian women were murdleredl in their own homes by their partners or husbands. Linda MacLeod, author of Battered But Not Beateii, de- fines domecstic violence as -physical and sexual assaulî, emnolional and psychological in- timidation, degradation, depri- vation and/or exploitation of women by their intimate partners. " .Have you ever wondered why women remain in a house of violence? Perhaps we should question not why women stay. but rather why some men as- sault the women they love? Some women will be beaten more than 30 limes before they seek help. There are many comn- plex reasons why it is difficult for women to ask for help, or consider leaving the situation. According to a survey by the Ontario Medical Association: -women fear retaliation by their parîners if they leave, including retaliation against the children - between the violent out- bursts the men are often caring. partners, loving husbands and fathers, and women want tb believe il when they say, "il will neyer happen again" - women féee that il is their responsibility 10 hold the family together aI almost any cost - women are often economi- cally dependent on the bat- terers - women feel helpless, alone, and responsible - they blame themselves for their part- ner's violence Wife baltering is not a new phenomenon; in fact, il is as deeply rooted in society as many other customs. An 1824 British law, "rule of thumb", referred 10 a husband's right "bo chastise his wife with a whip or rattan no wider than h is thumb". This law was also ap- plicable in Canada where, until 1968, a woman could not file for divorce on the grounds of physical or mental cruelly. Furthermore, domestic vi- olence itself was still con- sideied a humorous malter for some of Canada's political leaders as recenîly as 1982; when the issue was raised in the House of Commons as a serious problem, laughter broke out among the members! MARC LEPINE SHOCKED OUR COUNTR Y... On December 6, 1989, in Montreal fourteen innocent women were murdered in cold blood by one mani - Marc Lepine. Canadians were sbocked. But that same year, 119, women were senselessly murdered here in Canada. To most people, these women were nameless and faceless victims, their deaîhs, less publicized than the Lepine lragedy, were just a small portion of the domestic violence that trauma- tize women daily. However, awareness grew as a result of the outrage directed aI the Mon- treal massacre. Thousands of Canadians joined together to moum the deaths of these inno- cent women, and mourn the abuse directed against women they knew - sometimes them- selves.1 Il forced us 10 think about the violence that many women face on a daily hasis and the ways in which violence limits aur lives. DOMES TIC VIOLENCE IS A PUBLIC, NOTA, PRI VA TE MA TTER Can) we fully understand the courage needed 10 leave a rela- tionship filled with contradic- tion - violence and love - to take one's children, walk out the door, often without money or personal psesos We can ail wvork together 10 put a stop to the viclous cycle of violence. We can donate l'ime or money 10 shelters. be suppor- tive of friends or famnily who may be living in a violent situa- tion. And now wýe have a unique opportunity 10 be involved in a personal way, in, working towards change. Until the end of December 1992, Tambrands Canada, in charitable partnership with the Canadian Womens Founda- lion, is running an innovative campaign. 'Help Tampax Help*", ta raise money and awareness for shelters for as- saulted women. Consumers and the public are encouraged to participate in the- DONATE AND WELL MATCH" campaign. Tam- brands will match every dollar donated 10 the Tampax Trust Fund, up t0 their total contribu- tion of SI,(X),000. Shelters have been invited to apply for grants within one of several categories: the criteria for shclîcr grants emphasize prevention and activities, often not funded by governments. It is antîcipated that the average shelter grant will be between SI t001 S2(). ),although re- quests for larger amnounts will be considered, particularly if the project involves several shelters or if itproduces amodel or pilot project that will be useful 10 other shelters. If you want ta find out more about the "Help Tampax Help-~ campaign or about the Founda- lion, please Write to: Canadianl Women's Foundation 214 Merton Street, #208 Toronto, ON M4S 1A6 If you know a waman who needs help, contact your local women*s shelter or assaulted women's helpline. "Help Tampax Help'- hopes to, contribute 10 the general awareness of the problemn of damestic violence. But the greatest obstacle to be over- came is society's acceptance of violence. Stopping violence will take lime, commilmnent, energy and money. Your sup- port matters - please help now. AUTO WORKERS.CREDIT UNION Where FULL SERVICE Is Wfhat Credîit Unions Are Al 'About Credit Unions were the first financial institution to provide Personal Consumer Loans - Life Insured Loans - Open Mortgages e Daily Interest Savlngs e ATMs *Weekly Mortgage Payments and the first in Orono to provide Home Banking. 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