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Why Not? Because I said so! pin

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Item

Date:

n.d.

Reference:

R11331-372-4-E

Type of material:

Objects (including medals and pins)

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

2832722

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J.L. Granatstein Collection

Why Not? Because I said so! pin
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Date(s):

n.d.

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

1 pin: celluloid, round; 5.5 x 5.5 cm.

Language of material:

English

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Inscribed in orange letters on a black background is "Why Not?/Because/I said/So!/I'm a male chauvinist-and proud of it." The "O" of "Not" is a female symbol and the "O" of "so" is a male symbol. At upper centre is a clenched fist.

this button is a parody of the "Why Not?" buttons of the women's movement and incorporates similar imagery.

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