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From: mmt@dciem.UUCP (Martin Taylor)
Newsgroups: net.women,net.legal,net.singles
Subject: Re: Rape (anywhere, not just Ontario)
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Date: Sat, 3-Dec-83 17:23:39 EST
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Posted: Sat Dec  3 17:23:39 1983
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So I have a few questions. First of all, do you think that rape
and assault should be considered separate offenses? if so why?
And for you guys out there -- do you worry about getting charged
with rape? If you do, what do you do about it?
Laura Creighton
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One possible reason for conisdering rape to be assault rather than
a "sexual" offense is that it seems to be about the only "sexual"
crime whose rate does not go down dramatically when pornography
is legalized. This suggests that the only sexual aspect to rape
is the fact that women are generally physically weak and rape is
a strong demonstration of male power over the victim.
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Martin Taylor
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