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From: carey@seismo.UUCP (Marie Carey)
Newsgroups: net.women
Subject: Re: Rape
Message-ID: <469@seismo.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 14-Dec-83 11:10:15 EST
Article-I.D.: seismo.469
Posted: Wed Dec 14 11:10:15 1983
Date-Received: Fri, 16-Dec-83 02:27:05 EST
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I think Doug Alan's remarks about his preference to being raped
versus being beaten up are LUDICROUS! Have you ever BEEN raped
Doug Alan? Then how can you possibly compare the two? The effects
of rape are emotional and probably never go away, but the effects
of a beating are probably mostly physical and will heal within a
certain amount of time (a few weeks?) I agree with Jeff Offcutt
who states somewhat of the same thing about rape. And what about
the woman who are raped AND beaten to a bloody pulp? What is it
about some men who think rape is really nothing more than a risk
women have to put up with BECAUSE they are women? THESE are the
men to watch out for! As you can probably tell, this is something
I feel strongly about and therefore just could not let such remarks
pass me by. This may sound totally barbaric, but too bad not more
women take the lead from Sondra Locke, who stars in the new Clint 
Eastwood movie, "Sudden Impact". She and her sister are gang raped
by about five men and her sister turns into a vegetable because of 
the experience. Well, Miss Locke decides the only way to avenge her
sister's condition is to locate and kill all of the rapists. Of
course it won't help her sister's condition any, but it really gave
one a sense of true justice watching her blow away the rapist's genitals
and then give it to them once in the brain. I told you this was going to
sound barbaric. BUT I wonder what the statistics are of those convicted
rapists who are released on parole and then commit rape again? I know
there is a good amount because I have read about several cases myself. 
Like I said, too bad not more women follow Miss Locke's (the character
she plays in the film) example. At least the scumbags who raped would 
never rape again!