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From: jrt@hou5g.UUCP (Jaime Tormos)
Newsgroups: net.women
Subject: Re: Nothing ever happens to people unless they want it to
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Date: Tue, 17-Jan-84 12:09:34 EST
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Posted: Tue Jan 17 12:09:34 1984
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   WRONG!!!!   All kinds of things happen to people when they not only
don't want it to happen, but even when they take steps to make sure it
doesn't.  Yes, there are things that can be done to reduce the odds, but
when it comes right down to it, if a rapist/mugger/thief decides that you
are going to be his target, then there is not much you can do to change his
mind.  Some of the things that people attempt can even make the situation
worse, or force the attacker to use physical violence.  The attacker can
even select it's victim with distorted logic, i.e. "She thinks she's so
<whatever>, well I'll show her!"

   "Nothing.....unless they want it to" ??????  Explain to me how a six
year old child can 'want to be' molested, raped and murdered.

   No, the victim does not ASK to be a victim, except for a VERY few self
destructive individuals.  The attacker is like a wolf stalking prey.  He
hides and blends in with his surroundings so as to not scare off his
potential victim.  He selects a target, either because it is the 'best'
of his choices, or because he feels that he would be successful in his 
attempts.  He can feel confident in being successful when the potential
victim appears to be weak, but he can also feel confident about success
when he is just plain confident.  He has succeeded in the past, nobody
has done anything about it, so go after 'better game'.

   Some muggers and thieves may be deterable through preventive actions by
each individual, however the rapist or sexual deviant does not perceive
things the way a 'normal' person does.  The rapist acts out of anger, he
acts from emotions that are distorted, he is not dealing with reality.  There
is no real way to avoid this person.  You can not reason with him,  you can
not stop something that you can not see.  Their are perceptual/conceptual
distortions inside this individual.  This person acts from what HE sees, not
from what people around him are seeing.

   Maybe this belongs in net.flame, but I can not believe that someone thinks
that victims only get what they ask for.

		(** FRODO **) alias hou5g!jrt