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From: hjm@ihuxa.UUCP (hjm)
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Subject: Re: Re: Re: Re: Martillo's Rape Cure - (nf)
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Date: Thu, 5-Apr-84 17:08:34 EST
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Posted: Thu Apr  5 17:08:34 1984
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<<From ihnp4!inuxc!pur-ee!uiucdcs!parsec!holt Wed Apr  4 00:09:50 1984
<<Subject: Re: Re: Re: Martillo's Rape Cure - (nf)
<<Message-ID: <6594@uiucdcs.UUCP>
<<
<<from ihuxt!martillo:
<<
<<"The rapist's desire to victimize is more important than the woman's self
<<image."
<
<	What does this statement mean?  I shudder to think...
<
<more from the same source:
<<
<<"For all of you who do not read Arabic and who are woefully ignorant of
<<Islamic society,  the big issue which educated Muslim women are addressing
<<is female circumcision  which is the removal or mutilation of the
<<clitoris.  The issues which American feminists discuss seem quite trivial
<<by comparison."
<
<	The reason that "female circumcision" is not a "big issue" in the
<United States is that this barbaric practice is not performed in this 
<country.  Besides, "female circumcision" is a misnomer.  Female castration
<is a more accurate description.  It seems grossly unfair to me that a 
<society castrates its women and doesn't castrate its men.  No wonder the
<"educated Muyslim women" are concerned with this issue.
<
<				Dave Holt
<				Convex Computer Corp.
<				{allegra,ihnp4,uiucdcs,ctvax}!convex!holt
<
Oh, come on! Next time, try reading the dictionary before telling us the
difference between circumcision and castration!! *Circumcision* is the
removal of the prepuce of a male, or the clitoris of a female.
*Castration* on the other hand, is the removal of the TESTES of a male,
or the OVARIES of a female. This may not seem to be much of a difference
to you, but I'm sure the Muslim women (and men) would notice!


 				Hank Moore
				ihnp4!ihuxa!hjm