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From: minow@decvax.UUCP (Martin Minow)
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Subject: Re: So How Do We Stop Rapes
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Date: Tue, 11-Sep-84 23:24:19 EDT
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Posted: Tue Sep 11 23:24:19 1984
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jack@rglvax asks "what can we do" so women can walk anywhere, anytime.

Full employment and an end to poverty for starters.

Giving ALL men a sense of self-worth will (in my opinion) do more
to stop violent crime than any program that intends to prevent
crime by putting more authority on the street.

Also, women who (justifiably) fear to random street violence should
consider taking a self-defense course.

Martin Minow
decvax!minow
......

I mentioned the above to a friend who has done research on violence
against women and she said I'm totally mistaken -- what "we" have
to do is to change male socialization; change the way men think
about women.  This includes, for example, the way women (and
male-female relationships) are portrayed in the mass-media.
She doesn't think that just giving men jobs will do anything
to change the way men think about women.

M.