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From: muffy@lll-crg.ARPA (Muffy Barkocy)
Newsgroups: net.women
Subject: Re: Immodestly Dressed Women in the Workplace(and elsewhere)
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Date: Sun, 28-Apr-85 14:17:44 EDT
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Posted: Sun Apr 28 14:17:44 1985
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In article <908@homxa.UUCP> carson@homxa.UUCP (P.CARSTENSEN) writes:
>A couple years ago, I ran across a Christian pamphlet that said
>among other things that women exposing their *knees* was what 
>incited men to rape....
>P.


As far as this goes, why is there an attitude that a female wearing something
"revealing" by whatever standards you care to name is inciting men to rape?
On the other hand, why is this not considered to be a problem (as far as I
know) on a beach or in a swimming pool?  The women are wearing even less than
they probably wear on the street, but this does not seem to be viewed as 
incitement.  i.e. I can wear a bathing suit at the beach, but if I add, say,
a pair of shorts and wear it on the street, it's "too revealing."

                        Muffy

(Yes, I know, this isn't always the case, but I hear it often enough to
wonder why.)