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From: desjardins@h-sc1.UUCP (marie desjardins)
Newsgroups: net.women
Subject: Re: ``they'' vs *US*
Message-ID: <362@h-sc1.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 20-May-85 18:23:25 EDT
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Posted: Mon May 20 18:23:25 1985
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> In article <397@calmasd.UUCP> gail@calmasd.UUCP (Gail B. Hanrahan) writes:
> >
> >"Provocative clothing" is no excuse for rape.  Don't try to
> >blame women for someone else's lack of control (or sanity).
> 
> If I told you that I was walking in a "bad" area of town, late at night,
> and had $100 bills sticking out of my pockets, and that somebody
> mugged me, would you be shocked???
> [...]
> So why shouldn't the same caveats apply to a women in some provocative
> clothing?  If I have to be careful of not being mugged, why can't the
> women in the see-thru blouse and the tight leather micro-skirt be
> aware that she *is* provoking some sickie out there. 

First of all, the original article was a letter written by a Saudi
Arabian man who said that women should not be allowed in the workplace
because they were dressed too provocatively.  "Too provocatively" being
defined as covered head to toe but (gads!) not wearing a veil.

Secondly, I don't really think we're talking about see-thru clothing or
"micro-skirts" (although I think those should be included!).  We're (at
least I am) talking about clothing anybody, male or female, might be
expected to wear on a hot summer day -- t-shirt or tank top and shorts.
Except, of course, that the aforementioned males don't have to bother
with the top.  I really dislike it when I wear a skirt and get whistled
at (mainly because it SCARES me when strangers whistle at me in an empty
subway station or on a dark street (or any street, for that matter)).
It's ridiculous and unfair to claim that that's provocative (but there ARE 
men who will claim it is!)

	marie desjardins