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From: greenber@timeinc.UUCP (Ross M. Greenberg)
Newsgroups: net.women
Subject: Re: Provocative clothing
Message-ID: <194@timeinc.UUCP>
Date: Sun, 19-May-85 17:22:16 EDT
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Posted: Sun May 19 17:22:16 1985
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In article <522@sphinx.UChicago.UUCP> beth@sphinx.UChicago.UUCP
 (beth d. christy) writes:
(in response about a scenario I brought up relating "provocative"
 feminine attire and showing excessive cash in bad areas of town):
>
>The difference between the two scenarios is that, whereas you can
>still nail the thief even if everybody agrees you were asking for it,
>the "fact" that "she was asking for it" is enough to stop the b*st*rd
>from getting jailed, 'cause "consent" makes it not rape.  Rape is the
>fault of the rapist, not of the woman's fashion sense, and he should
>be *punished* regardless of what she was wearing.

The point I was making was not whether the legal system handles rape
properly or not. It doesn't. The point was also not whether rape
is the women's fault or not. It never is.  The point I was trying to
make was whether a women "dressed provocatively" increases her
chances of rape.  If the answer is yes, then she can reduce her
chances of rape by dressing more modestly.

I am not trying to defend the rapist.  The rapist is a low-life that
no longer deserves life (in my opinion, and I will *not* get into
capital punishment arguments here!).


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