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From: dae@psuvax1.UUCP (Daemon)
Newsgroups: net.women
Subject: A thought on "provocative"
Message-ID: <1648@psuvax1.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 21-May-85 16:18:22 EDT
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Posted: Tue May 21 16:18:22 1985
Date-Received: Fri, 24-May-85 20:31:26 EDT
Reply-To: dae@psuvax1.UUCP (Dave Eckhardt)
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Summary: It's all in the mind

I find this discussion of the amount of fault that can be attributed to
women raped while wearing "provocative" clothing quite interesting and
was musing on it the other day when I realized something that will
probably just confuse the whole issue more:

->  Provocation, like beauty, is in the eye of the beholder.  <-

Don't believe me?  Ok, fine--dress a woman any way you want, and see
how provoking she is to your average bird.

Now the only remaining consideration is practical, not moral--is it
*wise* to dress in a manner conventionally held to be provocative in
certain areas and at certain times?  I think the answer to that is
obvious--depends on the situation.

--Daemon (This has been a totally unofficial opinion)