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From: cramer@kontron.UUCP (Clayton Cramer)
Newsgroups: net.women
Subject: Re: Re: Re: \"Why not send the men home?\"
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Date: Fri, 24-May-85 13:03:52 EDT
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> Now, about the "innocent male victims" accusation:  If women are
> guilty of inviting rape merely by going out on the street at
> night...maybe men should be guilty by association too.  Right
> now, men have a lot more political and economic power than women
> in general.  Does that mean they support the current situation,
> and the current rape statistics?  Probably not, but still...
> 
> Ellen Eades

No one on net.women has claimed that "women are guilty of inviting rape
merely by going out on the street at night".  No responsible person in
our society believes that.  This belief that Ellen has in "guilty by
association" is a clear demonstration of *why* feminism is perceived
by many people in this country as an excuse for man-hating, in much the
same way that the KKK promotes general hatred of blacks because of the
criminal actions of a few blacks.

I would think a person would be embarrassed to promote ideas like the
ones Ellen Eades posted.