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From: srm@nsc.UUCP (Richard Mateosian)
Newsgroups: net.women
Subject: Re: "Rape is violence, not sex"
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Date: Sun, 2-Jun-85 14:18:58 EDT
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Posted: Sun Jun  2 14:18:58 1985
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>Sarah stated the she thinks "we need to focus on the
>fact that rape is violence and *NOT* sex".  I must confess I'm curious as
>to *why* we need to *focus* on that here. 

Because that realization allows us to cut through rationalizations like:

  1. I couldn't help myself...my hormone levels are too high.

  2. She was asking for it walking around in that sexy sweatshirt.

  3. I'm sick...I need treatment, not punishment.

  4. I had a right to do it, since {she's my wife | she led me on}.
-- 
Richard Mateosian
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