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From: ellis@spar.UUCP (Michael Ellis)
Newsgroups: net.women
Subject: Rape and Ugly Male Attitudes
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Date: Fri, 14-Jun-85 12:02:24 EDT
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Posted: Fri Jun 14 12:02:24 1985
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Reply-To: ellis@spar.UUCP (Michael Ellis)
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>SOPHIE,
>You know that a lot of women are asking for it.  I mean look during the
>summer, tight shorts, no bras, big brown nipples showing.  SHEEEEEIT.
>(at least in california)
>
>Most of the time, the woman is unconsciously asking to be raped.
>She takes no precautions, ie. walks alone in the night, and wears
>provocative clothing.
>
>Larry G. Kim

    You really believe that, don't you?

    You really believe that if YOU get turned on by a woman, then SHE
    requires sexual service.

    Suppose a person who thinks this way decides to ACT on such a belief?

    Some do.

    You'll typically encounter such sentiments as these wherever male peer
    group attitudes predominate. Are you then not surprised when some
    feminists blame men as a group for rape, especially considering how many
    men take part in the preservation of this point of view?

    Some of the ideas implicit in Larry's article:

       *Men who wear nothing but a pair of shorts are dressing comfortably,
        whereas women wearing the same, plus a T-shirt, are `asking for it'.
       *A woman can always, and must, find an escort when she needs one;
        otherwise she obviously needs sexual service from a man.

    ...presuppose that the purpose of a woman's body is the sexual
    amusement of men, and that women must constantly live with this 
    `fact of life'. 

    Most guys will casually brush all this off be remarking "Well, that's
    just the way it is -- you can't do anything about it".

    But you can. Starting off in your own mental backyard. 

-michael