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From: ellen@reed.UUCP (Ellen Eades)
Newsgroups: net.women
Subject: Re: Re: Rape (The nature of reality)
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Date: Fri, 18-Oct-85 01:23:27 EDT
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> > dyer@vaxuum.DEC (People 'R' People) 
> >> David Canzi
> David Canzi

> >>> What does David mean by "things we (women) can do to avoid
> >>> rape"??  Does he mean stay home and lock the doors?

> >>  Such a course of action would reduce your likelihood of being
> >>  raped.

> >	One would think that an article subtitled "The nature of
> >reality" would have a better grip on it.  Oh well . . . David, I
> >suggest you do some research and find out exactly where most
> >women are raped.
 
> I've heard that most rapes occur in the home.  I've also heard that in
> most such cases the woman let the man in.  That involves unlocking the
> door.

Yes, it is true that most rapes occur in the home.  It is also
true that in over 70% of rapes reported to the police, the
attacker was previously known to the woman (landlord, friend,
boyfriend, husband, brother, uncle, father, teacher, priest).
Although I am perfectly willing, myself, to trust *no men* at
all (in fact this is what I do) not to rape me, few women are
willing to live that way, and few women are willing to bar their
doors to all their male acquaintances because of these
statistics.  David, it's just *not* as simple as you are putting
it, and you need to be aware of this.  
 
I refuse to flame anything this obvious...

Ellen Eades
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