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From: hollombe@ttidcc.UUCP (The Polymath)
Newsgroups: net.singles,net.net-people
Subject: Re: Pseudo People on the net????
Message-ID: <87@ttidcc.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 13-Jan-86 12:55:03 EST
Article-I.D.: ttidcc.87
Posted: Mon Jan 13 12:55:03 1986
Date-Received: Thu, 16-Jan-86 05:01:37 EST
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Reply-To: hollombe@ttidcc.UUCP (The Polymath)
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Summary: 

In article <1909@teddy.UUCP> lkk@teddy.UUCP writes:
>                    ... a prominent New York psychiatrist in his early
>fifties maintained an on-line identity over CompuServe for more than
>two years ...
>developing intimate friendships with scores of electronic
>correspondents.
>
>"She" had a detailed contrived life history, announced her marriage
>during the course of the fraud, sent gifts to people, and was heavily
>into (bisexual) compusex.
>
>                  ... many of "her" victims felt enormously betrayed,
>likening the experience to "mind rape".

Same thing happened in this end of the world about 3  years  ago.  A  local
high  school  teacher (male) adopted the persona of "Kathy", an 18 year old
student, on several "Dial-Your-Match" bulletin  boards.  I  personally  was
taken in by this one, along with a lot of other people.

While I wouldn't describe my reaction to learning the truth in such extreme
terms  as "betrayal" and "mind rape", I didn't feel particularly good about
the situation.  Embarassment probably comes closest to my initial feelings,
but I'm pretty cautious about relationships and hadn't written any sexually
oriented messages beyond trying to arrange a simple meeting.  I can see how
someone who had been more explicit might feel more strongly about it.

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