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From: whitehur@tymix.UUCP (Pamela K. Whitehurst)
Newsgroups: net.women,net.singles
Subject: Re: Beach harassment
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Date: Wed, 29-Jan-86 16:42:03 EST
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In article <118@ttidcc.UUCP> hollombe@ttidcc.UUCP (The Polymath) writes:
>Now a thought experiment for the male readers:
>
>Imagine you are 5'2" tall and weigh 100 lbs.  You are an attractive man and
>dress accordingly.  While sunning on the beach, in your bikini swim suit, a
>6'4", 200 lb. homosexual man walks  up  and  tries  to  pick  you  up.  You
>politely  decline  but  he  refuses  to  leave  and begins to show signs of
>irritation at your continued rejections.  He finally leaves in a huff,  and
>half  an hour later the same thing happens with a different man.  This goes
>on all the time you're at the beach, every time your at the beach.
>
>Ladies:  Is the above a fair analogy?
>
>[Note: The above is in no way intended to represent the behavior of gay men
>       as a group or any particular individual.]

Imagine you closely resemble someone rich and/or famous.  Wherever you go
women mistake you for this other person.  Most of the time they stay at a
distance and just watch you. Several times a week someone will talk to
you for a while and when they realize you are not who they thought you were
they will leave. Occasionally someone will realize you are not who they 
thought you were but will stay around anyway because they like *you* as a
person.

There seems to be something that makes the resemblance more pronounced when
you are sunning yourself at the beach.  

One day you are at a public beach (since you don't have your own) and a 
woman comes over and talks to you.  You really just feel like reading and
give her rather short answers.  You do not consider it polite to start off
the conversation with "I'm not who you think I am." After a while she 
realizes that you are not who she thought you were and she goes away
angry. She resents the fact that you are masquerading as a rich and/or
famous person. ...

Specific Disclaimer:  The characters in this example are ficticious. Any
	              resemblance to real men or women is coincidental.
		      Most of the people I know do not act this way.

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          PKW
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