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From: rcj@burl.UUCP (Curtis Jackson)
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Subject: Re: Beach harassment
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Date: Sun, 2-Feb-86 20:43:29 EST
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Posted: Sun Feb  2 20:43:29 1986
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Summary: 

In article <14986@rochester.UUCP> ray@rochester.UUCP (Ray Frank) writes:
>Imagine you are a man sitting on a beach and not far away is a women sitting
>sunning herself and she catches you giving her more than just a passing
>glance and says to him "What are YOU staring at buster?" and the man says "Oh,
>just that infinitesimally bit of exterior posterior not covered by your G-string
>and pasties."  Should this women who exhibits latent tendencies of exhibitional-
>ism scantilly clad to the extreme limits of the law be indignant when a healthy
>red blooded American male gives her the attention she obviously desires?  And
>shouldn't the male also expect to solicit attention to himself if he was 
>attaired thusly to this women's conterpart, namely a jock strap?

OK, let's take this one at a time:

a) She was rude, her comment was uncalled-for.
b) He was rude back -- a silver star for him for the day.
c) I should stop right here, because by the time this article reaches your
   site you are going to be dead.  No amount of asbestos will save you from
   the wrath you will have created with the stupid (in my opinion) phrase:
   "she obviously desires?"
d) I assume you were joking about the pasties.  But, yes, the man will probably
   get some attention with a jock strap since they are much less often seen
   on beaches than are women in G-string-sized bikini bottoms.

>If this woman didn't want people to look at her, why then does she desire a tan
>where the sun don't (usually) shine?  Or is she perhaps soliciting attention
>from certain select groups of males and with the pretense of the virtue of a
>nun indignant to those who don't fall into that group?
>Could this woman consider herself a victim of beach harassment or is she simply
>a victim of her own misguided attempts at attracting a desirable male.
>Please no flames, just honest opinions desired.
>Remember, we're talking scantily clad here, you know, fish net bikinies
>with more holes than material.

The woman in question, judging from her initial remark, is into a power game.
Why play it beyond your initial parry?  I'm sorry, this story is just not
nearly as typical as is the girls' stories of being not only approached
most of them don't seem to mind the simple act of being approached too much)
by guys who refuse to take an implied or even outright "No" as an answer
(this understandably bothers them a LOT).

You have described a woman who is either in an excessively bad mood or is
a real jerk of a person.  If this really does happen to you yourself, why
not just answer "What are YOU staring at buster?" with a sweet smile and
the answer, "Nothing special."
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