Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site watdcsu.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!watnot!watdcsu!dmcanzi From: dmcanzi@watdcsu.UUCP (David Canzi) Newsgroups: net.women,net.singles Subject: Re: Beach harassment Message-ID: <2069@watdcsu.UUCP> Date: Thu, 6-Feb-86 04:52:54 EST Article-I.D.: watdcsu.2069 Posted: Thu Feb 6 04:52:54 1986 Date-Received: Thu, 6-Feb-86 21:38:51 EST References: <8342@ucla-cs.ARPA> <2581@sdcrdcf.UUCP> <255@birtch.UUCP> <1167@homxb.UUCP> <118@ttidcc.UUCP> Reply-To: dmcanzi@watdcsu.UUCP (David Canzi) Organization: U of Waterloo, Ontario Lines: 24 Xref: watmath net.women:8721 net.singles:10129 Summary: 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? Not quite. Let's suppose, in addition, that your trunks can be undone at the back, and you have done so in order to get a nice even tan. Now, maybe, this analogy is a little fairer. (Yes, I know you asked the ladies for an answer, and I am not a lady. Well, excuuuuse me.) -- David Canzi "Mothers are fonder than fathers of their children because they are more certain they are their own." -- Aristotle