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From: abeaver@tekig5.UUCP (Annadiana Beaver)
Newsgroups: net.women,net.singles
Subject: Re: Beach harassment
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Date: Thu, 6-Feb-86 09:29:40 EST
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Posted: Thu Feb  6 09:29:40 1986
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> 
> >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.
> -- 
> 
> The MAD Programmer -- 919-228-3313 (Cornet 291)

	As a sunbather, < read NUDE suntanner> I have no problem understanding
	why, even though one is totally without clothing (or scantilly clad)
	it is unnerving to have someone sit and stare at you.
	In fact, it is one of the reasons why I gave up on going to the beach.
	I try to get a nice EVEN shade of tan, so that no matter what I wear,
	you don't see white streaks sticking out here and there.  If you don't
	have a private place to tan and there are no clothing optional beaches,
	you might wear as little as possible in an attempt to get the most
	even tan possible.  
	Now that I have a private place to do my tanning, I simply avoid that
	problem by staying home.  That way I don't have to worry about some
	jerk trying to pick me up.
	When I did not have a private place to tan, you could find me at the 
	beach along with all of the other sunbathers.  I don't miss the fools
	who walk up and down the beach fully clothed and stare at everyone.
		However, I do miss the volley ball games.