Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83 SMI; site sun.uucp Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxj!ihnp4!zehntel!dual!amd!decwrl!sunny From: sunny@sun.uucp (Sunny Kirsten) Newsgroups: net.women Subject: Re: what's rape? Message-ID: <1700@sun.uucp> Date: Fri, 21-Sep-84 13:58:25 EDT Article-I.D.: sun.1700 Posted: Fri Sep 21 13:58:25 1984 Date-Received: Wed, 26-Sep-84 02:23:29 EDT References: <459@hou5g.UUCP> <1143@drutx.UUCP> Organization: Sun Microsystems, Inc. Lines: 9 [] Yes, the double standard exists, particularly in connotations associated with descriptive terms. Can anyone seriously suggest that "bachelor" has any of the negative connotations of the equivalent feminine "slut"? These two equivalent terms carry the implied connotations that promiscuity is ok for men, but not for women. What did you expect? Equality? -- {ucbvax,decvax,ihnp4}!sun!sunny (Sunny :-> Kirsten of Sun Microsystems Inc.)