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From: rlr@pyuxn.UUCP (Rich Rosen)
Newsgroups: net.women
Subject: Re: what's rape?
Message-ID: <1150@pyuxn.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 21-Sep-84 11:02:24 EDT
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Posted: Fri Sep 21 11:02:24 1984
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> How many people think that a woman has given up her right
> to say no to a man after leading him on?  To be more
> specific:
> Can she rightly refuse intercourse if she has been:
> 	1) flirting, moving sexily, leaning close, making
> 		lewd, sexual comments.
> 	2) wearing excessively provacative clothing -- whore
> 		like clothes, with most of the breasts and/or
> 		legs showing (or whatever), or with somewhat 
> 		transparent material.
> 	3) participating in kissing, heavy petting, fondling with
> 		the man.   [hou5g!jdh]

Just because I let you sit in the driver's seat of my Porsche, doesn't mean I'm
obliged to let you drive it.  Just because someone may "interpret" another's
actions to imply consent to do something else, that other person offers consent
(or not) at their discretion, not based on the first person's interpretation.

> 	How many people think that if a woman's a slut that means
> 	anyone can sleep with her?
> 	How many people think that if a woman's a slut that means
> 	she sleeps with anyone she wants (anyone being too many
> 	by her society's definition).

Is this written by the same guy who asked a few months ago whether or not it
was O.K. to rape certain types of women (e.g., prostitutes)?  The tone sounds
remarkably similar.  Any person who sleeps with anyone they want to (provided
the other person wants to as well) is simply engaging in free personal choice
that is none of anyone's business to classify or name or label.
-- 
If it doesn't change your life, it's not worth doing.     Rich Rosen  pyuxn!rlr