Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxj!houxm!ihnp4!zehntel!hplabs!sri-unix!parallel!jorge From: jorge@parallel.UUCP (Jorge Gustavson) Newsgroups: net.women Subject: Re: How to stop it. Message-ID: <259@parallel.UUCP> Date: Fri, 21-Sep-84 14:07:43 EDT Article-I.D.: parallel.259 Posted: Fri Sep 21 14:07:43 1984 Date-Received: Wed, 26-Sep-84 06:17:49 EDT Lines: 29I agree with Ed Turner (astrovax) that self-defense techniques (NOT martial arts) is a good idea. Rape is a crime of domination and humiliation, not sex (although sexually linked, in some way). Younger women (might) have a greater incidence of rape as a population (perhaps, as someone suggested) because they are more inexperienced and vulnerable, hence tempting targets for sickos who need to get off on this kind of thing. Another step in the right direction is to RADICALLY alter the way police and society deals with both rapists and their victims. Some have suggested MUCH stiffer penalties; I am not sure if that works. (Women Against Rape in Santa Cruz claims that peer confrontation in a public setting is more effective than prosecution, especially in discouraging repeated rape behavior). Some have suggested rehabilitation (as a sickness); again, ??? One thing is clear, however. We must remove the burden of guilt from the victims, and encourage women to break with current societal conditioning to the point where a rapist must contemplate the possibility of being SEVERELY injured when attacking a so-called "weak and dominatible" woman, on the streets, or in her home. ------------ Jorge Gustavson {ucbvax!sun,sri-unix}!parallel!jorge "And if you stop and think about it, you won't beleive it's true, That all the love you've been giving has all been meant for you."