Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site watmath.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!saquigley From: saquigley@watmath.UUCP (Sophie Quigley) Newsgroups: net.women,net.singles Subject: Re: Rape: The Unresolved Trauma Message-ID: <10353@watmath.UUCP> Date: Wed, 12-Dec-84 13:10:38 EST Article-I.D.: watmath.10353 Posted: Wed Dec 12 13:10:38 1984 Date-Received: Thu, 13-Dec-84 01:14:52 EST References: <1855@sun.uucp> <938@abnjh.UUCP> <466@wlcrjs.UUCP> Organization: U of Waterloo, Ontario Lines: 29 Xref: watmath net.women:3762 net.singles:4831 >It is unfortunate, but the only real deterent to a would-be rapist >is the certainty of immediate mutilation or death at the hands of >the intended victim. A public confrontation after the rape is not >quite the same thing. An ounce of prevention is still worth >more than consoling the victim after the fact. Since few >of us can afford armed guard escorts, the only solution that >I see, is women willing to be responsible for their own >protection. The martial arts classes have been a step in the >right diection, but no rapist will argue with a .45 . >Jon Kaplowitz Ah, but the confrontation is not a means to prevent one's own rape it is 1/ a means to prevent the same man from raping someone else by making people aware that he is dangerous 2/ a way to get revenge which does not involve prison or mutilation. 3/ a way to warn the public at large that people can no longer expect to rape and get away with it. I don't know whether public confrontation is a very powerful way to get the message across about points 1/ and 3/, but I am sure that it does get some message across to some people, and that's always useful. I do think that 2/ is the main reason for public confrontation, and if this kind of retribution helps the victim heal, then it is a good enough reason to do it (since it is not violent). Sophie Quigley ...!{clyde,ihnp4,decvax}!watmath!saquigley