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From: jefff@cadovax.UUCP (Jeff Fields)
Newsgroups: net.women
Subject: Rape and Streetwalking - (What is courtesy?)
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Date: Fri, 14-Dec-84 14:32:36 EST
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Posted: Fri Dec 14 14:32:36 1984
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What is courtesy?

To some it appears that courtesy is the apprehension that a male's presence
on the same side of the street as an unaccompanied woman may cause the woman
fear and anxiety.  Such apprehension on the male's part would cause him to
cross the street, thereby alleviating whatever fear and anxiety that may be
felt by the solitary female.

To me courtesy in such a scenario requires the male to approach the woman on
the same side of the street with a smile on his face and a nod of the head.
Perhaps a cordial "howdy" or "hello" spoken by the male as he passes would
be in order.  If the male is wearing a hat, courtesy requires him to tip it.

The first concept of courtesy poses some problems:

	1) What if there is another solitary woman on the other side of the
	street?  Should the male then proceed to inoke fear and loathing in
	this woman by crossing over to her side of the street?

	2) What if the male by crossing to the other side of the street causes
	more fear to be felt by the woman than staying on the same side of the
	street?

	3) What if it were impossible to cross the street because of traffic?

	4) What if there is no side walk on the other side of the street?

Who has the answer to this question?  Ann Landers?   "Dear" Abby?  Geoff
Sherwood?  Lisa Chabot?

Another question:  Is one who has my concept of courtesy an egoist?
Or:  Is one who has the first concept of courtesy a paranoid schizophrenic?

My answer to both of these is no.

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				Jeff Fields
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