Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site cadovax.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!ihnp4!zehntel!dual!qantel!intelca!hplabs!sdcrdcf!trwrb!trwrba!cadovax!jefff From: jefff@cadovax.UUCP (Jeff Fields) Newsgroups: net.women Subject: Rape and Streetwalking - (What is courtesy?) Message-ID: <334@cadovax.UUCP> Date: Fri, 14-Dec-84 14:32:36 EST Article-I.D.: cadovax.334 Posted: Fri Dec 14 14:32:36 1984 Date-Received: Tue, 18-Dec-84 07:19:26 EST Organization: Contel Cado, Torrance, CA Lines: 42 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. -- Jeff Fields {ucbvax,ihnp4,decvax}!trwrb!cadovax!jefff Pax Vobiscum.