Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site lanl.ARPA Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!bellcore!decvax!genrad!wjh12!talcott!harvard!seismo!cmcl2!lanl!crs From: crs@lanl.ARPA Newsgroups: net.women Subject: Re: rape and streetwalking Message-ID: <18196@lanl.ARPA> Date: Mon, 17-Dec-84 10:06:44 EST Article-I.D.: lanl.18196 Posted: Mon Dec 17 10:06:44 1984 Date-Received: Thu, 20-Dec-84 03:18:42 EST References: <206@cmu-cs-cad.ARPA> Sender: newsreader@lanl.ARPA Organization: Los Alamos National Laboratory Lines: 19 > ... However, I don't expect every man on the street to > cater to the fears you think I should have, either. If *I'm* unsure enough to > want to be on the other side of the street that the man is on, then *I'll* do > something about it. But it is not *his* responsibility to change the > situation if *I'm* the one who stands to lose. > > There is a difference between courtesy and catering to every paranoid who > might be out there. I think you expect the latter. Why? I'm not suggesting > that women who are afraid of rape have problems; I'm just saying that if > *you're* afraid, *you* have the responsibility to do something about it. > > -Dragon > -- > UUCP: ...seismo!ut-sally!ut-ngp!lll-crg!dragon > ARPA: monica.cellio@cmu-cs-cad or dragon@lll-crg *** BRAVO! *** Charlie