Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site mit-eddie.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxn!ihnp4!mit-eddie!gds From: gds@mit-eddie.UUCP (Greg Skinner) Newsgroups: net.women Subject: Re: "asking for it" with clothing Message-ID: <4679@mit-eddie.UUCP> Date: Sat, 13-Jul-85 08:23:57 EDT Article-I.D.: mit-eddi.4679 Posted: Sat Jul 13 08:23:57 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 14-Jul-85 08:37:28 EDT References: <414@sii.UUCP> <2561@wateng.UUCP> Organization: MIT Lusers and Hosers Inc., Cambridge, Ma. Lines: 25 I remember once when I was an undergraduate, I used to play paddle ball while wearing a pair of rather short shorts. They were also somewhat revealing if you know what I mean. Anyhow, I was playing with a male friend of mine, and two other male friends were watching, when a female friend of mine (unbeknownst to me) came over to watch us. After she left, my friends told me that she was unable to keep her eyes from between my legs for as long as she was there. The point I'm trying to make is that I wasn't trying to attract attention -- those shorts were quite comfortable to play in. The same goes for women wearing revealing or suggestive clothing, there are women who are just wearing it because it's comfortable, not 'cause they're "asking for it", and they shouldn't "get it". If I were a woman, I imagine I might have drawn a few whistles from my male friends, perhaps been followed home, or worse ... I still wear those shorts to jog in though, not to attract attention, but 'cause they're still the most comfortable shorts I own. -- Do not meddle in the affairs of wizards, for they are subtle and quick to anger. Greg Skinner (gregbo) {decvax!genrad, allegra, ihnp4}!mit-eddie!gds gds@mit-eddie.arpa