Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84 exptools; site ihuxn.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!tektronix!uw-beaver!cornell!vax135!houxm!ihnp4!ihuxn!gadfly From: gadfly@ihuxn.UUCP (Gadfly) Newsgroups: net.women Subject: Re: Rape - Another Solution Message-ID: <1140@ihuxn.UUCP> Date: Wed, 14-Aug-85 09:54:48 EDT Article-I.D.: ihuxn.1140 Posted: Wed Aug 14 09:54:48 1985 Date-Received: Mon, 19-Aug-85 22:11:45 EDT References: <2402@amdcad.UUCP> <209@bcsaic.UUCP> Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories Lines: 24 -- > I find it interesting that violence does seem to be an important > part of our civilization. Not to get back into discussions of > sociobiology again, but perhaps "violence" is an integral part > of human character. I know of no solid proof for or against, > although there's much flimsy evidence (some primitive cultures > seem to be nonviolent, but they generally are found in hostile > environments - violence comes from outside rather than inside)... > > stan shebs Ah yes, the "savage ape". Popular myth. Perhaps more probable, though, is the notion that our aggressiveness is entirely cultural, an ironic figment of our becoming "civilized". Hunter- gatherers can always pack up and move on (and they do, or did), but once you put down roots, you have your territory, a stake worth fighting for. -- *** *** JE MAINTIENDRAI ***** ***** ****** ****** 14 Aug 85 [27 Thermidor An CXCIII] ken perlow ***** ***** (312)979-7753 ** ** ** ** ..ihnp4!iwsl8!ken *** ***