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From: scott@cdp.UUCP
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Subject: Re: A suggestion for a ground rule
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Date: Sat, 2-Nov-85 22:02:00 EST
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> I'm not sure how normal people reading pornography poses a threat to
> women.  Rapists tend to be abnormal and with or without pornography,
> they will vent sexual frustrations in abnormal ways.

It's no quite this simple.  Rapists are far too normal statistically.
In general, rapists have the same psychological profile as the
statistically average man, with the exception of a statistically-slight
tendency towards more agressive behavior.  Also, far too many men are
coercive in their sexual dealings with women.  Rapists are not men "out
there"; rapist tendencies exist in a lot of men, and pornography
reinforces these tendencies.

Scott Weikart
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