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!linus!decvax!decwrl!greipa!pesnta!phri!cmcl2!lanl!crs From: crs@lanl.ARPA Newsgroups: net.women Subject: Re: Re: Rape (The nature of reality) Message-ID: <32371@lanl.ARPA> Date: Thu, 24-Oct-85 11:41:29 EDT Article-I.D.: lanl.32371 Posted: Thu Oct 24 11:41:29 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 26-Oct-85 06:47:53 EDT References: <725@decwrl.UUCP> <1751@watdcsu.UUCP> <2016@reed.UUCP> <12505@rochester.UUCP> Organization: Los Alamos National Laboratory Lines: 34 > > . > > . > > . > > boyfriend, husband, brother, uncle, father, teacher, priest). > > Although I am perfectly willing, myself, to trust *no men* at > > all (in fact this is what I do) not to rape me, few women are > > . > > David, it's just *not* as simple as you are putting > > it, and you need to be aware of this. > > > > Ellen Eades > > -- > Ellen, > Not trusting ANY man not to rape you rings of paranoia, or you are just > flattering yourself by thinking you are such an irresistable target that > a good man could turn bad by just looking at you. Your remarks are an ^^^^ ^^^ > abomination to decent men every where. I hope you can contain outrageous > remarks like this to your own mind and not subject two continents to such > thinking. I also don't like to be lumped with rapists and potential rapists but HOW DO YOU TELL who are the "good" men that you can trust? Are they the "...boyfriend, husband, brother, uncle, father, teacher, priest"? It is sad that Ellen feels that way, it is also sad that the many are damned with the few. But, what is the alternative to suspicion? -- All opinions are mine alone... Charlie Sorsby ...!{cmcl2,ihnp4,...}!lanl!crs crs@lanl.arpa