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- From: seiffe@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Erica Seiffert)
- Subject: Re: Kristen's Question (off the track a bit)
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- Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1992 16:58:14 GMT
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- In article <SCG.92Jul21103736@mentor.cc.purdue.edu> scg@mentor.cc.purdue.edu writes:
- >seiffe@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Erica Seiffert) writes:
- >
- >>Excuse me, but I think you have missed the point of my post. I am NOT
- >>saying that women who fantasize about being raped want to be raped. I
- >>certainly don't.
- >
- >I was commenting on the concept, not attempting to imply that you
- >were espousing it. I am quite capable of reading your article,
- >thankyouverymuch.
- >
- >>I'm saying that there are people out there that do believe that's
- >>what a woman wants.
- >
- >I know. IMHO, it stems from the same sort of Freudian nonsense that
- >leads people to believe that most reports of childhood sexual abuse
- >are actually fantasies about having sex with daddy.
- >
- >>Of course there is no justification for rape (perhaps that was a poor
- >>choice of wording on my part). Perhaps I should phase my sentiment
- >>this way, "I hate to see these findings used to validate a rape
- >>myth."
- >
- >Statistics are well known to be usable to justify whatever you want.
- >That's why statistics, by themselves, are both meaningless and
- >useless.
- >--
- >"No, I don't know that atheists should be considered as citizens, nor should
- >they be considered patriots. This is one nation under God."
- > -- President George Bush, Chicago, August 27, 1988
-
- Then are we agreeing? (Sorry I am a bit slow, I've had
- some very bad news from the home front and am a little spacey
- right now.)
-
- ems
- *****
- I don't speak for my employers.
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