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- From: sheehan@pagosa.scd.ucar.edu (Tim Sheehan)
- Subject: Re: Rape in any form ...
- Message-ID: <1992Jul29.151040.25874@ncar.ucar.edu>
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- References: <1992Jul23.175429.11674@brtph560.bnr.ca> <SYNTH.92Jul28193941@deepthought.unm.edu>
- Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1992 15:10:40 GMT
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- In article <SYNTH.92Jul28193941@deepthought.unm.edu>, synth@deepthought.unm.edu (Synth F. Oberheim) writes:
- >
- > dcrosgr@uoft02.utoledo.edu writes:
- >
- > > dc> It would be real hard to state that having rape fantasies is not
- > > dc> normal.
- > >
- > > Nor am I trying to. But by the same token, it's unscientific and
- > > irresponsible for you to contend that they are. You can draw your own
- > > personal conclusions, but I object to you stating them as fact.
- >
- > dc> I am specifically asking you WHAT makes you think the studies are
- > dc> invalid?
- >
- > I have *never* said the studies were INVALID. Jesus H. Christ! How
- > long are you going to run us in circles here??
- >
- > dc> You are taking scientific evidence and dismissing it with a wave
- > dc> of your hand ...
- >
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- I would have to say that if rape is the second most common sexual fantasy, then it
- is normal by the definition of normal - many people commonly do it. I think a
- separate issue is whether or not it is healthy.
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- All common practices are normal, but whether or not they are healthy is another
- matter altogether.
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- --
- -Tim-
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- sheehan@ncar.ucar.edu
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