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- From: jean@cs.cornell.edu (Jean M. Petrosino)
- Newsgroups: alt.feminism
- Subject: Blaming the Victim
- Message-ID: <1992Dec21.154359.6080@cs.cornell.edu>
- Date: 21 Dec 92 15:43:59 GMT
- Organization: Cornell Univ. CS Dept, Ithaca NY 14853
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- JP> This is to Mr. J. Dunphy:
- Just as the women you seem to keep involving yourself with,
- you are walking time-bomb looking for a place to happen.
-
- RP>If this had happened to a woman, what you are doing would be called -blaming
- the victim-. And further, you are saying that things like this will happen
- in the future, and they will also be his fault.
-
- This is a complete misinterpretation of my statement. Pardon me for being so
- thoroughly disturbed at this man's complete and utter hatred of women. It made
- me VERY uncomfortable since he made it quite clear that ALL WOMEN should pay
- for these few women's terrible deeds.
- You also haven't considered the fact that if I was in Mr. Dunphy's position,
- and had had so many terrible relationships with the opposite sex, I would begin
- to question my own judgement. Since he seems to continue to get into these
- situations, he should question the type of woman he is attracted to so 'this
- won't happen in the future' and he can be assured that if it does, that it
- will not be his fault. Women change their behavior in this way all the time.
- If this is blaming the victim, then I am apparently ready
- to apply this not only to men, but to women and to myself.
- He has been a victim, and for that I am sorry.
-
- When someone publicly expresses hatred for all people of your kind, Mr. Payner,
- I hope you can respond in a less callous manner.
-