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- From: michael@glia.biostr.washington.edu (Michael)
- Subject: Re: I'm So Confused
- Message-ID: <michael.724959352@glia>
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- Organization: University of Washington
- References: <1992Dec10.165324.1@woods.ulowell.edu> <Bz3poE.Hu0@news.cso.uiuc.edu> <1992Dec16.033321.23119@news.cs.brandeis.edu> <1992Dec20.165650.21611@netcom.com>
- Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 17:35:52 GMT
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- In <1992Dec20.165650.21611@netcom.com> payner@netcom.com (Rich Payne) writes:
- >In article <1992Dec16.033321.23119@news.cs.brandeis.edu> st890674@pip.cc.brandeis.edu writes:
- >>Having a man find you attractive should not entail being sexually harassed.
- >>"Nice tits (ass, etc.) is not an example of someone trying to tell you you're
- >>attractive, but trying to tell you "I have power over you, to demean you
- >>and humiliate you."
-
- >This absolutely does not follow.
-
- Well actually it does. Certainly one can compliment another's body
- in a good way. But done in an inappropriate way it can certainly mean
- what st890674 above said.
-
- For one, if you talk to a relative stranger, that is considered
- inappropriate. In that case, its rude and would qualify as what this
- person said.
-
- Another example is your choice of words. Even with close friends, using
- the wrong words (which depends on the people involved) can be rude and
- mean what the person above suggested.
-
- So, it DOES follow -- just not necesarily in all cases. Probably it
- only follows in 90% of the cases? :)
-
- Michael Stanley (michael@glia.biostr.washington.edu)
-