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- From: Diane
- Subject: Re: How to Protect Women
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- Date: Wed, 23 Dec 92 11:23:29 CST
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- In article <1992Dec23.164510.4429@netcom.com>
- payner@netcom.com (Rich Payne) writes:
-
- >Maybe I am uninformed in this, but are not your chances of drowning in a
- >swimming pool many times greater than those of becoming a stalking victim?
- >I mean, even in abusive relationships, this is extremely rare, to the
- >best of my knowledge.
- >
- >So while the possibility may be real, it does not reasonably look like
- >a prime consideration, even in abusive relationships.
- >
- >Rich
-
- I sincerely hope that you are never in an abusive relationship that
- turns into a stalking situation. It is *much* more common than most
- people realize. I was in such a situation, and it is small comfort
- than it is considered so rare as to warrant little consideration in
- the minds of the general public.
-
- People who are in an abusive situation have usually become very aware
- of what their abuser can be expected to do in given situation. If a person
- could reasonably expect, based on past experience, that his/her abuser
- would stalk, I would have to respect that evaluation. It is extremely annoying
- to me that so many "haven't been there; didn't do that" people can have such
- definite ideas about what other people should do or think in extraordinarily
- stressful and dangerous circumstances.
-
- Diane
-