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- From: payner@netcom.com (Rich Payne)
- Subject: Re: Feminist=Equality? Errrr.... Nope.
- Message-ID: <1993Jan24.034047.1718@netcom.com>
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- References: <C1AAs0.12w@usenet.ucs.indiana.edu> <1993Jan23.170052.17526@news.uit.no> <1jsu77INNlh4@gap.caltech.edu>
- Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1993 03:40:47 GMT
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- In article <1jsu77INNlh4@gap.caltech.edu> peri@cco.caltech.edu (Michal Leah Peri) writes:
- >roarf@stud.cs.uit.no (Just this guy) writes:
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- >>Don't you realize what a powerful weapon any woman has against any man
- >>if she is cruel enough?
- >
- >Don't you realize how costly it is for a woman (in terms of time, money,
- >and especially in terms of emotional stress) to make such a false
- >accusation. Rape trials are not much fun -- especially not with
- >society's "blame the victim" mentality and the "oh she's just a slut"
- >defense!
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- It may be costly on a personal level if the claim is valid. But if the
- rape charge is made falsely out of malice or a wish for revenge, I imagine
- it would still have some degree of personal satisfaction.
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- Why is the opposite of 'blame the victim', -the accused must be guilty-?
- Would a rational woman make false accusations of rape?
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- > -- Michal
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- >Impressive amounts of material can be accreted in this manner.
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- Rich
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- payner@netcom.com
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