home *** CD-ROM | disk | FTP | other *** search
- Path: sparky!uunet!dtix!darwin.sura.net!newsserver.jvnc.net!yale.edu!ira.uka.de!math.fu-berlin.de!news.netmbx.de!Germany.EU.net!mcsun!sunic!ugle.unit.no!news.uit.no!stud.cs.uit.no!roarf
- From: roarf@stud.cs.uit.no (Just this guy)
- Newsgroups: alt.feminism
- Subject: Re: Feminist=Equality? Errrr.... Nope.
- Message-ID: <1993Jan24.155957.23808@news.uit.no>
- Date: 24 Jan 93 15:59:57 GMT
- References: <1993Jan19.211957.23038@llyene.jpl.nasa.gov> <1jk3vrINNob7@lily.csv.warwick.ac.uk> <1993Jan20.191731.12560@llyene.jpl.nasa.gov> <1jpdc8INNgrh@lily.csv.warwick.ac.uk> <C1AAs0.12w@usenet.ucs.indiana.edu> <1993Jan23.170052.17526@news.uit.no> <1jsu77INNlh4@ga
- Sender: roarf@stud.cs.uit.no (Roar Foshaug)
- Organization: University of Tromsoe, Norway
- Lines: 46
-
- In article <1jsu77INNlh4@gap.caltech.edu>, peri@cco.caltech.edu (Michal Leah Peri) writes:
- |> roarf@stud.cs.uit.no (Just this guy) writes:
- |>
- |> >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!
- |>
-
- You're missing the point. I do not say it is pleasant for anyone to
- charge false accusations at others, but people still will do so if the
- motive is revenge and/or money. Now, my outlooks on the situation
- probably differs from yours, as I live in Norway, and we (at least)
- believe that the sexes are more equal here than in the US. That means
- for one that we mostly have got rid of "oh she's just a slut" kind
- of argumentation.
-
- Still, there are occasionally women accusing men falsely of rape.
- (these are the ones caught doing it, mind you). In our society
- a woman putting forward she's been raped is always seen as a victim.
- That is as it should be. Problem is that the mere impact of such
- an accusation, even if it proves to be false, does _enormous_
- damage for the one accused.
-
- So I repeat : I firmly believe there are women that under certain
- circumstances will _use_ the weapon given them for revenge/money/etc.
-
- And I find it alarming that someone raising this question being
- told they're "not making the situation any better..."
-
- Roar
-
- |>
- |> -- Michal
- |> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
- |> Impressive amounts of material can be accreted in this manner.
-
- --
- Roar Foshaug (roarf@stud.cs.uit.no)
- Department of Computer Science
- University of Tromsoe, IMR 'oe' is '\o{}' in Tex
- N-9037 TROMSOE, NORWAY 'OE' is '\O{}' in Tex
-