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- From: payner@netcom.com (Rich Payne)
- Newsgroups: alt.feminism
- Subject: Re: Feminism vs. the Sexual Revolution (was: Are special programs sexist/racist? (long)
- Message-ID: <1993Jan27.165453.2265@netcom.com>
- Date: 27 Jan 93 16:54:53 GMT
- References: <1993Jan21.164850.29053@hellgate.utah.edu> <1993Jan26.193103.9317@netcom.com> <1993Jan26.193844.4784@hellgate.utah.edu>
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- In article <1993Jan26.193844.4784@hellgate.utah.edu> galt%asylum.cs.utah.edu@cs.utah.edu writes:
- >In article <1993Jan26.193103.9317@netcom.com>, payner@netcom.com (Rich Payne) writes:
- >>In article <1993Jan21.164850.29053@hellgate.utah.edu> galt%peruvian.cs.utah.edu@cs.utah.edu (Greg Alt) writes:
- >>>It is UNWANTED sexual advances that are considered harrassment.
- >>
- >>How does one find out that they are unwanted but by asking?
- >
- >If they say no, then you know. If you ask and they say they don't
- >appreciate it, then you know. If you make advances after that, you
- >are knowingly making unwanted advances. I think most rules/laws
- >use this logic except in obvious cases (e.g. "Suck my dick or you're
- >fired!").
-
- I think the issue is -repeated- unwanted sexual advances, otherwise it
- is not obvious that they are unwanted. I am not arguing the general point,
- just looking to clarify it a bit.
-
- >>> I know it
- >>>is hard for many men to understand why unwanted sexual advances might be
- >>>bad, but imagine if your male boss patted your butt and greeted you with
- >>>"aren't you handsome today" and kept saying that you looked like you had
- >>>a delicious penis. How would that make you feel?
- >>
- >>You are equating gay advances with a straight man with a heterosexual
- >>man trying to have sex with a heterosexual woman. This is not a valid
- >>comparison.
- >
- >Many women do not like any sexual advances at work. Some men like any
- >sexual advances by women (or at least claim they do). For these people
- >to understand what it is like to be the recipient of an unwanted advance,
- >it is easiest to choose one that would like be unwanted by them.
- >
- >If you don't like that comparison, think of the one woman you would
- >least like to grab your butt and imagine that.
-
- It looks like you are trying to squirm out of this. I still claim that the
- comparison, and it's variations, are not only invalid, but have nothing
- to do with the larger issue.
-
- >Besides, what if the woman is a lesbian? Since most homosexuals are in
- >the closet (especially at work), you probably wouldn't even know if you
- >asked her.
-
- You specified a homosexual advance to a heterosexual male, now as a
- correction, you specify a heterosexual advance to a homosexual female.
- Same difference. And it is just as irrelevant to the general issue.
-
-
- Rich
-
- payner@netcom.com
-