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- From: emiddlec@nic.gac.EDU (Eric Middlecamp)
- Subject: Re: Women's and men's safety
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- Organization: Gustavus Adolphus College
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- Date: 23 Jan 93 20:48:11 GMT
- References: <1job5o$15p@agate.berkeley.edu>
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- In article <1job5o$15p@agate.berkeley.edu> writes:
- >...
- >For a man, the risk of going out at night appears to be more like a
- >personal train crash. --Messy and painful, but generally repairable.
- >But for a woman, going out alone at night might appear more like a
- >personal Chernobyl. --An utter disaster that cannot be undone.
- >...
-
- I would say that what you are talking about is this: men are trained
- to fight. Women are not. A common question asked to female rape
- victims by men is this: "why didn't you scream?" or "why didn't you
- tear out his eyes?" etc. Again, we tend to assume that others have the
- same experience that we do.
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