NetNews Usenet Archive 1993 #3/NN_1993_3.iso/spool/soc/motss/58878

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Subject: Sexual harassment from queers, Part II
Date: 27 Jan 93 21:49:14 EDT
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Dear soc.motss friends,
    It is me again, posting about sexual harassment among queers.  Honey, I
know that there is plenty of harassment within our communities.  We are NOT
family, except perhaps a dysfunctional one.  There is bi phobia, femme phobia,
sm phobia, piercing phobia, etc, etc.  What I am talking about are situations
where...oh, let's say...a female professor 2 times her student's age tells her
that she loves her, flirts with her, plays up her bisexuality, buys her
an expensive gift and gives her a sex toy catalogue. Situations like when one
dyke puts another in a rope leash and won't let her out and pulls her face
close to the captive one to undo the rope.  That sort of stuff.
    I don't mean to sound ungrateful, but I am feeling really frustrated,
feeling like my girlfriend and I are the only ones doing anything about this
stuff.  I can see how our homophobic society makes it more difficult to achieve
justice in these cases, and how homophobia can make sexual motivations between
queers inappropriate, but since we are a strong population (and getting
stronger), one would think that we could organize to make this well known.
Despite my alienation, I still think that there are others who are dealing with
these traumatic situations.
    If any one has any info, or wants to relate their experience to be used
in an on-campus discussion, please post on the net, or e-mail me.  I will keep
all names confidential, upon request.

    Thanks,

    Fezzer