Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 (Tek) 9/26/83; site orca.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!security!genrad!grkermit!masscomp!clyde!floyd!whuxle!pyuxll!abnjh!u1100a!pyuxn!pyuxww!mhuxm!mhuxl!ihnp4!zehntel!tektronix!orca!ariels From: ariels@orca.UUCP Newsgroups: net.women Subject: Re: Nothing ever happens to people unless they want it to Message-ID: <493@orca.UUCP> Date: Thu, 26-Jan-84 12:16:20 EST Article-I.D.: orca.493 Posted: Thu Jan 26 12:16:20 1984 Date-Received: Tue, 31-Jan-84 03:17:38 EST References: <1214@mit-eddie.UUCP> <326@hou5g.UUCP> Organization: Tektronix, Wilsonville OR. Lines: 29 I dunno, I think Randwulf has got something there. He wasn't saying "invisible", but "not-botherable" (at least, as I understood it). I've used the same method. And I'm short and female. I've found that if I LOOK tough and ready to fight, and if my mind set says ,"I've got somewhere to go, so don't bother me and I won't bother you." That I can walk just about anywhere just about any time and not get bothered. This method does have it's drawbacks, though. You have to psych up anger, and it takes a while to dissipate the anger. So if you accept the premise that constant anger is not good for the soul or body (anger being a high-stress emotion), you have to find some way to make up for the "psychic" pinches that you give yourself each time you use this method. I no longer use this method as often as I did in the past (I got a car), but I still call on it when I feel that it will serve. But you do have to be ready to use that cooked up anger, not just drop it and whimper should something happen. Rapists and muggers look for easy pickings, and unless you think your life is in immediate danger (the schmuck has a gun pointed at you or a knife at your throat), you could actually scare him off if you are tough and confidant. Ariel (Grrrr, don't mess with me) Shattan ..!decvax!tektronix!orca!ariels