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From: ariels@orca.UUCP (Ariel Shattan)
Newsgroups: net.women
Subject: Re: 60 minutes on rape.
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Date: Mon, 6-Feb-84 13:57:29 EST
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Posted: Mon Feb  6 13:57:29 1984
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Tim,

I have never seen anybody on the net say that Pre-Menstrual Syndrome
(PMS) was a valid excuse for violent behaviour, just that it has
been succesfully used as a defense in court when the woman concerned
was charged (in England, by the way).  Just the way elevated
testosterone levels were used as a defense by the men concerned.  

Cramps has never been used as a defense.  All cramps is an excuse
for is taking pain killers and a hot bath.  In fact, for women
severly afflicted with PMS, the onset of the cramps and lower back
pain that accompany the menstrual flow is a blessing, because it
meanr that they are no longer pre-menstrual, but menstrual, and
therfore no longer subject to PMS.

Ariel Shattan
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