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!watmath!clyde!burl!we13!ihnp4!alberta!ubc-vision!uw-beaver!tektronix!orca!ariels From: ariels@orca.UUCP (Ariel Shattan) Newsgroups: net.women Subject: Re: 60 minutes on rape. Message-ID: <554@orca.UUCP> Date: Mon, 6-Feb-84 13:57:29 EST Article-I.D.: orca.554 Posted: Mon Feb 6 13:57:29 1984 Date-Received: Fri, 10-Feb-84 06:17:32 EST References: <480@shark.UUCP> Organization: Tektronix, Wilsonville OR. Lines: 17 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 ..!tektronix!orca!ariels