Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site eosp1.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!princeton!eosp1!robison From: robison@eosp1.UUCP (Tobias D. Robison) Newsgroups: net.women Subject: Re: Rape Message-ID: <1074@eosp1.UUCP> Date: Mon, 20-Aug-84 13:05:58 EDT Article-I.D.: eosp1.1074 Posted: Mon Aug 20 13:05:58 1984 Date-Received: Tue, 21-Aug-84 00:23:15 EDT Organization: Exxon Office Systems, Princeton, NJ Lines: 20 References: Numerous sources support the claim that fantasies of rape are very common among women. In this day and age, however, we should know better than to assume that these fantasies imply desire. For example, an obvious interpretation is: Given the dangerously high probability that any woman will be raped, every woman needs to comes to terms with the fear of rape. One way to live with this fear is to imagine that a rape will take the course of expected or even desired paths, and will be bearable. By fantasizing rapes which she (in effect) plans herself, a woman makes the fear of actual rape easier to bear. We should be ashamed that we cannot offer women better defenses than these. - Toby Robison (not Robinson!) allegra!eosp1!robison decvax!ittvax!eosp1!robison