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From: ariels@orca.UUCP (Ariel Shattan)
Newsgroups: net.women
Subject: Re: rape and Redbook fantasies
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Date: Tue, 21-Aug-84 13:40:34 EDT
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>Before anyone comes out with their favorite woman-hating conspiracy theory
>involving Redbook, I thought I'd submit my fiancee's reaction, as well
>as I understand it.
>
>The fantasy of being forced to have sex would legally be rape if it occured
>in reality, but the fantasies referred to in Redbook have little or no
>similarity to actual rapes. The male in the fantasy is a specific person,
>not some random rapacious bozo off the street. The reason the act would be
>forced is not because the woman doesn't have the hots for him, but because
>of the real-life consequences if she did do it (doesn't want to get emotionally
>involved, husband would be hurt if he found out, etc.).  And finally, these
>fantasies (masochists excepted) involve none of the sadism which seems to be
>the primary feature of real rapes.
>
>In short, no one should construe these fantasies as evidence that women like
>to be raped (which I believe was the concern expressed).
>
>                                             Smile,
>                                              Jeff Winslow

Thank you, Jeff.

An aquaintence of mine once voiced his opinion that women don't have
"rape" fantasies, but "ravishment" fantasies.  I think this is much
more along the lines of what the Redbook respondants had in mind.

Read a few Harliquin Romances and you'll get the idea.

Ariel Shattan
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