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From: robison@eosp1.UUCP (Tobias D. Robison)
Newsgroups: net.women
Subject: Re: Rape
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Date: Mon, 20-Aug-84 13:05:58 EDT
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Posted: Mon Aug 20 13:05:58 1984
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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!)
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