muffy@lll-crg.ARPA (Muffy Barkocy) (12/20/84)
*yeow*...I just got here, and I had to read everything before replying...I may miss something, so bear with me. Rape. I've never been raped, I don't recall even being bothered. This surely has nothing to do with my apparent size and strength, since I'm skinny and weak...*smile*. I tend to attribute it to a combination of not acting like I'm afraid and attempting to avoid obviously dangerous areas. It's worked so far. I'm not qualified to say much else about rape, since it's never happened to me, but I do tend to have rather violent inclinations towards anyone who does rape someone. I find it rather unfortunate that the same physical and emotional pain/damage cannot be inflicted on the rapist. I'd like to see that. (I know it may sound irrational, but I feel rather strongly on the subject...I guess I'm just not sweet and kind...). Crossing the street. I am definitely nervous when I walk around alone at night, but I actually feel better about there being several people around, since I'm not that afraid of people who are walking openly. I don't think I'd feel any better if someone crossed the street, I'd just get paranoid as to *why* they did that. Eating steak. (Re: video game). I eat steak, I *love* steak. I wouldn't kill a cow myself, but that's just a matter of personal taste. Actually, of course, to eat almost anything, you kill it. If you don't, it dies in your stomach, or I would *hope* so...but, as I once said, ^it's hard to be anthropomorphic about a lettuce.^ I find that I'm pretty competitive, regardless of the stereotype, and I don't know that I'd find such a game appealing. Of course, I prefer to write games, rather than play them (except play-testing, of course...*grin*). Men in general. Well, men may be more violent or whatever, but I've had more emotional damage done to me by women by a wide margin. In fact, I can recall only one man who's really hurt me. I find that there isn't that much difference in effect, just in method. I'd be curious what it would be like with more women in charge, though... (I'm endlessly curious). Finally, this bit about separate species. When did this happen? No one ever told me that men and women were separate until recently. I always though we were all people. As Maude said, in "Harold and Maude," 'I like people, they're my species." I notice that someone said that the solution was for men and women to become more like each other. Well, I just want to be like *myself*... Why doesn't everyone? Why be like anyone else? Sorry for the incoherency of this, but I'm getting incredible amounts of line noise. Muffy