jamcmullan@watmath.UUCP (Judy McMullan) (03/23/84)
>Where my mother grew up (Libya) a modestly (no American woman >dresses modestly) dressed Muslim woman did not have to worry >about being raped. If a woman were being attacked on the street, >all the men would grab their weapons and hack the attacker to >pieces. In any case, a woman would spend almost all her time in >the house and usually would go out on the street accompanied by >her father or brothers. If women are willing to pay the price, >rape can easily be eliminated. Conversely, if men dressed in snowsuits with lots of zippers and buckles and all women carried weapons to help defend other women and the men stayed home most of the time, that would probably also reduce the incidence of rape. (I'll bet my bottom dollar that even in countries where a woman is defended on the street she is vulnerable to her uncles, brothers, father, etc.) So, if men were willing to pay such a price, rape could easily be reduced. In fact, if men were locked in cages in the basement it could probably be eliminated. However, I don't think it would be a very good life for men OR women. --from the sssstickkky keyboard of JAM ...!{allegra|decvax}!watmath!jamcmullan
saquigley@watmath.UUCP (Sophie Quigley) (03/23/84)
This reminds me of an annectode I heard of a while ago. At one point when Golda Meier was in power, rape had become such a big problem in Israel that some men tried to pass a motion to set up a curfew for women to protect them against rape. Golda Meier (sp?) decided that it was a very reasonnable suggestion except for one detail, since the men were doing the raping, they should be the ones on whom the curfew should be imposed. It was defeated. I don't remember where I heard this. If this is only a rumor, please correct me Sophie Quigley ...!{decvax,allegra}!watmath!saquigley