DOCTORJ@SLACVM.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU (Jon J Thaler) (05/22/91)
In article <7906@alvin.mcnc.org>, ge@mcnc.org (George Entenman) says: >But I submit that we all *benefit* from rape, whether we wish to >or not. We have no more choice in the matter than those of us >who are white benefit from living in a racist world. >It's not hard to imagine how we "nice guys" benefit. Women >need us to escort them at night or in dangerous areas. We >fantasize about rescuing grateful women from a rapist (and here >I would ask the male readers of this newsgroup to look honestly >at themselves). We get to post understanding articles to this >newsgroup and to feel accepted and needed by women. And many >men benefit from having wives and girlfriends who are not free >to move about at night, for example. I disagree. I don't want to have to escort women around, and I don't fantasize about rescuing them. I don't enjoy being around women who aren't strong and self-sufficient. It actually makes me *MORE* insecure to find myself in a position of "male strength." It is a responsibility that I didn't choose to have. I don't get any thrills from relating to women like I do to children.