[163] in Discussion of MIT-community interests
Re: New topic, Rape@MIT
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Prez H. Cannady)
Sat Apr 21 18:34:14 2001
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Date: Sat, 21 Apr 2001 18:29:56 -0400
To: "Sourav K. Mandal" <Sourav.Mandal@ikaran.com>, mit-talk@MIT.EDU
From: "Prez H. Cannady" <revprez@MIT.EDU>
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At 05:21 PM 4/21/01 , Sourav K. Mandal wrote
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>As long as misogyny exists, so will rape when a fraction of men take
>that attitude too far. I haven't been on campus for about a year and
>half, but there was plenty of misogyny evident in the population when I
>left.
Depends. The ultimate extreme of misogyny isn't necessarily
a desire to deprive women of their choice of mate. It
can boil down to fundamental distrust of women which leads
some men to choose sexually monastic lifestyles. I like
hittin it, so I guess I only have deep distrust for gold diggers
and feminazis.
>I believe it's raped _or_ suffered an attempted rape, but either way
>it's appalling.
More surprising is that 51% of sexually active men have
probably committed a rape act. Anyone?
>> Assuming we have 4000 undergrads, wouldn't that
>Well, I think that alcohol abuse is by far more prevalent on campus
>than rape.
One man's abuse is another man's breakfast.
>A bigger question is, what would constitute rape awareness or
>prevention?
The best prevention is a good defense against
an attacker. A properly trained and armed woman
can stand up to a rapist and defend herself. That,
of course, requires a repeal of the nonsensical
concealed carry laws and replacement of gun controls
with incentives to purchase firearms. A 9mm Sig Saur
is light enough for most women to carry comfortably
during daily activities and powerful enough to put
a rapist down cold.
>I belive an MIT student convicted of a violent felony is
>already subject to expulsion. The only real prevention is if women who
>are raped realize that there is no shame in pursuing justice.
I disagree. A firearm immediately available is the most
effective deterrent against violent crime, including
rape.
>The misogyny endemic in much of the American male culture needs to be
>changed,
Endemic my ass. I'm perfectly fine with the status quo.
>but I'm skeptical that MIT as a college can do anything about
>that.
I don't think Charm School would catch love out in the world.
Rev Prez
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