[377] in Discussion of MIT-community interests
Re: Rape facts & work to end rape!!!
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Wally)
Tue May 1 00:18:32 2001
Date: Tue, 1 May 2001 00:21:10 -0400 (EDT)
From: Wally <wally@sub-zero.mit.edu>
To: "Sourav K. Mandal" <Sourav.Mandal@ikaran.com>
cc: mit-talk@mit.edu
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> > Saying that you will read the book with the "gain jacked up" is
> > not OBJECTIVE at all. It sounds to me like the emotional
> > side of you is...WINNING.
>
> Astounding claims require astounding proof; I consider the idea that
> 51-60% of men would rape if they had a chance to be truly astounding
> (and like I said, horrifying). If I ever get around to reading those
> books, it will be with a fine-toothed comb.
I have to say, these numbers sound patently ridiculous. I don't know many
men who could even lift a *hand* in anger to a woman, much less a
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W.
