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James H. Steiger (steiger@remove.this.to.reply.unixg.ubc.ca) wrote:
: ak955@chebucto.ns.ca (Barbara Amero) wrote:

: >That fella should qualify which males, as I did - misogynist men like
: >Steiger, and I will now add John Jenkins Sr., aka daddio (gawdhepus).
: >

: Feminist dictionary:

: mis-o-gyn-ist  1. A man whose arguments make a misandrist feel
: uncomfortable.  

I've never seen a "Feminist dictionary".

Mr. Oxford dictionary:

mis-o-gyn-ist 1. hatred of women

Amero's dictionary

mis-o-gyn-ist 1. men like Steiger who perpetuate rape myths to support
                 their agenda

Steiger's argument that 1/3 of rape accusations are false makes me
feel right some uncomfortable. Whose interests are served by flogging
that garbage? Certainly not women's interests. To say that 1/3 of rape
accusations are false is illogical, when you consider it is estimated
that only about 10% of rapes/sexual assaults are reported because, for
one, women do not want to be faced with such an ordeal.

One rape myth is that "the woman was trying to get back at the man she was
angry with". Burt (1980) has shown that rape myth acceptance forms part of
a larger and interrelated attitude structure that includes accpetance of
interpersonal violence (primarily against women), the belief that sexual
relationships are adversarial in nature, and sex role stereotyping.
Malamuth & Check replicated these findings in a study of the attitudinal
structure of 271 Canadian university students. ("Rape Proclivity Among
Males", Neil Malamuth, Journal of Social Issues)


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