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steiger@remove.this.to.reply.unixg.ubc.ca (James H. Steiger) wrote:

>In the absence of witnesses, I suggest that all readers consider 
>the source of this alleged incident. Several research papers suggest
>the frequency of fabricated *formal complaints* of rape to police
>may constitute as many as 1/3 of all such allegations. 
>
>If the frequency of false allegations is so high in such a serious
>situation, one might imagine that, in the absence of witnesses,
>and with such a clear ideological and psychological stake in
>her postings, a writer might fabricate a story of "being hassled
>on the street."
>
>Kate Roiphe describes such a fabrication in her classic book on 
>gender feminist hysteria.

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Idiot filter installation: 


Since there are, lurking around this
newsgroup, a few individuals with a manifest tendency to libel,
defame, and otherwise mischaracterize a person's post, let me 
quickly add that the above posting is merely a comment on 
the likely veracity of Ms. Amero's latest anecdote, and 
is NOT a general comment on issues of violence and sexual
intimidation in our society. 

In particular, it is not an attempt to "trivialize women's
concerns."

Ms. Amero has a well-documented
tendency to exaggerate grossly in her postings, coupled with
a manifest inability to read the postings of others correctly.

Needless to say, thousands of people are hassled on the streets,
this is a problem, and I am in full support of rational efforts
to eliminate the problem.