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Originally posted by purse junkie
Unburying this thread briefly because I helped to start the argument.
Sebby, like it or not, your second paragraph is the classic 'she asked for it' defense used by harassers to justify their behavior. This of course doesn't make you a date rapist or harasser. It does place you on the continuum of victim-blaming asses.
Back to ladylike and gentlemanly discreet polite ogling.
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PJ,
Once the ref counts ten, you can't ask for a decision.
Please don't "like it or not" me when your point is clearly not globally recognized as correct. Emphasis is not proof.
I will not dissect the meaning of my second paragraph because its as plain as day (I'll leave that sort of post-mortem reinterpetation for PP). The only thing such an exercise would serve would be to give you a hook on which to hang a rebuttal. Noting that women want to look attractive (even using negative terms like "dolling up") does not make me an apologist for harrassment or a victim basher. That the phrases I used are somewhat similar to those used by such apologists does not mean the substance is the same. Scan my posts - you won't find a stitch of victim bashing.
I think you read my post quickly, which is easy to do on these boards, and made a snap judgment. I've done it myself many times.
S(a car backfiring may sound like a gun, but that does not make them the same thing)D
