Ugh

[geek tragedy]

14. Article from 1985

http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/1985-05-31/features/8501210779_1_rapes-acquaintance-victims/2

``The first thing we say to women is to trust your instincts and not stereotype people,`` says SAFE`s McDonnell, who earned a black belt in the martial arts.

``Don`t get a Hollywood sense of a rapist as a man wearing a stocking mask lurking behind a bush. Instead, it will probably be someone who acts appropriately, might be well-educated, well-dressed, but he gives you a funny feeling.

``Trust your funny feelings, because your instincts are probably right.``

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practiced in classrooms through role-playing.

``We are finding that boys believe girls say no because girls are supposed to, not because they really mean it,`` says Abarbanela. ``So if a girl says no and the boy perceives it as yes, he acts on his belief and you have trouble.

``We also found that if a girl goes back to a guy`s house, the boys say she is signing up for intercourse. We are trying to change these attitudes.``

Amazingly, these are still controversial concepts at liberal websites . . .