On Sat, 11 May 1996, Ranma al'Thor <ranma@falcon.cc.ukans.edu> wrote:

Just to be a picky historian...according to MODERN culture, a woman's 
sexual organs are  her own...most cultures in the past gave control of 
them to her father, then her husband, and sometimes to some extent to the 
political leadership of the area (Droit de siegnur and all that rot)

Women having any real control over their sexuality is a fairly recent 
phenemomenon.

Hmmmm, 'tis true.  It doesn't make rape any less an invasion of the
body/soul/being - most people have enough problems with the dentist.  (we 
can skip the puns on this one please)

( Side note - at a computer meeting last night, someone was engraving 
their equipment.  When that started up, most people immediatly cringed 
away from the sound as it reminded them too much of a dental drill...)

<Rest of well stated letter snipped.>

Thankyou.

Phoney - I hope that all of this answers your question (just ignore the 
childish flames).

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                The Chaotic Trickster - kergma@sv.net.au