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To: one_less who wrote (2484)	10/9/2006 6:40:23 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (2) of 10087

For example: A female has the right to wear provocative clothing without having to worry about comments in public that would cause her to feel uncomfortable or vulnerable with regards to her gender. Or at least if she is made to feel uncomfortable, she can expect the system to support her in putting a stop to it. I don't think I agree with that, but some of the words or terms could be interpreted in different ways. Depending on exactly what you mean by "right", "feel uncomfortable or vulnerable with regards to her gender" and "can expect the system to support her", its possible that I agree. For example if you say that the government should support her against sexual assault or even against someone who follows her around harassing her in a very aggressive way (even without actually touching/assaulting her) I'd agree. But if some guy says "nice tits" and she feels objectified and/or uncomfortable I don't think there is any such right to not be uncomfortable or reasonable expectation of government support. partly because I don't think we did enough with the sexual harassment thing in the first place. Could you expand on that?

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