Hi David,

Yes, you're right. Judging from Richards previous posts, it seems unlikely that he intended to say what I claim he plainly said/implied.

Unfortunately, akenaton's snide comment about it being difficult to understand your own post, David, has some validity: I too, couldn't understand what you were saying, or suggesting Richard meant to say.

Richard,

I'm relieved that I seem to have been wrong about what you intended to say.

My apologies.

Reading over some previous posts, I thought I'd chime in with two thoughts:

I knew a woman who knew lots of women - mostly nurses, many of whom had experimented with the "free love" ideal of the mid-late 60's. She said they all universally regretted their choice. However, I don't think she mentioned any of them claiming lost feelings of self-esteem because of their behavior.

I'm wondering how many men are exonerated/get mild sentences in rape trials because of WHO they are. I know it didn't even occur to me that Roman Polanski, despite his really good films, might have a really bad side until Charlotte Lewis came forward to accuse him of raping her at age 16. I'm also wondering: what was wrong with Charlotte's parents that they didn't warn her of the danger of letting Roman Polanski into her hotel room? Did they just assume it was a possible price Charlotte might have to pay in her chosen career?