Just Say Thanks

To the Editors of The Crimson:

The conclusions of Amy N. Ripich's article Not So Funny" were only too familiar. Walking around in the city at night--and during the day, for that matter--demands considerable wariness and defensiveness from women. I hate it. I'm sure we all do.

Ripich was too hard on herself for refusing what appeared to be an invitation to have a drink with the man mistakenly collared by the policeman. She wonders if the man only meant to thank her for getting the policeman away from him. No way! The way to say "Thank you for getting that policeman off my back" is not to ask a woman out to a bar. It certainly does not involve chasing after the woman until she screams "No! Just get away from me!" when she has already made it clear that she wants to be left alone.

A simple "Thanks" would have shown the man's gratitude. Ripich was right to get away from the guy. That was the point of her article, wasn't it? Bonnie Resnick '84