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Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
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Most violence against women is committed by normative people—around campus, at work, or on the base.

What does 'on the base' mean?
  

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I think the writer means normal , not normative . Another possibility is ordinary. The base suggests a military place.

— Clive

  • I think the writer means normal , not normative .
  • Another possibility is ordinary.
  • The base suggests a military place.
  • Is this sentence from a context that involves soldiers?
  • Clive
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I think the writer means normal, not normative. Another possibility is ordinary.

The base suggests a military place. Is this sentence from a context that involves soldiers?

Clive
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'normative' did sound odd to me. And yes 'the base' makes sense now. The writer means women may be attacked even at military bases.
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