Re women--not more responsible but yes more vulnerable |
You are misdirecting your anger. If you need to think that women have zero control over their lives at all times just to deal with your own recovery, then fine. Get off a thread about rape and go mull that over in private. No need to lash out at other women who are thinking in practical terms about ways they can minimize their risk. |
My post reads angrily to you? Hmm. I've never been raped, and I don't drink. I take normal safety precautions. My irritation is that on every fucking one of these threads, it's "women need to watch themselves and their behavior," every time. Every time. It's tired. It's not the issue. The issue is that women - old, young, sober, shitfaced, virgin, prostitute are raped, every day. And somehow the story always circles back to what they did or didn't do to cause it or prevent it. |
Would you rather women just accept it?? |
Can you understand that trying to take steps to be safe doesn't mean you caused something if it happens? |
There is a reason you hear about date rape in association with drunken behavior. You almost never hear about the sober college kids in Biology class raping each other on the way to English class. In fact, I don't think I've ever heard of that. If you don't think that the risk elevates MUCH higher in certain scenarios under certain conditions you are wrong. There is most definitely a connection between drunkeness, sexual behavior (kissing/making out/dancing at a party) and date rape/sexual assault. |
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^I would say that women should know and recognize the risks and minimize those risks as much as they can.
That doesn't mean never party, never hook up, never drink - just try to minimize your risks as much as you can. |
You don't get it. We are already accepting it. And blaming ourselves for it. That's bullshit. |
No way. YOU don't get it. Speak for yourself. |
What are the rules? Don't drink at all? Don't wear slutty clothing? Don't flirt? How many rules do women have to follow to comply to not get raped? You are brainwashed if you think that will keep a young woman safe. |
Wear a burqa. |
What exactly are you expecting to happen? You want to be able to stumble bum around black out drunk whenever/wherever you please with the GUARANTEE that nothing bad will happen to you? Ha. Dream on. |
+1 exactly! |
+1 |
Your poor reading comprehension - again and again - is getting old. Really old. |