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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]She's right[/quote]

Just stop it. If you have half a brain, you know that bad things can happen to the most prepared of us all. A couple of years ago, a young man was sexually assaulted in or near the Bethesda metro. He was just walking about, minding his own business. Is he at fault?

Idiot.
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Looking past your name calling and obvious lack of self control.... no one said that on rare occasions, even those with good situational awareness and judgement still aren’t victims. But those are very, very rare incidents indeed, and are usually almost always committed by someone known to the victim, who was able to slip inside their virtual security perimeter, either through coercion, drugs, or some other means.

But those exceptions don’t make the rule. And the rule is that most victims of sexual assault were somehow compromised in terms of situational awareness or were otherwise incapacitated in some other way (alcohol, drugs, etc). Very few assault victims were physically overpowered by a random stranger and dragged into an alley. Most victims knew their attacker, and most victims in some way or another, had their guard down.

Just because you don’t like hearing this doesn’t make it untrue. [/quote]

What an idiot!  Yes, we all need to be aware of our circumstances.  We all understand that a failure to be so aware can lead to bad consequences, whether a stolen pocketbook or briefcase or even car, a pickpocket, a home burglary, a rape or a murder, and whether we are in our own neighborhood, an airport, some unfamiliar public space, or some small strange town.  None of the foregoing should remove the focus on the actual criminal.  Yes, if I fail to lock my car, it might get stolen.  But the thief remains a thief, and a rape remains a rape.

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