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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The rape analogy doesn't hold up here and I don't understand why people are using it. You can look up your own rape information but everyone knows it has nothing to do with dress.

All the gun talk is a waste of time too. Do you really think that strict gun control is going to return all the guns out there to the gun factory? Too late.

What needs to be addressed is handling violent individuals. Supermarket shooters, school shooters,  street shooters etc. Obviously not easy or we would have done it. Handling the violent mentally ill needs to be addressed and the solutions are harsh.

As far as speaking up to people on the street, YMMV. Some of you want to do it and it's your choice. The reality is that this woman and her child got shot because she and her husband opened their mouths to the wrong person. Doesn't make the shooters actions right but it is what happened. For those unfamiliar, it should be a lesson. [/quote]

Women’s behavior absolutely can and does affect their likelihood of being raped. That’s a fact. But we as a society have wisely realized that focusing on criticizing rape victims is not the approach we want to take when it comes to the problem of rape. [/quote]

Yes getting drunk and being alone with a man increases the likelihood of assault.[b] I don’t think it’s victim blaming to advise women of the risk and to make sure a friend is with them if they are drinking to such extremes.[/b] Rape and sexual assault are wrong, but there are measures we can take to protect ourselves.

There is a block in my neighborhood that has mad multiple shootings. I have every right to walk down that block and not get shot, but I avoid it. Instead we work with our civic association and the police to address gun violence. I don’t think I’m being a coward and I certainly don’t hide in my house, but we all make decisions to reduce risk. For some people, that means not engaging with people on the street they’ll likely never see again. Other people find the possibility of violence in those scenarios to be an acceptable level of risk. [/quote]

I don’t either. We agree on that. I will take that approach with my daughter when she gets older. But that’s a forward-looking approach. That’s why it’s helpful. It’s the kind of thing that can help women to stay safe as they navigate their lives and the world.

That’s not victim blaming. Victim blaming is backwards looking. It’s about questioning or criticizing victim’s past behavior and suggesting that they were at fault for what happened to them. It’s bad for victims of rape (and other kinds of victims), and it’s bad for society. [/quote]

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