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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]That's my point pp...and I'm not blaming the victim. Rather, I'm blaming the anti-rape advocates who have failed to equip women with basic knowledge on how to navigate the aftermath of rape...coupled with a national advocacy group that holds their hands through the criminal proceedings. [/quote]

Shouldn't we all be anti-rape advocates?

Also, you seem to think that there is one correct way to "navigate the aftermath of rape", that applies to all women. There isn't. [/quote]

Then stop complaining when prosecutions aren't made because women fail to come forward immediately following rapes.  Just stop.[/quote]

No, I don't think I'll stop complaining about that. Why don't you stop being a rape culture apologist?[/quote]

I'm not in any way a "rape culture apologist" - what a moronic statement.  Why do you think we are calling on women to REPORT the rape?  Just for fun?  Jesus.[/quote]

I don't think you're pro-rape, but you keep posting "report, report, report" without addressing any of the arguments why women don't report, or providing some ways we can make it safer and more effective for women to report.  Your posts put the entire burden on the victim to put herself through a destructive system designed to fail as if that will stop rapes.  And you refuse to acknowledge that.

So you may not be an apologist, but in terms of stopping rape, you are part of the problem.[/quote]

First of all, there are plenty of posters here urging victims to report, not just me.  You can imagine you're talking to just one person, but you'd be wrong.  Secondly, I see you, and others like you, as a huge part of the problem yourselves.  After a rape occurs, you're ones urging victims NOT to come forward, as it would just be too painful, etc.  I blame [b]you[/b] for refusing to help women find it within themselves after a trauma such as rape, to do what needs to be done in order to at least TRY to bring these people to justice.  I completely understand why a woman would desperately not want to come forward, and would prefer to pretend like it never happened.  But exactly how will that help?  You certainly haven't come up with anything more insightful than I.  Unless your "solution" is to just round up all the men and have done with it.  [/quote]

Wow, talk about deliberately obtuse!  Don't be stupid.  No one is discouraging victims from reporting.  Of course I want to give rape victims the counseling and encouragement they need to report.  But what YOU are doing is saying "well, don't expect a prosecution if you don't report right away".   Thus forgiving the system for failing the victim so badly.  Of course if the victim has the wherewithal, s/he should report.  But we need to recognize that it's perfectly understandable that a victim may NOT have that wherewithal.  And NOT then say that "oh, well, you didn't report right away so we won't do anything about it".  That's essentially putting a statute of limitations on rape of a day or a week.  That's ridiculous.
By the way, you think you're "helping" victims with this excuse-making for piss poor prosecution rates?  What do you do to help victims report?  Do you do rape counseling?  Or do you just sit there and tell them it's their fault their rapist goes free because they didn't report soon enough.[/quote]

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