Quote (Handcuffs @ 29 Mar 2017 03:33)
This is, I think, fundamentally a flawed viewpoint on this topic. There is no distributed level of responsibility when it comes to rape, as all responsibility and blame lies squarely with people who rape.
The world isn't, and shouldn't be, approached from a renter's insurance perspective, where if you didn't take ever last precaution to protect your home (body), you're SOL on insurance payments on anything that was stolen. There's a difference between saying it's a good idea to lock your doors v. saying you have a level of responsibility in your own home burglary. Similarly, is it in general a good idea not to get black-out drunk or intoxicated to the point where you're unable to take care of yourself? Absolutely. That doesn't mean you're then responsible, even to the smallest degree, for your rape if that happens while you are though.
Well that's a very naïve view. If you aren't responsible for taking precautions for protecting yourself then who is?
You can put out videos teaching men about consent all fucking day and it won't make a damned bit of difference. Some people out there are just bad people and will seize an opportunity to do bad shit if it presents itself. If you make it easier for them then it is partly your fault if you become their victim.
You don't jump into a lion's cage in the zoo and claim no responsibility if you're mauled. It's the same thing. Sure the rapist is an agent themselves and bears the brunt of the responsibility but you know these bad people are out there and if you don't protect yourself then you are partly at fault should something happen to you.
Quote (Handcuffs @ 29 Mar 2017 03:40)
What? That literally is victim blaming. People can dress however they want and shouldn't be expected to be raped.
I don't understand the hangup. This is such a simple concept...
Exactly. It's a
simple concept. Everyone should accept the possibility they may be raped and take precautions to prevent it.
It's all well and good to view these things as not your fault and we aren't going to prosecute anyone as an accessory to their own rape because they went out alone and got blind drunk but to remove all sense of responsibility for protecting oneself is ridiculous. Your choices are your own. You choose to place yourself at risk. Simple.
The kind of behaviour your way of thinking promotes puts women at risk. Simple.
Go out on your own, wearing hotpants, get blind drunk and pass out in an alley. You have no responsibility for your safety.