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Thread #127384   Message #2840266
Posted By: Lonesome EJ
15-Feb-10 - 04:35 PM
Thread Name: BS: 'Some rape victims should take blame'- ??
Subject: RE: BS: Some rape victims should take blame
"I stay away from the term provocative clothing as I cannot define what that is."

Oh come on! I saw a teenage girl today in the supermarket who had a shirt open to below her breastbone, and her breasts prominently displayed.She was chewing gum and gliding on her coaster-wheel tennis shoes. She was with her Mom, and my guess is she was about 15. Are we going to be so politically correct that we can't say that a girl who wears skin-tight jeans 5 inches below her navel, a T-Shirt that says "Spank Me...It's my Birthday" and is split down the center isn't dressing provocatively?
I'm not saying such displays invite rape, nor am I saying that rape is ever the victim's fault. But for Christ's sakes, do you cut your leg and go swimming in a shark tank? A combination of the aforesaid wearing of provocative clothing, coupled with the wrong people in the wrong place, and your chances are definitely and significantly increased that someone will at least take you up on the spanking offer.
A woman who dresses that way is perceived by men in a certain way. You can believe that or not, but most men know what I am talking about. She's expected to behave in that same fashion. The full response to her will depend on the man involved.