"responsibility (an active causative mind-set)"

Nope - sorry.

As you will see below in the cut and paste at the botom of this post, this use of "responsibility" is wrong.

Responsibility refers to several DISTINCT and DIFFERENT definitions.

When we talk about who is responsible for a rape, we look to definition no 2 below.

"an instance of being responsible:"

ie - who is to blame.

This is not the same thing as behaving responsibly, which is defined in definition no 1 below.

"the state or fact of being responsible."


This is a different meaning with a different usage.


It is also wrong to misuse definition 3 and say that the government and the police, in a position of responsibility, are responsible for rape. In fact, they are responsible for protecting society from rapists.

And it is also wrong to misapply definition 4, to suggest that a rape victim is responsible for the behaviour of the rapist in the way that a mother is responsible for her childs behaviour.


Misusing a word does not make n argument stronger, it makes it nonsensical.


And saying that a rape victim is responsible for being raped is nonsense.

As you can see below.

re·spon·si·bil·i·ty
   /rɪˌspɒnsəˈbɪlɪti/ Show Spelled[ri-spon-suh-bil-i-tee] Show IPA
–noun,plural-ties.
1.
the state or fact of being responsible.

2.
an instance of being responsible: The responsibility for this mess is yours!
3.
a particular burden of obligation upon one who is responsible: the responsibilities of authority.
4.
a person or thing for which one is responsible: A child is a responsibility to its parents.
5.
reliability or dependability, esp. in meeting debts or payments.
—Idiom
6.
on one's own responsibility, on one's own initiative or authority: He changed the order on his own responsibility.