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Thread #127384   Message #2852143
Posted By: Lizzie Cornish 1
28-Feb-10 - 07:13 AM
Thread Name: BS: 'Some rape victims should take blame'- ??
Subject: RE: BS: 'Some rape victims should take blame'- ??
I agree, there is little more to be said..

jade, you left out that if someone got into that car, knowing they were drunk, and something awful happened to them, it is still not their *fault* if the other person does something terrible, but they were *responsible* for getting into the car in the first place. They were *responsible* for getting *drunk* in the **first** place.
As such, they put themselves at a FAR HIGHER RISK of unscrupulous, opportunistic 'drivers' who may decide to take them to a lonely spot and rape them.

It is why the police tell young women to make sure they know the taxi company they are being driven home by, to cut the chances of that happening, because so often women are absolutely legless when they turn out of pubs and clubs these days.   Even then, they are still risking goodness knows what, because even the most reputable taxi firm may have hired a dodgy bloke.   

Do not get legless in the first place, I guess is the best idea, but woe betide any person, let alone another woman, who dares to state that to women these days.

"It's OUR BLOODY RICHT TO GET LEGLESS!"

Fair enough, but then be prepared to accept the consequences.

Don't drink to the point where you have NO IDEA what is happening to you. It is, imo, one of the most stupid (and degrading) things a woman can do, because she is doing the equivalent of lying down in the middle of the motorway and saying that no-one has the 'right' to hit her, when of course, the ***chances*** are that someone probably will.

No man should rape.
But some do.

No woman should behave in a totally irresponsible fashion.
But some do.

When the two meet.......chaos may well ensue.