Oh, give it up. If a two- year- old is outside playing in a diaper and you look
away and a pervert rapes her. Is she to blame?? Rape is about violence and
control. Nothing else. Normal people do not rape just because of what a person
has on.
larsonsm <larsonsm wrote:
The comment about saying "yes" may have been worded poorly, but I agree
with the part about "blame". Consider these other scenarios - you walk down the
street by yourself in a bad part of the city flashing a lot of expensive
jewelry. If somebody robs you, people would certainly say "you were asking for
it". Does it mean that it was OK for the person to rob you? Of course not - it
is morally and legally wrong. But do you deserve some of the blame? I think
so. Would you park somewhere, leave your windows down and your purse on the
front seat? If you did and it was gone when you came back, would you deserve
some of the blame? Again, it doesn't excuse the criminal action at all -
whether it's rape (which granted is much more personal and traumatic than many
other crimes) or any other violation, the person committing the act is
undeniably wrong. But there are things that we all do to try to decrease the
chances of something like that happening
to us. To deliberately dress and act in a way that increases the temptation
for someone to take advantage of you (like having your shorts unsnapped, partly
unzipped) is taking a risk and would result in a bit of "blame" in my opinion.
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Date: Thu Jul 9, 2009 10:04 pm
Subject: Re: [vpFREE] Re: Jean Scott's Frugal Vegas LVA BLOG - 6 JUL 2009