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Originally Posted by Five-hole
Bro. Stop.
The world we want to live in is where men are taught not to be sexual predators, not where women are taught how to avoid them.
Blaming women for not taking appropriate precautions -- like, apparently, being in a bar at all -- perpetuates sexual predation. I can't stress it enough that you need to understand that what you are doing is quintessential victim blaming.
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Ok, well...we don’t live in a world 100% free of rapists and assault era. Never have, never will. I’m sure you felt really good writing this and others felt good thanking it but blank proselytizing won’t help protect future victims. In fact, the devotion to not talking at all about what women can do to protect themselves will ensure more victims. Don’t let that stop you from feeling good about yourself though.
If I ever have a daughter I’ll tell her getting drunk and going to a hotel room with a stranger is a bad idea. Not much good can come of it and it exposes you to a lot of risk. Does that mean you deserve to be raped? Absolutely not. Does that mean these guys shouldn’t go to jail? No, they should, and it should be a very long and public sentence which is the only effective thing you can do to dissuade this behaviour.
If you wanna hang your hat on “consent courses” and “teaching” to stop this from happening...you’re gonna be waiting a long time. Forever, in fact. The rest of us will operate in reality.