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In reply to the discussion: Stop Telling Women How to Not Get Raped [View all]EOTE
(13,409 posts)You can bet your ass if PSAs STRICTLY focused on what men can do to prevent rape, there would be (well deserved) outrage that nothing was being done to educate women on risk reduction strategies.
It's so incredibly foolish to think that only through education can rape be dramatically reduced, as if the majority of rapists are just so confused as to what rape actually is and once they've been educated, they'll all become fine, upstanding citizens and never commit violent acts again.
The sad fact of the matter is that there will most likely ALWAYS be sociopaths out there who will take advantage of people in hideous ways. Informing people of ways to lessen the likelihood of becoming a victim of one of those sociopaths is NOT victim blaming, it's just the sensible thing to do.