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In reply to the discussion: Men should be offended . . . [View all]Major Nikon
(36,925 posts)What I do find offensive is the allegation that I am denying or ignoring it. It's untrue and defamatory. I don't defame you. I don't think it's too much to ask for the same consideration. You are alleging all sorts of things that I never claimed, not even once.
You are smart to tell your niece to be aware. I have a daughter that will be going to college next year and I have already shown her the RAINN website which she can use to mitigate her risk. I've never once told her what she should or should not wear, nor would I. I teach her how to use good judgement and let her make her own decisions. Giving someone more information about rape is not unhelpful and the idea that it should be is moronic. At some level you seem to agree. What is also moronic is the suggestion that everyone should be offended by this guidance. It posits the idea that this information is bad and shouldn't be disseminated which most certainly is unhelpful and counterproductive to reducing the incidence of rape. The idea that less rape is a good thing is not really that hard of a concept to grasp. The idea that we can't tell people how to mitigate their risk while simultaneously employing other strategies is a false dichotomy, it's stupid, and it's dangerously wrong.