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In reply to the discussion: Womans Brilliant Analogy Sums Up The Insidiousness Of Victim Blaming [View all]ismnotwasm
(42,674 posts)Interesting you bring up dogs--one of many creatures that do dry humping to demonstrate dominance. If a woman has a gun and is very able and quite willing to use it, what does that do to the concept of greater physical strength? There are numbers of ways to level the playing field of strength. Perhaps that's why we saw a rise in drugging women at bars, at parties, anywhere a rapist could. What's also interesting is the additude of the culture surrounding these kind of rapes. I'll guarantee you are doing your daughter a disservice telling her she will be safer based on how she's dressed. That's patently ridiculous, and panders to the culture that makes rape acceptable and continues to shame women for getting raped
I don't know how old your daughter is, but there will also come a time when she's not going to listen to everything you say. If she wears revealing clothing or decides to work as a sex worker and gets raped, who will you blame?
As far as sex--who gets to define it? Do you think a women who has been raped thinks she had sex?