Re: For feminists - The bottom line about rape

"Neil" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> > "Cele" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> >> On Mon, 1 Dec 2003 14:00:27 +1100, "Darkfalz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >> >A lot of women get raped by exercising their rights. Their right to
> >> >dress slutty and still feel safe. Their right to be alone with a guy
> >> >they
> > barely
> >> >know, being drunk, and expecting him to respect her boundaries.
> >> >Their
> > right
> >> >to be sexually assertive, even agressive, but still have the right
> >> >to say "no" at any time.
> >> >
> >> >Listen, idiots, this is the bottom line.
> >> >
> >> >You may have the legal right to do any and all of those things, but
> >> >do
> > you
> >> >WANT to be raped? Or more specifically, would you like to AVOID
> >> >being
> > raped?
> >> >
> >> >The answer is probably yes.
> >> >
> >> >Curtailing all of the above behaviours will massively minimise your
> >> >risk
> > of
> >> >being raped. You have to accept having the right to do something
> >> >doesn't make you invincible. I may have the right to provoke someone
> >> >twice my
> > size,
> >> >but if I do it I'm liable to get my skull cracked. I may have the
> >> >right
> > to
> >> >walk down a dark alley at night in a bad neighbourhood in expensive
> > clothes,
> >> >but odds are if it happens, I'm going to get mugged - even killed.
> >> >
> >> >Use your common sense and get over this idea that "independence"
> >> >means constantly tempting fate by doing stupid things.
> >> >
> >> >Rape (outside of prisons) is avoidable in 99.9% of sitatuations.
> >> >This
> > goes
> >> >for adult women, naturally a child being abused may not be able to
> >> >avoid
> > it,
> >> >but if you're an adult then you really have no excuse for not
> >> >keeping yourself safe.
> >> >
> >> >So if you don't want to be raped, it's entirely in your hands. And
> >> >if you have been raped, for God sakes, LEARN FROM IT and don't let
> >> >it happen
> > again.
> >>
> >> That's a fascinating take on things.
> >>
> >> While I think reasonable safety precautions are a good idea, I'd be
> >> interested to know how you think the victim of Marcellus Jacob
> >> invoked her own rape by her behaviour. In that case, Jacob broke into
> >> the home of a woman he didn't know, duct taped her, raped and
> >> sodomised her at knife point, forced various noxious substances
> >> including bear spray (pepper spray) into her orifices, and otherwise
> >> tortured her for five hours. She was just home minding her own
> >> business. Here's the news report: http://www.whitehorsestar.com/
> >
> > The link just takes you to the paper but not the story. Maybe you have
> > to be registered?
>
> Maybe you have to use a little initiative?

Perhaps.

>
> Maybe just after you looked up 'remailer' on the internet today, you
> could have looked up 'search' and 'archive'?

Could have but didn't. Now what?

>
> -- 
> Neil
>