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Re: For feminists - The bottom line about rape



"Cele" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> On Tue, 2 Dec 2003 16:05:02 +1100, "Darkfalz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
>
> >> We're talking about rape. If what you're saying is that rape survivors
> >> ought to take 'personal responsibility' for 'errors of judgement' that
> >> you feel have contributed to the commission of a crime against them,
> >> then I presume that this goes also for victims of FRAs, who, according
> >> to this standard, ought not to associate with the 'wrong kind of women'
> >> and ought to be more careful and so on and so forth?
> >
> >Nobody is saying women need to take responsibility for actually being
raped,
> >but certainly for putting herself in precarious situations where her
chances
> >of being raped massively increase (which is when MOST genuine rapes
happen).
>
> I vehemently question the statement that this constitutes 'most' or
> '99.9%' of actual rapes. My experience suggests otherwise. Can you
> back up this claim?

Er, like the fact that the "stranger jumping out of the bushes" scenario
only accounts for about 5% of rapes?





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