Someone wrote in [personal profile] mjg59 2012-10-31 03:10 am (UTC)

Re: Worst piece of libel on Planet Gnome ever

It does not matter. I could be passed out drunk, naked, in the middle of times square. If I get raped _it is not my fault_. It is the fault of the person who raped me.

You can if you're very careful make an entirely practical point that there are certain situations in which rape is more likely to occur and as a completely practical issue of avoiding getting raped people might want to make certain choices. But you step over a line the _moment_ you assign any fault or blame to anyone who falls outside whatever rules you dream up for yourself. When someone gets raped _it is entirely and only the rapist's fault_. They made the choice to commit rape. The blame is theirs and theirs alone. No set of circumstances theoretical or real excuses assigning blame to the victim.

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