As I said above
Would you say the same about a goth being attacked. He's contributing to the attack by wearing black, isn't he? If he wanted to be treated with respect and being ignored by crazy youngsters, he should be wearing "normal" clothes. He brought it to himself.
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Thu 9 Jun 2011, 10:53, 1 reply, 15 years ago)

I am not saying he brought it on himself, the sorry fact is
if you are dressed in a provocative manner, "slut, goth, psy-trance robot" you will attract more attention from un accepting neandethals.

That doesn't make the way someone dresses wrong, it is simply the sad truth.
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Thu 9 Jun 2011, 10:56, Reply)

But that's not a reason to criticise trying to do something about it.
In fact, by criticising it on those grounds, you are actually saying that they are bringing it on themselves and are to blame.
(Bazongaloid, Thu 9 Jun 2011, 11:05, Reply)

I agree
but agree with Al below too. You should be able to dress as you want, but be sensible and know that you're taking a risk, and therefore, protect yourselve. As I said above, I'd never be on my own or leave a friend on her own if we were dressed for party. No way.
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Thu 9 Jun 2011, 11:09, Reply)

I don't know, I don't think it's the attire
it's the situation. Rapes are usually opportunistic and the woman is more likely to be vulnerable when walking home by herself, drunk, at 3am. Those are the factors that make her more likely to be raped, that she's wearing an easy-access dress and no pants is just icing on the rapecake.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Thu 9 Jun 2011, 11:30, Reply)

Exactly
I don't think any rapist gets stopped by a trousser.
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Thu 9 Jun 2011, 11:36, Reply)