To what extent is a rape victim responsible for the crime?

[NoraBrimstone]

I can't find fault with any of your post, Nora. You know what else is fucked up about it? The implicit assumption that men cannot control themselves, and cannot be expected to - ergo we must control women instead.

No. I reject that implication.

OMG, yes! That fucks me off as well. I've never been a man, but I have never been under the impression that most men struggle not rape every woman they meet. It's ridiculous. It's once again about control. I know I say that all the fucking time when issues about women come up, but it always is about control. Certain types of men feel the need to control women as a whole, and this is yet another example. This is all Abraham's fault, you know. Before his god came along, women were actually, genuinely, respected in Europe. We were warriors and Queens and not treated differently to men. In fact, at one point, in England, there was no word for "woman." we were all just called "men" (or whatever the equivalent was) then the Romans came along and fucked it all up.