Maybe People Should Not Look Up To YouTube Atheist

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Another thing people need to realize is because women are often told how to prevent rape, when rape or other types of sexual assault or harassment actually happens, they very quickly think about all the things they did "wrong". And that is a factor in why they don't tell people about what happened: they don't want to hear it from 30 different people and more importantly they don't want to hear someone saying, oh, well, you can't really blame the guy for that after what you did. There are other factors of course, but this definitely plays a role. You may think you know why they don't want someone to tell them they could've done something to prevent it, but until you've been told that yourself, you won't understand how horrible it makes you feel.

And the truth is, it's a horrible thing to say. Women are human too, we make mistakes, sometimes we forget to bring our phone with us, that doesn't mean we could've prevented it if we had a phone, do you know how easy it is to smash a phone? Women even get raped by their own husbands. How on earth do you prevent that? Most of the time rape is committed by someone who knows the girl pretty well. It just borders on ridiculous the things you have to do to "prevent" rape and in this reality all those precautions probably doesn't even significantly alter your chances.

How. Much they alter the odds is a matter of debate, and I think there are things that can alter the odds significantly. However anyone saying it is the victims faults is a pig, plain and simple. It is not the women's fault and nor should she think like that. And as for martial rape there is something you can do about that, expose Muslim marriage laws, as they are responsible for much of that (not all) of that phenomena. I also think that is the most disgusting form of rape besides pedophilia.

The reason I say rape cannot be prevented by the potential victim is because you never know when these things will happen. Yes you can make institutional changes like education, abolishing child marriage, clearing up what imams are telling muslims about marriage and sex, but those are not things that a woman can do to keep herself safe on a day to day basis. I'm arguing that on that basis there's almost nothing that makes it significant. I am willing to concede that moving to a neighbourhood/country with lower rape stats will better your chances (if you can), but I can't think of anything else.

Have a look at this website: http://projectunbreakable.tumblr.com/

It really shows how often rape is committed by someone you know. I almost feel like the type where you get grabbed on a road is the minority. Mostly you know them. They have access to you. You even trust them. What can an individual do to protect themselves from so many unknowns?