Objectifying women

[In This Mind]

The fact that you are so focused on how she says it shows how focused you are on interpreting advice as blame regardless of how it is phrased.

A woman in sexy clothes walks down the street at night. She is raped.

Are you stating that if she had not been wearing those clothes, she would not have been raped? It's a yes or no question.

If you answer yes (which, based on your 'advice' you would) then you are stating that because of a decision SHE made, she was raped. Thus, you are blaming her. Moreover, you and others on this thread are also calling her foolish and lacking sense. You are blaming her.

blame
   /bleɪm/ Show Spelled [bleym] Show IPA verb, blamed, blam·ing, noun
–verb (used with object)
1.to hold responsible; find fault with; censure: I don't blame you for leaving him.
2.to place the responsibility for (a fault, error, etc.) (usually fol. by on ): I blame the accident on her.
3.Informal . blast; damn (used as a mild curse): Blame the rotten luck.
–noun
4.an act of attributing fault; censure; reproof: The judge said he found nothing to justify blame in the accident.
5.responsibility for anything deserving of censure: We must all share the blame for this deplorable condition.
—Idiom
6.to blame, at fault; censurable: I am to blame for his lateness.

That is the definition of blame.

You are holding her partially responsible. You are attributing fault to her. And you are censuring her.

She made an error, thus she was raped. You are placing that responsibility on her.

You are blaming her.

ould still take it as common sense advice

Except, as I have repeatedly pointed out and backed up with facts from people who study rapists, it is not 'common sense'.

Judging the woman's actions in the sexual assault serves no purpose other than to apportion blame to the victim. It doesn't prevent or even lessen the likelihood of rape.

The only thing that HAS been demonstrated to lessen instances of rape is educating men on the fact that if you continue without gaining your partner's consent it is rape.


I have provided evidence for my stance. Where is yours?

Women are still regularly raped in the Middle East where they take your advice and take it to extremes. They are still raped because rapists view women as objects.