RE: Objectifying women
July 17, 2010 at 1:29 am
(This post was last modified: July 17, 2010 at 1:40 am by Violet.)
While it is true that reporting rape in a muslim country can be very dangerous to one's health, and that many rapes that do occur in those countries goes unreported... Dotard does have a very good point. If a scientist does not report a discovery he has made, we should hardly expect to know that he has made a discovery. Similarly, if a raped individual does not report a rape they have suffered, we should hardly expect to know that she has suffered a rape.
A lack of evidence for a thing does not denote evidence against it.
I don't see a rarity of rape by an unknown individual as either opposing or supporting the idea that one's clothes influence rape. We do, however, have a stat listed by Cego stating
As clothing (or perhaps it is a lack of it in strategic locations on the body... hello thriving sexual clothing market!) can excite sexual attraction... here is clear evidence of clothing choice being a part of 84% of rapist's impulse to rape. So there is one hit for the evidence... just read what the man quoted from 'Men Who Rape, by Groth' says. All of us should know that our clothing choice affects the libido of others... else why would the sexual clothing market exist in the first place... let alone thrive?
(July 16, 2010 at 11:30 pm)Scented Nectar Wrote:(July 16, 2010 at 10:56 pm)Dotard Wrote: Bullshit. No one ever said "it's your own fault".It's used, especially by religious types, to fault/blame women all the time, even if you yourself don't do it. And as for the risk, no one has shown any increased risk yet. We already know for sure some opposing facts, such as the rarity of dragged off the street style rapes, and the fact that no stats have appeared showing any rapes increased with specific clothing styles.
And yes, if you do take the advice you have layed out, your risk of robbery will be lesser than the man in an armani suit driving a high end mercedes.
Until I see some solid indicators (correlation at least), I can't seriously consider this religion-spawned concept as based on any reality. There is too much evidence against it, and none for it.
A lack of evidence for a thing does not denote evidence against it.
I don't see a rarity of rape by an unknown individual as either opposing or supporting the idea that one's clothes influence rape. We do, however, have a stat listed by Cego stating
Cego Wrote:"84% of rapists surveyed cited sexual motivation 'solely or in part' as a cause of their acts." (Ibid)
" 'She stood there in her nightgown, and you could see right through it– you could see her nipples and breast and, you know, they were just waiting for me, and it was just too much of a temptation to pass up' ." (ibid, then directed towards-- Men who Rape by Groth)
As clothing (or perhaps it is a lack of it in strategic locations on the body... hello thriving sexual clothing market!) can excite sexual attraction... here is clear evidence of clothing choice being a part of 84% of rapist's impulse to rape. So there is one hit for the evidence... just read what the man quoted from 'Men Who Rape, by Groth' says. All of us should know that our clothing choice affects the libido of others... else why would the sexual clothing market exist in the first place... let alone thrive?
Please give me a home where cloud buffalo roam
Where the dear and the strangers can play
Where sometimes is heard a discouraging word
But the skies are not stormy all day