Objectifying women

[In This Mind]

And assuming there really is no evidence whatsoever that clothing makes any difference... that still doesn't mean it equates to victim blaming if I didn't know that.... because I never said "The woman should take a precaution".

I'm sorry, but your backtracking is starting to be completely ridiculous.

Saying that a woman can play her part in decreasing or increasing the risk or her rape and therefore share a part in the risk doesn't mean that she shares a part in the responsibility of her choice to do so. It does not mean that because she can take a risk that she 'shouldn't' or that she 'should take a precaution instead.'

The point is that to acknowledge the possibility of taking risks or the fact that it makes sense to not take them if you want to play your part in decreasing the risk does not mean blaming the victim. Blaming the victim would be to say that you 'shouldn't take the risk' rather than stating the fact that if you want to help decrease the risk then it would make sense to take a precaution. Because whether it makes sense or not to take a precaution if you want to help decrease the risk.... it is still entirely your choice to take the risk if you wish. There is nothing to say what you should or shouldn't do with the personal decisions you have.

To acknowledge the fact that taking precautions can decrease risk (which is tautologically true, precautions must be able to do that otherwise they're not really precautions) and it makes sense to take them within the scope of a wish to reduce risk is not the same as saying that precautions should be taken as if it's the woman's fault she got raped in any way. Because the former only applies if risk reduction is her priority and there is nothing to say that she 'should' do it if she doesn't wish to, whereas the latter just says she shouldn't take the risk.

You are trying as hard as you can to phrase it without saying the word 'should', instead of being honest and admitting that what you really mean to say is 'you should do this'. You've backtracked yourself right into a corner trying to claim you aren't victim blaming to the point of engaging in outright denial. All I hear is my great-grandfather's voice going, 'I'm not racist, but....'

The only 'precaution' that actually decreases risk is educating people against victim blaming. This has been proven over and over. The statistics support this.