Clearly there is a spectrum of culpability. On the one end, there is the (admittedly unlikely) scenario where a woman literally asks for it; she goes aound the back streets of the red light district with a big sign round her neck that shows an arrow pointing downwards and the words, 'Insert penis here.' I'd say that a woman who goes back drunk to a man's house and gets in his bed, whilst still having the right to say, 'No', would be more towards this end of the spectrum in terms of culpability. On the other end, there is someone who is dressed modestly, walking through a well populated central area, but still gets raped. All that she's contributed to her rape is the fact that she is outdoors, and nobody in their right mind would blame her for her rape in this situation. What I mean to say is that we can't make absolute judgements about whether a woman is culpable for her rape or not; it depends very much on the situation. We have to decide, then, whether wearing sexy clothing is on one end of the spectrum or the other, or somewhere in the middle.
'We must respect the other fellow's religion, but only in the sense and to the extent that we respect his theory that his wife is beautiful and his children smart.' H.L. Mencken
'False religion' is the ultimate tautology.
'It is just like man's vanity and impertinence to call an animal dumb because it is dumb to his dull perceptions.' Mark Twain
'I care not much for a man's religion whose dog and cat are not the better for it.' Abraham Lincoln
'False religion' is the ultimate tautology.
'It is just like man's vanity and impertinence to call an animal dumb because it is dumb to his dull perceptions.' Mark Twain
'I care not much for a man's religion whose dog and cat are not the better for it.' Abraham Lincoln
