RE: Objectifying women
July 18, 2010 at 12:57 pm
(This post was last modified: July 18, 2010 at 1:01 pm by In This Mind.)
(July 18, 2010 at 11:42 am)Paul the Human Wrote: I also believe that a woman (or man, whatever) can, in certain circumstances, take conscious steps to lower their own odds of becoming a victim of rape.
Can you actually demonstrate any basis beyond 'well gosh golly gee I think it should be that way' for your claim that these 'conscious steps' actually lower the odds of becoming a victim of rape?
No?
So, what exactly is the purpose of your 'advice'? It obviously isn't to help, because you can't demonstrate with any validity that it does help. It's like telling someone that if they don't want to get burned, they shouldn't stand on ladders. So why are you insistent on making these claims? What is your motivation in claiming that not wearing sexy clothes will improve my odds of not being raped when you cannot back up that claim with anything remotely resembling evidence? Why are you so persisting in this obsession with the notion that wearing sexy clothes affects the chances of being raped when it has been proven repeatedly that it doesn't?
In short, why are you consistently lying under the guise of offering helpful advice?
Yes, you are victim blaming, and if you take an honest look at your own actions and answer the above questions, you'll figure it out.
One misogynist in this thread continued to use the example of 'a man in armani driving a nice car is more likely to get mugged'. Look at that statement. Then look at the actual odds. Is that statement correct? Does it even remotely resemble anything factual?
No?
It's pure victim blaming, and nothing more.
This is the definition of the word 'blame'
blame
/bleɪm/ Show Spelled [bleym] Show IPA verb, blamed, blam·ing, noun
–verb (used with object)
1.to hold responsible; find fault with; censure
2.to place the responsibility for (a fault, error, etc.) (usually fol. by on )
3.Informal . blast; damn (used as a mild curse)
4.an act of attributing fault; censure; reproof
5.responsibility for anything deserving of censure:
6.to blame, at fault; censurable: I am to blame for his lateness.
See how the word 'responsibility' is present in the definition of the word 'blame'?
Now, explain to me how stating a woman should take responsibility for her own safety isn't placing blame on her? Look at the definition of the word blame. Please explain what definition you are using in which placing responsibility does not equal blame if that responsibility is not met.
You don't get to redefine the word to support your misogyny.