You have already decided what my answers are and dismissed them, but I'll put them into my own words, I suppose.
1- What exactly is the purpose of your 'advice'?: In general, if I gave someone advice that I thought might lower their odds of being raped, the purpose would be to show my concern for their welfare. "Don't walk home alone, (insert name), you never know what kind of freaks are out there."... would be the type of advice I might give someone.
2- So why are you insisting on making these claims?: What claims? That there might be precautions a woman can take to lower her odds of being raped (or robbed or murdered, etc.)? I make these claims because I believe that, given a set of circumstances, there may be something that a person might choose to do that could lessen their risk of potential dangers. What I have never claimed is that anyone is to blame for what others do to them.
3- 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?
Umm. I do not have an obsession with the notion that wearing sexy clothes affects the chances of being raped. I have said that men are sexually aroused by visual stimuli and that a woman that intentionally dresses in a sexually attractive manner must be aware of that. It explains the stares and gawking she receives and the overly persistent drunk that's hoping to get into her pants. I do not believe it raises the odds of being raped... unless the rapist chooses his victim by her looks... which is not usually the case. That doesn't mean it doesn't happen, of course, but I would never advise someone that they shouldn't wear that in hopes of avoiding a rape.
Now, if the woman that is dressed alluringly attracts the attention of someone in the bar and decides to leave with that person... I might whisper a "Careful, (insert name), I don't trust this guy." It's just advice. There is no underlying blame for something that has not and probably will not happen... only a voiced concern that the person be careful.
You have this way of making anyone that thinks this way out to be a bad person. As if giving well intentioned advice is somehow doing the recipient of said advice a disservice.
1- What exactly is the purpose of your 'advice'?: In general, if I gave someone advice that I thought might lower their odds of being raped, the purpose would be to show my concern for their welfare. "Don't walk home alone, (insert name), you never know what kind of freaks are out there."... would be the type of advice I might give someone.
2- So why are you insisting on making these claims?: What claims? That there might be precautions a woman can take to lower her odds of being raped (or robbed or murdered, etc.)? I make these claims because I believe that, given a set of circumstances, there may be something that a person might choose to do that could lessen their risk of potential dangers. What I have never claimed is that anyone is to blame for what others do to them.
3- 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?
Umm. I do not have an obsession with the notion that wearing sexy clothes affects the chances of being raped. I have said that men are sexually aroused by visual stimuli and that a woman that intentionally dresses in a sexually attractive manner must be aware of that. It explains the stares and gawking she receives and the overly persistent drunk that's hoping to get into her pants. I do not believe it raises the odds of being raped... unless the rapist chooses his victim by her looks... which is not usually the case. That doesn't mean it doesn't happen, of course, but I would never advise someone that they shouldn't wear that in hopes of avoiding a rape.
Now, if the woman that is dressed alluringly attracts the attention of someone in the bar and decides to leave with that person... I might whisper a "Careful, (insert name), I don't trust this guy." It's just advice. There is no underlying blame for something that has not and probably will not happen... only a voiced concern that the person be careful.
You have this way of making anyone that thinks this way out to be a bad person. As if giving well intentioned advice is somehow doing the recipient of said advice a disservice.