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Originally Posted by Ralph Sir Edward
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This is an actual true occurrence, in 1976. So...what's the difference, between the quote that offends you and my youthful reality? The nature of the crime (rape vs. bar shootout)? Or that a class of human beings are held blameless, no matter what they may do, because they're special (and of course my friends weren't)?
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This is a very easy question to answer.
Nine out of ten times is the quote in question. It is the assertion by Mr. Heinlein. Ninety percent of rapes are
at least partly the woman's fault.
[Deleted 4 real rapes for brevity.]
My point. I cannot find it in me to say
at all that the girl bears any blame in any of these situations. In at least one case, the guy wanted sex because the girl looked pretty. So we put blame on the girl for being beautiful? Or is she just the 1%?
Heinlein is a scumbag for even suggesting such a number, and I think it's made all the worse by doing so through a female character. I personally believe the only reason we discuss this as possibly legitimate is that Heinlein is a well-loved writer, and
Stranger in a Strange Land is considered a cultural classic. It's easy to test this theory. Just imagine George W. Bush saying the exact same statement from the Presidential podium. How's that quote sound now!?!
-Pie