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Originally Posted by radius
Hi Pie,
If some of your friends have been raped, I can completely understand where your sympathies lie, and your reaction to this quote.
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Current statistics are that 1 in 6 women have been sexually assaulted. I suspect the stats are that low because it's less common in rural areas; I don't personally don't know any women over the age of puberty who haven't been sexually assaulted, although I suspect about two-thirds have not been raped.
The amazing part isn't that so many men think "well, it was partially her fault"--it's that they then get *offended* when women treat them like
Schrödinger's rapist--the guy who may or may not turn out to be a creepy molester at any moment.
I love Heinlein's works, but think that, in this case, he had a very flawed approach to the idea of women's self-empowerment. Yes, women should not rely on men to protect them from other men. No, that doesn't mean that going alone to a party was "asking for it." Flirting does not make rape "partially her fault," any more than flipping someone off on the freeway makes it "partially your fault" if someone shoots you for it.