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Originally Posted by Renaldo
the statement means that if a woman is truly afraid of rape, or doesn't want to be raped, she will have learned how to fight off/stop a would be rapist. It is partly her fault because she has never taken the time to learn self defense, not because of the way she is dressed or acting.
Another way of presenting the same idea:
If you don't know how to defend yourself and walk around flashing wads of cash, it's partially your fault if you get mugged.
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And yet...
No jury is expected to accept "well, jeeze, he was wearing a Rolex in *that* part of town... he should've *known* what was going to happen! You can't put his mugger in jail just for doing what seemed natural at the time! Obviously, he *wanted* to be mugged--at least subconsciously--or he wouldn't have been there in the first place!"
The way public opinion and our legal system deals with the "asking for it"/"must not've minded" defense in other crimes makes it clear that rape is indeed blaming the victim.
Partly her fault for not having learned self-defense... hmm, how much self-defense do you think teenage girls should learn before they start dating? Should they really be going to high-school dances with the thought, "and THIS is how I castrate a guy if he gets too close to me?"
I've got a 14-year-old daughter; how much knife-work should I teach her before I consider allowing her to date?