Another powerful image - this is what I was wearing (Reply #6)

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Fri Jan 11, 2013, 07:45 PM

TrogL (32,424 posts)

6. Another powerful image - this is what I was wearing

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50 replies	Author	Time	Post
You raped her because her clothes provoked you? [View all]	Playinghardball	Jan 2013	OP
Do people still think that?	Deep13	Jan 2013	#1
Unfortunately. nt	awoke_in_2003	Jan 2013	#13
yes - it's not as rare a belief as you think	NewJeffCT	Jan 2013	#17
AKA, the last surviving Neanderthal. nt	Deep13	Jan 2013	#30
He's still got pretty good ratings on Fox	NewJeffCT	Jan 2013	#38
even on DU	BainsBane	Jan 2013	#19
If they didn't burqas would not exist, and the	tblue37	Jan 2013	#32
I remember Limbaugh pushing this "Rape is the womans fault" meme	AgingAmerican	Jan 2013	#43
I like it!	flying_wahini	Jan 2013	#2
There's a study, I don't have it at hand, where the rapists couldn't remember victims' clothing	riderinthestorm	Jan 2013	#3
"Well, look at how she was dressed! She was asking for it!"	baldguy	Jan 2013	#5
Like that case in Texas	Larrymoe Curlyshemp	Jan 2013	#14
I remember that case involving the victim being threatened with a knife	ck4829	Jan 2013	#33
My mother believed that.	kurtzapril4	Jan 2013	#20
OMG... i love my 3 and half inch boots. LOVE them. does it mean i am asking to be raped.	seabeyond	Jan 2013	#12
If you can kick the shit out of your attacker all the more woe to them!	riderinthestorm	Jan 2013	#31
Yeah, that's the key. Rapists aren't interested in sex but rather subjugation	tavalon	Jan 2013	#25
It is about power, not clothes	icarusxat	Jan 2013	#4
Another powerful image - this is what I was wearing	TrogL	Jan 2013	#6
it wouldn't be ok even if she wasn't wearing anything	JI7	Jan 2013	#8
+1	gateley	Jan 2013	#11
You're right. A woman who walks down the street completely naked is not	japple	Jan 2013	#16
Hear, hear!!!	Beacool	Jan 2013	#28
My thoughts exactly.	Heathen57	Jan 2013	#47
But you have to admit she shouldn't be shocked by people staring	AAO	Jan 2013	#48
Agreed	NewJeffCT	Jan 2013	#18
+1000	ProfessionalLeftist	Jan 2013	#39
Very strong and courageous woman there	tavalon	Jan 2013	#23
And this:	ithinkmyliverhurts	Jan 2013	#7
Incapacitated women are also to blame for getting raped:	freshwest	Jan 2013	#9
That is sick	tavalon	Jan 2013	#22
And the nightmare of every parent with a disable child. More common than many think.	freshwest	Jan 2013	#26
+1,000,000,000,000	Odin2005	Jan 2013	#10
You ever notice this logic	ZX86	Jan 2013	#15
Um, no. nt	LisaLynne	Jan 2013	#24
Said no one ever.	Starry Messenger	Jan 2013	#35
Best sign ever	tavalon	Jan 2013	#21
In this world there are many who think they can do what they want	Rosa Luxemburg	Jan 2013	#27
What makes some men think that they have the right to grope a woman?	Beacool	Jan 2013	#29
And when women say "stop that" they are called "frigid"...	Odin2005	Jan 2013	#44
And shoplifters are within their rights because the goods are out on display!	WinkyDink	Jan 2013	#34
Great response. I hope I remember it	duhneece	Jan 2013	#36
Let the blame go where it belongs ~ on the person committing the rape.	In_The_Wind	Jan 2013	#37
This thread brings this to mind:	retread	Jan 2013	#40
Variation on a theme	HarveyDarkey	Jan 2013	#41
HUGE K & R !!!	WillyT	Jan 2013	#42
Rape is always wrong. Period.	War Horse	Jan 2013	#45
It's amazing there should be any debate. The Tea Party influence must be finally crushed.	AAO	Jan 2013	#49
kick'd and rec'd	lunatica	Jan 2013	#46
Oh....if I was just young again....	ReRe	Jan 2013	#50

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