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Ohio Joe

(21,752 posts)
27. I did not even get to the starred statements...
Tue Feb 7, 2012, 05:54 PM
Feb 2012

"A woman is responsible for forced, unwanted sex"

I was able to stop right there because any forced, unwated sex is rape and never... Under any circumstances the fault of the victim.

DU Poll on Attitudes toward Rape [View all] mistertrickster Feb 2012 OP
Let me be the first atreides1 Feb 2012 #1
I would say she isn't too intelligent about her well-being if she does 4, 5 and 6... rfranklin Feb 2012 #2
That wasn't the question . . . is she responsible? yes or no? mistertrickster Feb 2012 #4
I think there is a difference between "she deserved it" and she was tempting fate... rfranklin Feb 2012 #8
it is a testiment to the way somw men think that any time a woman acts roguevalley Feb 2012 #88
I too vote NO. for the record. nt mistertrickster Feb 2012 #3
No. Brickbat Feb 2012 #5
NO.... the one responsible is the rapist. hlthe2b Feb 2012 #6
No. Cleita Feb 2012 #7
Yes if you agree with ANY, No if u disagree with all? wierd poll methodology nt msongs Feb 2012 #9
I agree, but it was the best way I could think of to try mistertrickster Feb 2012 #10
If she says "No" or "Stop" etc at any time and he continues - it's rape. Tierra_y_Libertad Feb 2012 #11
Men don't have BRAINS and cannot control themselves? HockeyMom Feb 2012 #12
I'll count that as NO. mistertrickster Feb 2012 #15
FUCK NO, in every example! 11 Bravo Feb 2012 #13
No (nt) Nye Bevan Feb 2012 #14
A woman is never responsible for "forced, unwanted sex against her will." Scuba Feb 2012 #16
^ this. nt cyberswede Feb 2012 #17
You're agreeing with ^ this? mistertrickster Feb 2012 #24
No to 1 and 2 Dokkie Feb 2012 #18
Right. I think that's where the controversy comes in. mistertrickster Feb 2012 #22
On the other hand we are talking about Dokkie Feb 2012 #25
I wish 99.99999% of men had that much control over themselves. Lunacee2012 Feb 2012 #85
No victim is ever responsible for "forced, unwanted sex against" their will. Solly Mack Feb 2012 #19
No, but 3-5 are not intelligent ways to proceed hifiguy Feb 2012 #20
And yet none of those examples are the same as giving consent. Chorophyll Feb 2012 #37
I agree completely. It isn't consent. hifiguy Feb 2012 #41
I know people who have been mugged WITHOUT being drunk or carrying lots of money. Chorophyll Feb 2012 #49
On that we agree completely. hifiguy Feb 2012 #57
No. eom tledford Feb 2012 #21
no qb Feb 2012 #23
No Nikia Feb 2012 #26
I did not even get to the starred statements... Ohio Joe Feb 2012 #27
None of the above JHB Feb 2012 #28
NO. Chorophyll Feb 2012 #29
I used that wording because the original study mistertrickster Feb 2012 #31
Eek! Tell ya what, Chorophyll Feb 2012 #34
I know the feeling! mistertrickster Feb 2012 #38
This message was self-deleted by its author likesmountains 52 Feb 2012 #30
Check out this poster from Stop Rape UK. Kind of explains who is responsible for rape likesmountains 52 Feb 2012 #32
This kinda steamed me off when I first saw it mistertrickster Feb 2012 #43
No kenfrequed Feb 2012 #33
how about if a man/woman is Dokkie Feb 2012 #42
Uhm... kenfrequed Feb 2012 #60
No StopTheNeoCons Feb 2012 #35
Here's the original survey results and link-- mistertrickster Feb 2012 #36
WTF? Ohio Joe Feb 2012 #46
That was in the original study mistertrickster Feb 2012 #48
The link is from the study, I get that... It is your words I question... Ohio Joe Feb 2012 #51
Okay, right. mistertrickster Feb 2012 #55
OK, sorry, I mis-understood Ohio Joe Feb 2012 #56
No, you were right. mistertrickster Feb 2012 #59
I wish you would have asked Dokkie Feb 2012 #50
Surprisingly, in the original study, women blamed the victim mistertrickster Feb 2012 #52
No and furthermore OriginalGeek Feb 2012 #39
Non-consensual sex is rape.... Spazito Feb 2012 #40
Yup, I totally agree with that actually. mistertrickster Feb 2012 #45
None of the above. lapislzi Feb 2012 #44
No n/t malaise Feb 2012 #47
No. UrbScotty Feb 2012 #53
NO Liberal_in_LA Feb 2012 #54
That would be a NO. geardaddy Feb 2012 #58
No to all of it Muskypundit Feb 2012 #61
Right . . . I wonder how much of this mistertrickster Feb 2012 #62
There's no excuse for rape MrScorpio Feb 2012 #63
No (nt) bigwillq Feb 2012 #64
No, no, no, a thousand times no! n/t RebelOne Feb 2012 #65
An easy and obvious no - by definition, not by judgment. saras Feb 2012 #66
flamebait. provis99 Feb 2012 #67
That wasn't my intention, and after 60 posts mistertrickster Feb 2012 #68
NO Vincardog Feb 2012 #69
No. LeftishBrit Feb 2012 #70
What the hell?!? NO curlyred Feb 2012 #71
NO Snarkoleptic Feb 2012 #72
"A woman is responsible for forced, unwanted sex against her will if"... NO LadyHawkAZ Feb 2012 #73
None of them Prophet 451 Feb 2012 #74
No libodem Feb 2012 #75
No, no, and HELL NO. n/t Withywindle Feb 2012 #76
No to all of the above. n/t TriMera Feb 2012 #77
I'm against it Boombaby Feb 2012 #78
No..never RESPONSIBLE under those circumstances but...(I may get creamed for this) DuaneBidoux Feb 2012 #79
Definitely No on 1 & 2 WhoIsNumberNone Feb 2012 #80
WTH? BAD "poll" question! NashvilleLefty Feb 2012 #81
The questionable wisdom of my mother lapislzi Feb 2012 #89
No. Son of Gob Feb 2012 #82
I vote no. But having said that, obvioulsy a woman should not be getting so drunk that she passes totodeinhere Feb 2012 #83
No! A woman is never at fault if she is raped. EVER. nt Lunacee2012 Feb 2012 #84
No nyet nay nein! Zalatix Feb 2012 #86
No. nt ZombieHorde Feb 2012 #87
NO varelse Feb 2012 #90
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