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In reply to the discussion: Dear DU Woman--stop throwing back shots of Rum and you won't get raped.... [View all]trumad
(41,692 posts)34. No thank you for getting it.
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Dear DU Woman--stop throwing back shots of Rum and you won't get raped.... [View all]
trumad
Oct 2013
OP
If that was indeed the point, one wonders why it was addressed to females only...
LanternWaste
Oct 2013
#37
every dad should give his daughter similar advice, comfort her if she is a victim, and bury the perp
yurbud
Oct 2013
#14
No. It implies that if a woman gets drunk it greatly increases the possibility that she'll be raped
Zorra
Oct 2013
#18
I did.... and the difference between you and me is that I have a college-aged daughter
scheming daemons
Oct 2013
#40
Obviously, the major relevant difference between you and me in assessing this subject is that
Zorra
Oct 2013
#48
there should be two separate discussions: how to keep men from raping and how to keep women away
yurbud
Oct 2013
#13
Has anyone ever written an editorial advising store-owners not to tempt shoplifters?
WinkyDink
Oct 2013
#21
Is it OK to suggest that it is never a good idea for anyone to get so drunk that when they wake up,
Nye Bevan
Oct 2013
#54
I think "warning" is ok. But you can't then BLAME someone for not "listening to warnings".
DireStrike
Oct 2013
#57