Steubenville trial and rape culture

[jessamineny]

JFS. WHY does it have to be an either/or situation?

[icklekitty]

JFS. WHY does it have to be an either/or situation?

...because the perpetrators of crimes should be punished and not the victims?

[jessamineny]

As someone was apt to point out, if a guy passes out drunk, the worst thing that'll happened are a bunch of sharpie dicks on his body. If a woman does the same thing, the least of her worries are compromising photos of her unconscious.

Absolutely. And if this is reality, which it unfortunately is, don't we have an obligation to teach young girls to be careful when drinking in social situations?

We have an obligation to teach young boys not to be sexist, entitled, cunts.

JFS. WHY does it have to be an either/or situation?

...because the perpetrators of crimes should be punished and not the victims?

Where in anything I said was that punishing a victim? It's about empowering girls to protect themselves.

Reality is fucking reality. Orestes laid it out very plainly. If we stubbornly cling to the belief that rape shouldn't happen, and women shouldn't have to change their behaviors because it's patently unjust, we only end up doing women a disservice. We have to give young girls and women tools to thrive in reality, not the reality we wish existed.