because you are saying there is no way to lessen the likelihood of becoming a rape statistic (despite statistics clearly showing that there are things one can do or ignore to increase the likelihood)Why would I?
Sure, but you didn't follow up on itI did reply to it.
There is a reason why people who know about such things laugh at your response because there are clearly things a person can do to prevent the likelihood of becoming another rape statistic.There is a reason why the people who know about such things laugh at such sites because what such sites do is put the responsibility on the woman to somehow do things to prevent her rape.
And just imagine how stupid a person would feel if they blatantly ignored all the warning signs and fell victim because they took your advice about waiting at an abandoned railway station at night.What then happens and has the potential to happen is that women who take that advice can and do sometimes become victims of sexual assault and they then feel that they have failed or somehow done something wrong because they were raped. In short, women become further victimised when they are raped because they are then made to feel personally responsible.
sureYou are aware that the minority of rapes are 'stranger rapes'?
Are you aware that taking precautionary measures is effective against not only these minority rapes (estimated to be in the region of 30% of all cases) but also some cases where the assailant is a known person?
the reality is that you imagine waiting at an abandoned railway station is just as "safe" as any other time place or circumstanceSo you can try and be pedantic and think you are somehow correct, but the reality is that you are incorrect.
If you actually read what I posted instead of imagining stuff I wouldn't have to say it ....Indeed. I say this each time I read your posts.
feel free to find statistics to support your air-head statementsThe point is, Lightgigantic, is that any and every single scenario you can come up with can and will be a factor associated with rape. So when I look at the absolute worst you are trying to come up with as a 'factor associated with being a rape victim', it makes me laugh. Everything a woman (or man for that matter) can do and may not do and it will still be a factor associated with being a rape victim. A woman is just as likely to be raped in her own home by a stranger than she is being on a train station at 1am in the red light district.
ditto aboveAnd just so you know, red light districts are very heavily monitored by not just prostitutes, but also police officers.. so a woman will be safer from attack in a red light district than she would be in a 'safer end of town'. It's why I tend to park my car in 'red light districts', because there is a constant stream of police cars patrolling in such areas.
and alternatively, when such self empowering models of prevention succeed, she will reap the success of successfully using her common senseAnd when such 'self-empowering models of prevention' fails and she is raped, she will blame herself for somehow having failed and it also means that she becomes complacent and expects that she can't be raped in other scenarios.
And in short (if we want to parrot a diametrically opposed but nonetheless similarly idiotic ridiculously extremely absurd option) there is no such thing as rape education that will not entail the man viewing every woman as a potential victim of theirs and refusing to speak to or associate with or be anywhere women could be.In short, there is no such thing as rape prevention that will not entail the woman viewing every single man as a rapist and refusing to speak to or associate with or be anywhere men could be.
Gee, seems we are in a bind ...
your response doesn't explain how the incorporates several risk factors from the wiki page (factors that don't exist for a woman in her house btw ... which you are somehow equating in that fanciful little thought-cage of yours as being just as safe/potentially dangerous as the train station)Refer to my response to your ridiculous scenario above.
I can't see how you cannot believe it.Says he who believes that women can somehow be pro-active in preventing being raped.... And then linking to factors that determine being a woman is a factor in being raped. Really, you expect me to take you seriously after that?
All you have been able to do is whine about there exist scenarios that are more challenging or impossible to prevent (a notion I agree with ... if you ever managed to read anything as opposed to imagine stuff for the sake of ranting or whatever) ... and some how try to play this in a magical manner to render all subsequent programs of prevention (such as not planning to wait at the said railway station - which does actually incorporate several high risk factors given in the link) ineffective.
IOW because something could potentially fail, it will fail and there is nothing that can be done about it.
With that attitude you couldn't even dress yourself in the morning .....
Perhaps that might require you to read stuff instead of imagining half of it and ignoring the other halfHad you raised valid points, I would have taken them seriously.
And what you are pushing is the criminalization of common sense ... which is a brilliant recipe for further sufferingAlas, you have offered 'rape prevention', which everyone knows is irresponsible and frankly, stupid, simply because it places the onus on the woman to take steps to prevent her own rape when no one can know how, when and who could be her potential rapist. What you are pushing in this thread is for women to simply be afraid all the time.
Its an accurate depiction of the discourse you are having atmIs this how you view women who disagree with you?