I just read this on someone’s blog:

“This comes on the heels of a British Amnesty International poll that found that 1 in 3 Brits think that a woman is at least partially to blame for her rape if she was flirting or drunk, about 1 in 4 think she’s to blame if she was dressed sexily. And if a woman is known to have had an active sexual history? 15% think she’d be partly to blame for being raped and a full 8% think it would be completely her fault.”

http://www.amnesty.org.uk/news/press/16618.shtml

I don’t how to explain how this makes me feel. If you don’t think like me, then maybe you won’t get it. But how are we, our world I mean, ever supposed to crawl our way out of that way of thinking? It’s so deep-rooted. It seems hopeless.

I know this report only represents a certain portion of the population, but I’m willing to venture that more people than I want to think about share the same views.

How is it ever anyone’s fault, even kind of, that they are assaulted in any way? I don’t care if a person walks down a dark alley naked and drunk. Or if s/he is in your house or car naked and drunk. It is never permissible to assault or attack that person in any way if they don’t explicitly ask for it or give permission.

I’m not looking for arguments here, you won’t convince me I’m wrong. And I don’t have the energy to try to convince you that you’re wrong, so let’s just leave each other alone if you disagree.