The unofficial justice system for women
I am afraid.
I’m afraid to walk down the street at night. If I do, I could get in trouble. I could be punished.
I’m afraid to wear sexy clothing. If I do, I could get in trouble. I could be punished.
I’m afraid to get drunk and dance. If I do, I could get in trouble. I could be punished.
These may sound like the fears of a woman living in a system under Sharia law, or in a dictatorship, but surely not of a woman in a “free,” democratic Western country! Right?
Most people in the United States—even the most misogynistic, disgusting creeps—are all about the “freedom” that the country stands for. Free speech, freedom to assemble, freedom of religion (you know, the freedom to accept Jesus however way you wish), and freedom of expression. If you suggested a law that made it illegal to wear revealing clothes or to walk down the street at night, most Americans and other Westerners would be outraged.
Yet most Westerners blame women when they are raped.
“She shouldn’t have worn those clothes,” say some. “She shouldn’t have been drinking,” say others. Still others insist that “she shouldn’t have been walking around at that time of night.” None of these people who blame rape victims would ever consider rape as a punishment for freedom of expression. But if you blame the woman for her rape, punishment is exactly what it is.
We are not free to walk where we wish, when we wish. We are not free to have fun when we wish, kiss who we wish without going further.
The freedom to choose
Most people love the idea of free will. The idea that you can do whatever you choose to do. People should not be able to force you into situations that could hurt you. But that’s exactly what rape is.
If a woman is getting physical with a man, and she tells him she wants to stop (even if she had wanted to go all the way before and now changed her mind), it is 100% his responsibility to not force himself on her. It is both partners’ responsibilities to read signals clearly; if one is pushing the other away: Stop. If one is saying, “no”: Stop. If one is acting strange: Stop and ask what’s wrong. The responsibility is on the initiator; the one who’s acting. Not the one who’s hesitating.
It boggles my mind, to this day, that somebody could actually be aroused while forcing themselves on someone else. Hurting somebody against their will isn’t sexy. Taking advantage of a person’s intoxicated state isn’t sexy. If you find these things arousing:
You are to blame.
You are responsible.
You need help.
You are not normal.
You are not “just being a guy.”
We, as a society, are so willing to blame the victims, but not the perpetrators. We blame the powerless, but not the powerful. Perhaps it’s because we are cowards. We know that the root of our problem is also the foundation on which our current society was built. So we let people suffer unnecessarily.
So that we don’t have to address our biggest fears.
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~ by sitakali on 18 February, 2010.
Posted in Bullshit Review, Social Environmentalist
Tags: blame the victim, ethics, feminism, sexism, violence



i live in usa, so it is agiant the law to rape someone. im not very educated about other countires. but it should be illegal to rape someone, anywhere. people should be able to dress in skimpy clothes. diseases like aids can spread, and it is possible to get pregnate if a girl and a boy are wearing underwear and rubbing on eachother. but putting jeans on it is thicker material so its better. clothes do help prevent stds and pregnacy if your danceing with someone, danceing naked is sex. certian diseases can live on dead surfaces, sometims for a long time, and are highly contagious, like worms, lice, and scabies. clothes do help protect agianst diseases, but lice and scaibies can go thru clothes.
you are wrong concerning the statement, “thats just how men are” conserning that they see rape as apealing. unfortunatly. rape is about power, its not about being nice to the girl. its about being able to control her. guys have the ability to be nice and not rape.
1/4 of website are porn sites. 85% of porn stars are prostitied women, as in, those women are being raped. 60% of high school boys think its right to rape a girl. the rape industy makes more money then then all the other big sports, microsoft, and all the other companies combined. most porn stars have stds and do illegal drugs. they are also starved and forced to have sex all day. 1 out of 8 american women get raped. 1 out 6 women get raped or attempted rape.
1 out of 250 people are slaves, world wide. being prostitued or foced labor is a slave. 80% of people have an std. 1 out of 3 sexually active teen girls got pregnate as a teen.condom will fail 3 out of 100 times. 67% of all sexual assult victims are under 18. 82% sexual assults are committed by someone the person knoes. for every 4 live births, 1 abortion was performed.
half of all women will have at least 1 abortion. 25% of all women wil have at least 2 abortions. 13% of all deaths of women came from illegal abortion. hpv kills more women then aids. 22% of children are sexually assulted. the largest group of people viewing online porn is boys ages 12-17. 60% of rapes arnt reported.
these statics are what is known. what is unknown im sure is much worse. ive seen it for myself. all the men ive gotten to know, are pervert liars. its just how men are. they can be nice, but under that niceness, is a hidden pervert. girls have gotten stronger, and need to get stronger then men(muscles) to regain control.
its dum for a women to ever belive that a man is being honest to her about not haveing sex with other girls. 70% of men cheat, and that is who got caught. the second you take your eye off your partner, includeing sleeping, they could be haveing sex with another girl.
its simple, men have more muscles, so they have more power. the most powerful weaponds require a muscular person to be able to control this weapond. like big guns and things. thats why men are in the special opps, cuz women just arnt strong enough.
in a rape case its obvoious, most the time men rape girls, not the other way around, and most the time men are stronger, that’s why they can. men have a stronger sex drive then women. women want someone to raise the baby with them, because you can not take care of a baby and work at the same time easily.
men want to have sex with as many girls as possible. because they have a bunch of little people in them(sperm) that want to go into an egg. an egg is just a house for them, the sperm are the people that swim to the egg. each sperm wants to go into an egg, so a guy wants sex all the time.
girls dont want to have sex all the time. there are exseptions, like people will work to get there needs, but after they have there needs, its discusting, but true.
auto accidents are the leading cause of death ages 1-34. heart disease is the leading cause of dealth ages 35-death. heart disease is mainly caused by eating to much meat, dairy and saturated fat, not enough fruits and veggies, not exersizeing enough, smokeing, and drinking more then one cup of alchol per day.
where i live, rape is a serious crime, one of the worst. rape, torture, or murder of an innocent person are probally the worst crimes. people who do this, should be locked up for life.
women should have equal opporunties and rights as men. women should not be treated as sex object slave toys for men!
advice to women who are raped, or worried about getting raped, i will say, grow muscles, and fight back. and tell people so they can help you. report it. if you live in a country where that is legal to rape women, then we’re gona have to get the army and try to convince that rape is wrong.