Okay, bitch.

(I don't know if this change in tone was a result of miscommunication, missed sarcasm, or if you were trying to go there with me. Such is life.)

See, what you guys don't understand is that the woman could have prevented the entire thing by not putting herself in that situation!

Also the kid's parents could have prevented it by not doing it! SO IT'S THEIR FAULT!

Also I want to point out the insanity of claiming OTHER PEOPLE are all "wahh wahh it's other peoples' fault" when sigmadiva won't put personal responsibility (see, that buzzword again!) on the actual rapist.

You're ALLOWING a rapist to say "well, it's other peoples' fault too." You HAVE to understand this. That's why I'm putting words in caps. Come on.

Also, that's a theoretical rapist - which is the best kind.

You and your liberal semi-intellectualism!!!!

Why does my case management group topic always line up with the GC discussion.

I spent two separate hours today trying to put personal responsibility into the heads of people who think that it's not lying if you get your friend to tell your girl that you were with him last night and not another girl.

No, but I would still be stupid for walking into a KNOWN violent area.

I'm not so naieve to think that nothing will ever happen to me anywhere. I am just as susceptible as anyone else. I think the difference between you and me is that I can recognize a dangerous situation and avoid it.

You seem to feel that nothing should happen anywhere. That is just not true. That is not real life.

Ah, I think a few people got the humor in it. ;)


I've said the same thing. But, again, use good judgment in as many situations as possible.

No, I said that *your* perception is black and white.

Again, I agree. But the woman does not have to make it a likely event, if she can prevent it. Prevention is the key. I think you keep missing that in my point.

So, for someone so adamant on this issue, you seem to enjoy saying the word 'fuck' a lot. Leaves me to wonder....

Well, I think 3 -4 pages ago, it was stated that given the incident, he was complicit in his own outcome. I don't think he deserves total blame. Just blame for using poor judgment.



I still think the guy knew what he was doing. I don't think he was totally clueless.


Oh, I can say the word. No problem. I'm just trying to respect the GC TOS.

Is this where I should come in and say 'You are a bad representation of your sorority. Imma gonna tell yo' prezzident'.

I think this.

Question:

The south has a reputation of being back-woodsy and racist.

Should I move because I'm black? I AM placing myself in a bad situation. If I get jumped or killed here in Texas, am I partially to blame?

That's illegal.

LOL. Cool. The power of the written word.

I think you have not read carefully what I have said. Yes, it is the rapists fault, for sure. But if I don't have to put myself in a situation that leaves me vulnerable, then I should just not involve myself in that situation *in the first place.*

I do. I get your point. Believe me I do.

Yes.

Emmitt Till should've known better. That teenager was so dumb that he got comfortable with the white folks in 1950s Mississippi and allegedly flirted with a white woman. What about Ms. Sofia telling the white woman "hellll no" and punching the white man. That's why she had a jacked up eye and went to prison.

Nothing should happen anywhere. Things do happen everywhere. People who live in areas with more violent crime do not somehow deserve to be assaulted more because they're there. LOL about your assumptions about me.

Yes, it was completely funny and not shitty at all. No wait, strike that. Reverse it.

No, you've put blame on the victim. Repeatedly.

Rape is always and solely the rapist's fault.
Tell me where the gray area is, precisely.

Bullshit. More women are raped by their dates, boyfriends, partners, friends then by random strangers. If you want women to really 'prevent' rape they should never leave their rooms. If you want rape to be prevented, we should start focusing on teaching people not to be fucking rapists. And stop laughing at rape jokes. And stop doubting a victim because of how she acts, dresses, who she slept with, or whether we approve of her lifestyle. It means teaching children to respect each other's bodies from a young age and not laughing off someone grabbing a waitress's ass.

I'm missing your point because your point is BLAMING THE VICTIM.


What, precisely? Seriously, what exactly do you wonder?

He deserves no blame for being assaulted. Assault is not a reasonable outcome for being at a party in an odd outfit. Stop blaming the victim.

So he deserved it?


So don't say it at all then. Or fuck off. Whichever.

I'm a 6th generation native Texan. I would have to say that in certain parts of deep east Texas, yes, I would advise you to move. I really would...

Yeaaaaah...it sounds like you're arguing for the sake of arguing.

I did not say that, nor was that implied. What I said was that knowing an area that is violent, I would be stupid to go there, thinking that I don't run the risk of being assaulted.

I want women to feel that they should not have to subject themselves to people, places, events, that they don't want to.

I want women to have high self esteem so that they don't feel that they have to get treated in a certain way.

I want women to feel empowered.

When women feel they deserve less than the best, that is ripe for abuse, of any kind.

What I am saying is that women should not have to go to such extremes just to be liked and accepted.

Women should not have to feel as if the only way they can get attention and "love" is to suffer abuse for it and put up with it.

I want women to be able to take control of their lives, and to do that is to understand their responsibility in their own actions. To recognize that they don't have to leave that option to someone else. It is their choice.

I wonder why do you think you have to resort to using profanity to get your point across?

Go back and re-read my posts. I've answered this multiple times....


Again with the 'F' bomb. Color me impressed....