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b_b  ·  4042 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Rape Is Caused by Rapists, Not by Underage Drinking

Link one is advice on how to avoid potentially dangerous situations. Link two is a complicated case of he said, she said in which the victim has stopped cooperating, leading to the case not being pursued. And link three is a case in which the perpetrators were convicted of sexual assault. I'm not sure how that's blaming the victim.

Obviously even a rape investigation can be devastating for the victim. I know I wouldn't want an embarrassing and traumatic event put in front of the public. I have no sense of how humiliating and painful that must be. However, I don't know where the idea is coming from that males (at least in this country) aren't taught that rape is wrong. Some don't seem to get it, but it is taught and taught again in school, on television, by any parents who are worth a damn. It's like saying the murder rate is so high, because no one has taught young thugs that murder is wrong. Some people are sociopaths who are going to commit crime. An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.