Pretty much.

Arakin · 2013-12-14T19:45:54+00:00

I always use the analogy of walking down a bad street at night with valuables on you. How many people wouldn't say, including girls, "Why the fuck would you go to that part of town at that time of night with valuables on you? What did you think would happen!?"

Arn13 · 2013-12-14T19:17:33+00:00

I would like to suggest a better analogy: "telling people to lock their cars so that their radio won't get stolen, is victim blaming."

The example in this image has a weakness, namely that rapists commit an intentional crime while car accidents are usually not intentional. Of course reckless drivers are still responsible, but the analogy is more accurate if you compare it with theft. Thieves commit an intentional crime, just like rapists.

TRPACC · 2013-12-14T19:35:10+00:00

I think all MRAs should read this so that we can know where don't blame the victim comes from.

It is not the idea that women shouldn't be responsible for their own safety as we keep saying, its about reducing high and painful levels of irrational self blame and shame.

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/9780470978580.app6/pdf

TRPACC · 2013-12-14T19:16:06+00:00

So the analogy for women is children, the analogy for deliberate rapists is car drivers that are in the right and the analogy for rape victims is children that broke the rules and walked out in front a car that was in the right.

We already do tell drivers not to be criminal drivers, there is much more focus on driving safely than there is telling pedestrians not to get deliberately run over.

Title	Pretty much.
Author	tryingtoworkoutmylif
Upvotes	6
Comments	8
Date	December 14, 2013 7:11 PM UTC (12 years ago)
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