# A "What the fuck?" to TheWhoToTheWhatNow **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [May 25, 2011, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-what-the-fuck-to-thewhotothewhatnow/583125 "2011-05-25T06:44:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 230
**Author:** ![Zeriel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/58956e/32.png) [@Zeriel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeriel)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2011, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-what-the-fuck-to-thewhotothewhatnow/583125/230 "2011-06-01T00:39:09Z")
> [@margin](#): > > Tell me, do you believe in holding individual racists accountable in regions that are or were known to be extremely racist? Amazingly, I have never once suggested not holding rapists fully responsible for the crimes they commit. Of course individual racists are culpable, and the culture is culpable, and direct enablers of the racists who are not racist themselves are culpable. > [@](#): > > [FAQ: What’s wrong with suggesting that women take precautions to prevent being raped? | Finally, A Feminism 101 Blog](http://finallyfeminism101.wordpress.com/2007/03/15/faq-what%E2%80%99s-wrong-with-suggesting-that-women-take-precautions-to-prevent-being-raped/#comment-72519) Amazingly, I have never once suggested that victims were at fault. I said as much in the other thread. > [@Is dressing like a slut "asking for it"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-dressing-like-a-slut-asking-for-it/581519/246): > > They don’t relate to “temptation”, they relate to “access”. A normal guy isn’t going to turn into a thief just because he sees you flash a lot of cash. A thief will, certainly, but if you follow those bits of advice then they won’t have access to your cash because it’ll be in your bank. Seriously: items 1 and 2 are “you can’t be a victim if you don’t have anything to steal”, and item 3 is “if it is unknown whether you have anything to steal, most thieves will choose someone else”. > > What’s the analogy here for rape victims? > > 1. Don’t carry your vagina unless you need it? > 2. Don’t carry your vagina and anus in the same place? > 3. Don’t show that you’re in possession of a vagina? > > Seriously, your advice sucks. Women are victimized by men for rape because they’re women, not because they’re women who dress sluttily. There is no analogy to mugging prevention, because women cannot leave “being a woman” at home like you can do with cash. The case of the 11-yr-old? If a minor child that young is outside the view of someone’s parents long enough to be raped, I am DAMN SURE blaming the parents. That’s not an opinion regarding rape, that’s an opinion regarding harm coming to neglected/unsupervised minors. I’d blame her parents if she were mugged or hit by a train. Once again, your habit of lighting into people who are on your side but approach the issue 1% differently than you do is not helping anyone. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-what-the-fuck-to-thewhotothewhatnow/583125)._