# Should "They Were Asking For It"-style rape denial be a moddable offence?

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**Created:** [July 9, 2021, 7:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-they-were-asking-for-it-style-rape-denial-be-a-moddable-offence/946068 "2021-07-09T07:09:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\
**Post date:** [July 9, 2021, 8:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-they-were-asking-for-it-style-rape-denial-be-a-moddable-offence/946068/5 "2021-07-09T08:18:11Z")

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This is special pleading. At no time in the history of the SDMB has anyone been required to directly quote someone to discuss why they deserve moderation.

The summary is accurate. A poster revealed they had been raped. @split_p_j’s first response was to ask how it happened. After that was explained, @split_p_j said, and I’ll actually quote:

> [@I Pit Split\_p\_j](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-split-p-j/941620/187):
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> Not good enough if you were an adult woman. It’s your body your choice right? You made a choice to have that first drink.

That is victim-blaming someone who was raped.

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