Here is some bullshit I hear way too much (click image for a larger view):
Isn’t it interesting how this makes my eyes bleed rage-ohol.
Lady—Fuck you. It’s not my fucking job not to be raped. It’s not my job not to be robbed or murdered or kidnapped and it’s NOT MY FUCKING JOB NOT TO BE RAPED. Even if I wear tank tops, even if I wear mini skirts, even if I tattoo “I LOVE BONING” on my forehead. And anyone who prefaces this kind of status with “It’s interesting…” needs to be punched. In their brain.
Dude—Fuck, fuck, fuckity fuck you. The problem is YOU. The problem is MEN who think rape comes from slutty ladies and not RAPISTS.
This status had 23 responses and 18 of them were along the lines of “Yeah, what’s with all these slutty women making men rape them lolzomgshaha1!11”
Men rape women because they feel entitled to our bodies. Not because of what we wear, or how much we drink, or whether or not we’ve “led them on.” Men all across America see scantily clad women everyday and don’t rape them. Men go on dates and pay for dinners and make out with ladies and don’t rape them when they decline sex. Men even have sex, naked sex, with full-on naked women and then SOMEHOW manage to not rape those same slutty-sluts (or other women!) when they don’t want to have sex.
This is clearly a confusing issue so in order to help clear it up, here are some questions to ask yourself the next time you’re about to blame someone for rape:
Question 1: Did this person rape someone?
If “yes,” then this person can and should be blamed for rape.
Question 2: Was this person raped?
If “yes,” then this person should not be blamed for rape, on account of never having raped anyone.
Question 3: Was this person asking for it?
Trick question! If someone asks you to rape them, that is a “rape fetish,” and is not actually rape since they have given their consent! No blame needed!
Question 4: But was this person asking for it?
Trick question again! Either they consented to the sexual acts performed or they didn’t! Which is it, asshole-devil’s-advocate?! Ugh, no one likes you.
Question 5: Is this person advocated blaming women who get raped for being raped?
Mixed answer! No, they should not be blamed for raping someone (unless they have), but yes, they should be blamed for helping to further enshrine a culture, rape-culture that is, which teaches men that, yes, our bodies are a commodity they are entitled to, and that our bodily autonomy and safety is a privilege we can lose by stepping outside of what is socially acceptable in our dress, speech, sexuality, or behavior. These fucking people!
More clear now? Great! Now get out there, wear whatever the fuck you want, and start blaming the right rapists! And for shit’s sake, unfriend that fuckwit.


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December 8, 2010 at 11:49 pm
Jocelyn
Please tell me you left a comment on that person’s wall before you unfriended them. Maybe a link to this post?
December 8, 2010 at 11:57 pm
Amber
I am not friends with her; she’s a friend of a friend.
I am happy to say that he pretty much articulated everything I would have, though her response was something about Karma and how Confucius made women possessions so we should all revel in our oppression by burning all spaghetti -strapped shirts.
December 9, 2010 at 2:08 am
Jenni
I’m putting on my sluttiest outfit in support of this post and in support of my right to not be raped!
December 12, 2010 at 5:02 pm
Lydia
Thank you for posting this!
I don’t understand why it’s such a difficult concept for some people to grasp.
December 12, 2010 at 7:33 pm
Larissa
I have to admit, I went and read all the comments. I noticed her two main adversaries were men, that cheered me a bit. But to avoid going and messaging her, I’m going to rant to her here:
1. Following her logic, Taylor Lautner would be, “at the seed of the promiscuity,” responsible for any rape committed against him, by man or woman, for the crime of appearing in an international movie more than half naked.
2. Also following her logic, women promoting themselves for the goal of consensual sex, are responsible for any rape committed against them, soooo women are not permitted to have consensual sex with men other than their significant other? Would she hold men to this same rule?
I feel better. she is disgusting, and obviously has some issues with her own sexuality.