TW: Rape
If I was to steal a chocolate bar because it was sitting at the counter looking all tasty, it’d be theft. Nobody would say but oh, look at the creamy picture on the packaging. It was taunting him. He had no choice. It was instinct. Impulse. Drives and desires beyond his control.
If I walked into some person’s home and said I lived there, I’d be arrested. Nobody would say to the owners that they should invest in curtains so that people couldn’t see how nice their house was so easily. Nobody would tell them that they were ‘asking for it’.
And if I beat a guy up because he was a loud mouth I’d be charged. Nobody would say oh but look at him, he’s a dick. He’s got gel in his hair and he’s wearing a shirt that says “How about a nice cup of shut the fuck up”. The dude is a wanker, he got what he deserved. More importantly, even if they did say that, it wouldn’t effect my charges.
But if a woman is wearing a short skirt then it will dramatically sway people’s opinions in a rape case. Was it cut above the knee? Was your waist showing? These are serious questions that will be asked in a court case.
I donno if I’ve missed something from the past few decades, but I’m pretty sure the whole “look what she was wearing, she was asking for it” thing is a pure joke now. No one in their right mind listening to a rapist pull that excuse would give them any sort of sympathy. It’s not an excuse in any way, just like this post says about stealing or beating someone up, even though this post is doing it sarcastically as if to say we do accept the excuse for rape. I disagree that it still stands. Maybe back in a day when before the 60s or so, but certainly not today. If it is still used then please show me and I’ll be one of the first to tear that legal establishment apart piece by piece.
Here is an example from this calendar year. Please, sir, commence your tearing.
(Source: marxisforbros)
