Brii said:
o_O.Q said:
Brii said:
I still think you can and should attempt to mitigate the dangers, but that it's unreasonable to live your life in fear or completely prepared for someone to take advantage of you. Not everyone walking down the street without mace should feel like they'd deserve it if they were mugged. There's very much a difference between the notion that "Precaution could have helped me in hindsight" and "I deserved this happening to me because I didn't excerise precaution".
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i didn't say anything was deserved
all i'm sayng is that depending on the choices you make then depending on the circumstances you may suffer
and you may suffer even in a situation where you did try to protect yourself
i think we need to come to terms with the fact that this is an unchangeable part of the world we live in
at anytime it could be anyone's time to die or be harmed
however, taking measures for protection does reduce the chances of being harmed and that is my point
i don't think the smart way forward for people that value safety is to disregard these measures entirely and say blame the perpetrators because no matter how much you blame them they will exist
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Alot of victims ARE claimed to have 'deserved it', though, unfortunately, which is where much of the issue lies. That's why many are afraid to speak out about things like abuse. And it's definitely not just women. So many times I read nasty comments about gay teenagers who are verbally abused or harmed in school akin to something like "He had it coming by flaunting it". Sure, they could avoid it by never being honest with others about their sexuality, but is that a fair 'precaution' to ask of them? Why not ask of others to NOT be verbally and physically abusive instead?
I'm not saying bad things won't happen if you aren't careful, or that bad things won't happen even if you are. But the victim still shouldn't be blamed or told they deserved it when it's the actions of another that directly caused their harm. There's only so much you can do to protect yourself, and even less to protect yourself while still being able to enjoy life. There is inherent risk in just walking out the door each day, after all.
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We can talk subjective crap all day.
Censoring free speech is many orders of magnitude more destructive. It is indefensible.
As for the the topic:
Rape =/= Prostitution
GTA =/= Life
Claiming that the game promotes rape culture inadvertidly objectifies women, actual women, further ironically.
This is literally the exact same thing as the hot cofee mod in the past. Except this whole rape culture thing comes from part of the gaming media calling everyhting misogynist.
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