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Yesterday, I went out to a bar with my 65-year-old mother-in-law. I had a drink. I would have had more than one, but I didn’t bring enough cash.
As I understand the trolls on this thread, if some asshole had decided to spike my drink with a hallucinogen and then ‘escort’ me out to his car and rape me, I should expect everyone to spend their time telling me that I was stupid to think I had as much right to go to a bar and listen to a band as the guy sitting next to me. They won't spend any time talking about what could have been done to catch the rapist before he raped me, what we should tell our sons to make them realize that rape really is a crime (even if the victim has enjoyed a bit of light bondage in the past or has had sex with someone who wasn’t her husband at the time), or whether incarceration is sufficient to reform rapists. After all, a single blithe statement about how rapists ought to be castrated and how they'd vote to convict any rapist is enough to cover those topics, right?
As I understand the trolls on this thread, if some asshole had decided to spike my drink with a hallucinogen and then ‘escort’ me out to his car and rape me, I should expect everyone to spend their time telling me that I was stupid to think I had as much right to go to a bar and listen to a band as the guy sitting next to me. They won't spend any time talking about what could have been done to catch the rapist before he raped me, what we should tell our sons to make them realize that rape really is a crime (even if the victim has enjoyed a bit of light bondage in the past or has had sex with someone who wasn’t her husband at the time), or whether incarceration is sufficient to reform rapists. After all, a single blithe statement about how rapists ought to be castrated and how they'd vote to convict any rapist is enough to cover those topics, right?