Oh, yay.

[fickle_goddess]

Latest rape statistics, courtesy of Amnesty International.

Here's a breakdown of the stats. Pay especial attention to the one that states that getting drunk makes it your fault for getting raped.

Devrushka decides to send an e-mail to her male friends for raising awareness about how rape really is a crime and not just a bit of fun that got out

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[xinda]

First link & Second link: Actually, the second link covered what I was thinking for the percentage that was claiming that the woman is partially (or at all) responsible. Namely the 'cover every inch of your body' and 'don't smile'/flirting one.

"...and then, when I don't respond, that he can kick it up a notch and call me a dyke and call my mother a whore, and I'd like to spin around and grab him by the earlobe and hiss into his face, "Don't FUCKING talk about my mother," and then rip his earlobe clean off his head and throw it into the gutter and make him beg to keep the other one..."

Indeed.

"...But a lot of us, a lot of us, heard that Lorena Bobbit sliced her abusive husband's dick off and thought to ourselves, "Good for her." A lot of us said it out loud. Please understand, I wouldn't advocate cutting an abusive husband's dick off, primarily because it'll just make things worse for you in the long run. But please understand also that I can sympathize with the instinctI remember my reactions. Each one. Including the one I

[xinda]

*dead* And your song with this? Makes me snicker and go down a totally different mood; thanks xD;

[sorshawolf]

....

Trying to form words concerning that entire poll is proving to be rather difficult.

I can only think of one thing to say to anyone that answered that it's the woman's fault in certain situations:

...To you, I say I pity you, a person that can lay blame so easily on a victim.

To you I say I am disgusted by you, a person that can turn their back so easily on another in need.

To you I say you are not worthy of my anger, only that it saddens me that people like you are the reason these things still happen.

To you I say I envy you, for never having to know what it's like to go through the blaming yourself, the hating yourself, the pain, the sheer torture the aftermath of rape can bring.

I can't bring myself to be outraged, though I find myself a little angry, and more than a little sad.

Sometimes, my hope that the world is actually changing for the better is cut open by the horrid faces humans can have.

[fickle_goddess]

I think tonight must be my night to address rape; I just made a second, more personal post about it, with my views instead of just a collection of links.

...There was a really awful study that they did in a college, where 80% of guys said that if they could rape someone and get away with it, they'd do it. I think I hated all humankind for a full month after reading that.