Posted on 01/18/2011 9:32:36 AM PST by markomalley
A top cleric in the Russian Orthodox Church is under fire for saying that women who wear miniskirts and get drunk should not be surprised if they get raped.
Archpriest Vsevolod Chaplin, the head of the Orthodox Church's department for relations between the church and society, complained that Russian women dressed like strippers and suggested a nationwide dress code should be introduced to ensure both sexes dress more conservatively.
"If she (a woman) is wearing a miniskirt, it is provocative," he said. "If she is drunk at the same time then she is even more provocative, and if she herself is actively seeking contact with people and is then surprised when that contact ends in rape she is wrong."
The problem, he laimed, was that some Russian women confused the street with a strip club and dressed like prostitutes.
"A woman who is barely dressed or made up like a clown will certainly not find a man as a partner in life with an ounce of sense or self-respect," he said.
His comments provoked uproar, prompting more than 700 feminists to sign a petition to the head of the Russian Orthodox Church, Patriarch Kirill, demanding he denounce the cleric's statements.
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FYI ping
Maybe he wants them to wear a burka.
I have a feeling that he was trying to make a general point about dressing and acting like a slut, and a lot of the fine points got lost in translation.
What? No pictures?
Imagine...women who honor men enough not to tempt them.
First sentence of the story:A top cleric in the Russian Orthodox Church is under fire for saying that women who wear miniskirts and get drunk should not be surprised if they get raped.
In advance of the flame wars, please note that he is not excusing rape, he is just saying that rape is more likely for those women who are drunk & wearing miniskirts.
Is this an accurate statement?
And the FEMINISTS will scream at your comment!
False dilemma.
No, I think it’s fairly obvious that he’s pointing out that, if you look like a slut, dress like a slut and act like a slut, don’t be surprised if some men will treat you like a slut.
Unfortunately, the idea that actions have consequences is almost anathema today.
Russians lost God much during Commie rule and the women now look a little unbridled.
So what’s our excuse?
HellifIknow.
TTIUWOP.
The Victorians understood human nature and our circumstances far better than the Hefnerians.
Why, next he’ll be saying that college girls who get drunk, go into fraternity-house bedrooms with boys, take all their clothes off, and engage in kissing and groping should not be surprised if they are raped. How dare he suggest that there is any cause-effect relationship between drunken and provocative behavior and sexual intercourse to which one doesn’t remember consenting!
Modesty is one of the Fruits of the Holy Spirit.
Blaming the victim is always easier than finding, arresting and punishing the criminal.
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