What?! Maybe you should take another swing at that.
/johnny
Our popular culture abhors restraint these days.
1. It’s not the victims fault, even if she pulls up her skirt and taunts “Don’t you want some?”
2. Dressing like sluts is still a bad idea.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BxuCeHUxoBY&feature=related
He said sluts.
All us guys know that a woman dressing like a slut doesn't get any extra attention at all!
(uh huh)
You are right. The critics and “apologizers are essentially saying: “What would a police officer know about what puts someone at greater risk? No, it would be better to repeat imbecile feminist mantras... Much better to let them dress as they please and learn something about reality.”
Rather misleading arrangement of words in that headline. The statement about dressing like sluts came first, then the apology for it. They weren’t simultaneous.
Of course “not dressing like sluts” is not a goof proof strategy, but they could sure cut their risks.
Would the cop tell men not to wear nice suits or expensive shoes? Might push the buttons on one of the ‘twisted’ ones - causing a robbery...
It’s come to this...now we must lie. This worries me more than people out breaking windows because it hits at the very core of Christianity.
Ouch. Yeah, an apology is in order. But I don’t think he was saying that the way a woman dresses justifies rape.
It’s like my little old saintly Grandma said once: “If you don’t want to be treated like a prostitute, don’t advertise like one.”
Some wisdom there, I think.
DUH.......
Well, I sympathize with the officer. Rape is rape, and it’s the rapist’s fault.
But if you are a woman, and you don’t want to be raped, there are certainly precautions you should take. Don’t walk the streets alone at 2:00 in the morning, for instance. Don’t go out on the town and get falling down drunk. Stay out of the bad parts of town. And don’t dress like a slut.
I presume he said this because he is concerned about the welfare of these young women.
Wrong. Minimize? Reduce? Yes. But avoid, no. Also don't hang out with idiots and avoid the places where idiots tend to congregate.
Or we should say to women...
Yeah, go ahead and dress like the slutty, attention whore beyotch you desire so much to be, but be sure, before you go out, to pack enough heat to stop any one who gives that extra special attention that you more than likely could have avoided if you didn’t dress that way.
Women want to prove how smart they are by becoming the most attractive rape magnets around, but complain when men objectify them for their bodies. Women, do you want men attracted to you for your minds and hearts or just your bodies? The freedom is yours to choose.
When your clothes look like underwear, then you just might be sending a message —even if it is ‘just the present style’. IMMHO
Dressing like a slut advertises slut. No excuses for dressing slutty. What are women advertising by dressing slutty? They must be trying for attraction or action.
Apparently his comments made the law students self-conscious about the way they dress. lol
I’ll find the actual study and get back to you, but apparently violent rapists are unusually drawn to either matronly women, young women with an innocent look, but never both matrons an innocents. The provocatively dressed woman was slightly more likely to have been the victim of a non-violent rape, but not nearly enough to offset the almost total absence of violent attacks.
A woman doesn’t deserve to be raped regardless of how she dresses but a woman who decides against all common sense to go into the bad part of town winds up getting into trouble. Its all about making the right choice and being a woman doesn’t excuse one from taking care to ensure your own safety.
I think I would have chosen another word than "slut". Like provocative, or promiscuous perhaps.