The everything about rape topic.

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I've always embraced the idea that it's *unwise* to go out at night in heels you can't run in, get drunk with men you are only kinda friends of friends with or don't know, take drinks from strangers at a very loud urban bar -

it's really unfortunate that any and all discussion of *mitigating your real risks* is treated as victim blame. Drivers are still responsible for hitting a person who runs out onto a street against the light but we have *lights* for a reason.

Agreed. I'll go so far as to say that until women are willing to take equal responsibility --- not blame, but responsibility --- for ourselves and our choices we will never have the equality so many claim to want.