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In reply to the discussion: Since anyone with a penis is a potential rapist there is only but one (or two) answers: [View all]KitSileya
(4,035 posts)What about the guy that just started working in your office? What about your cousin? The girl you went on a date with? Your wife or husband? How about those two guys who came by when you were playing in a meadow on a sunny summer day?
No? Then you should know that women are not afraid of rape only when they're walking down dark alleys. Today, where I live, a 19-year old was found guilty of the rape and murder of a 98-year old woman in her apartment. He was the next-door boy that she had seen grow up. She opened the door when she saw it was him, because she never expected he would do something so heinous.
Women cannot protect themselves against rape all the time in all situations. I dare say you would agree with me that being raped is a bit worse than being mugged. It's not the case of "carry[ing] a few simple methods to protect myself."
I know that men can stop rape, because if the reluctant one in the last situation described in my paragraph hadn't given in to peer pressure, I might not have been raped as a 10-year old.