SeaSnake
OG
Here's your problem, as well as everyone els that runs this line of thinking:
No one... Lemme write that again so we're clear fam... NO ONE has said, alluded to, or in any way insinuated that any woman deserves to be raped. Under no circumstances should that ever happen and I'm pretty sure that everyone here is in agreement with this sentiment.
To even put that out there tells me that y'all ain't even trying to be genuine in this convo.
Saying that a person has steps they can take to stay safe and not be a victim of a crime isn't victim blaming.
@Duwop , and be honest here... How many time in your life has one of your peoples been caught slippin and you told them "Yo dawg, if you hadn't been out there <insert activity that would get a nigga hemmed up>, you wouldn't have <insert negative action taken against said friend>"
If your boy, cousin, etc was walking around with a few grand in his pocket, jewels flashing, and designer fits on and he was walking through Dundalk or Orangeville and got robbed for everything and showed up at your doorstep in his drawls and socks wouldn't you tell him "You shouldn't have been out there like that, you know how niggas get down"?
Ain't that the same as this so-called "victim blaming"?
Nope, and it's a legit criticism of a person's behavior. It's making them accountable for their own actions that created the opening to becoming a victim.
If I hadn't been out on the stoop at 2am, I wouldn't have been hit by a cop's bullet.
If I had been more aware of my surroundings over off Michigan Ave and had my door locked and windows up, a nigga wouldn't have been able to jump in my ride and rob me at gunpoint.
Shit, for that matter if I shouldn't have had nearly a grand on me when it happened.
A lot of shit that happens to people could have been prevented if we took time to heed warnings, instructions, and just plain common sense before getting into situations that can end up badly. Women are not off the hook for the shit they do in this way either.
Nobody said yall are condoning rape tho. Trying to shift the focus more on what women can do to prevent this vs what men can do to prevent this is victim blaming. You gonna say that pc culture bullshit but thats what you doing victim blaming