Triton, one of the key elements of sex is that it brings people closer together. A stranger who has sex with you is somebody that you do not want to be close with. Plus you also have to remember that a lot of rapists are actually mentally ill and would attack just about anyone, no matter what they look like. If you're alone in a city then you'll always be vulnerable, even if you were carring a knife and knew self-defence. Screaming for help is not very useful when everyone is asleep and nobody can help you.
Also asking a rapist to use contraception or that you're about to have a period is obviously not really going to affect these people.
Also, 'responding' to people's post by merely saying 'go and do your homework' or 'yeah well your opinions are wrong' is not going to help you win an argument.
The world is just a big shade of grey, that's how it is. Trying to tell women that if they don't dress provaocatively they won't get assaulted is trying to sort it out into two groups. As in Tai's case, that's not always true. There are also women who walk around York city centre with practically nothing on who are seemingly not getting raped day after day.
An open mind helps when you are discussing things like sex and abortion and when people start closing themselves off to others' views then there is a problem.
Chuck, for once I agree with you (although not all western mothering is based on Christianity). Catagorising everything is not wise, nor is basing anything on 'moral values'. The whole point of your mind is that you can think outside of what you are told. When this stops happening then something's going wrong.
For example President Bush being elected for a lot of people because of his 'moral values' is wrong. But that's off topic to a high degree.
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