A rant about rape

A slut is simply defined as a sexually promiscuous person - not someone who deserves to be raped. To imply that being treated “like a slut” is synonymous with getting raped (and then to further imply that it’s not proper rape since they were kind of asking for it) is ridiculous. Little girls get raped by their step-fathers/fathers/brothers as well. Were THEY dressing in thongs or getting wasted? No. A rape victim is a rape victim, and that other people are no more deserving of forced sex than she is. It can happen to anyone, regardless of moral standards. If seeing an enticing woman led men to conclude, “I’ve got to rape her,” most men would be rapists. Yet few are. Some rape to feel powerful, others gang rape to demonstrate their “manhood” (powerful, dominant, violent, virile, and not gay) to each other and fraternally bond, some become aroused by sadistically bringing sex and violence together, others seek to harm an entire race, community or nation by using sexual assault as a political weapon, still others seek revenge against someone other than the rape victim. And some misread cues. The number of assaults will not go down if women made sure to cover up.