alannacousland:

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theconcealedweapon: alannacousland: Unpopular opinion time. I think the whole, “teach rapists not to rape” thing is really REALLY misguided. Everyone knows rape is wrong. They know it is a crime. You can’t teach people not to rape any more than you can teach people not to murder, or… What OP is going for is just ‘Make sure they rape the next person instead of you’

-Ash

Hey there, strawman! How are you doing today.

This post was made after I saw a post saying how someone needed feminism because their school had a seminar to help teach young women on how to protect themselves, instead of one teaching rapists not to rape.

I DO NOT think educating people on rape wrong.

I DO NOT think teaching young men and women about consent is wrong

And I CERTAINLY don’t fucking hold any opinion NEAR what your asinine shitstain of a post suggested.

Just stop. I think calling “victim blaming” on any attempt to help young people to protect themselves is wrong. I think it detracts from ACTUAL VICTIM BLAMING.

I think just saying “teach rapists not to rape” and calling it a day IS problematic, because no matter how much you educate people on consent, and rape, and all of it, there will STILL be rapists or there.

People NEED to be conscious and vigilant, and although that will never prevent rape, it can help people feel less afraid.