I'm doing a report on this subject. Would anybody like to give any feedback on this? My opinion on it is no matter what the other person is wearing, that doesn't give the other person a right to take advantage of them. Any thoughts? Thanks in advance.
sharePeople in general on first impressions go off the exterior .So what they see is what they except as reality.I think when it comes down to this particular raping it was a combination of booze.Typical guys with their inflated testosterone i've seen real videos.Like at spring break where girls will just be dancing like jodie fosters character did and.Guys start feeling up on them because they figure hey if she's going to get down like that.Then she must be game for some dick same as you can see.
In the bar scene in this movie its a indirect invitation to come play.She even excepts the guy at first.Also like with the spring break videos its the mob mentality.Does the way you dress cause men to want to rape you ? no.It's more about the messages you give off with your body language.This girl was in a skeezy bar with a bunch of drunk skeezers.Her judgement was clouded a bit probably by alcohol.All these things play a factor your right about they had no right to do that too her.
If you go back and watch that scene from where she start's dancing in a sexual manner.Everything about is saying come on in to her she's putting on a show to the guys.They are looking at her like a fresh peice of meat they were given the impression that she's that type of girl.So the alpha male of the group took advantage.Also you had the A-hole in the back egging it on so the rest gave into peer preasure.She didn't deserve what she got but her actions were irresponsible she initiated it .
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every time I see a slutty girl at a bar I think "I'll bet she'd let 10 of us run a train on her if we promised to be gentle".
shareDancing and flirting isn't irresponsible. People do that all the time without getting raped. The chances of her getting raped in public like that were very low as almost all rapes happen in public so she wasn't putting herself as risk she was just unlucky. The world would be a very boring place if nobody can dance and flirt for fear of getting raped. Sure you could make an argument for it but you could make an argument for never going out after dark or never going abroad as you'd be safer. Do we want to live in that type of world or a free one?
Nobody initiates rape. You really think they thought when she started dancing that she wanted to be pinned down and f cked by 3 guys in front of everybody? They knew she didn't want it and they didn't care.
It's really unfortunate that some people think a woman's attire means she's asking for trouble.
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I know I'm super late, but since it's still here, I guess I'll toss in my two cents.
I think the way someone dresses MAY have something to do with it, but to be honest, I've heard so many stories of conservatively dressed women or children being raped or assaulted (by people they knew and trusted, at that!) that I don't think it matters that much.
Anyway, provocative could have a different meaning for different people, rapist and victim alike. I think it's more than about how someone is dressed. It's probably a lot of things.
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Clothes should not promote rape. That is like saying I wore a watch and was asking to get mugged.
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Agreed! Actions speak louder than words & clothes. I haven't seen this movie so I can only speak from what I learned growing up. No matter what Jodie Foster did or didn't do, no one should be thrown & held down onto a table or whatever and dogged, grabbed, & assaulted like an animal. No ifs, ands, or buts about it! Period! Based on just reading the synopsis alone, it makes me sick. I'm not sure I want to see it fictitious or not.
What you're saying in simple terms:
No individual should be taken advantage regardless of how they dress. That's the simplest way to say it. I don't know what the character Jodie Foster did other than supposedly she took meds, legal or illegal, whether she wanted or something was slipped into her drink, but regardless she was intoxicated and once intoxicated a person's judgment goes down the tubes so fast it make their head spin literally, so she was in no condition to accept or expect the behavior. She was powerless and rape being about power & control, the attacker's ego in high gear, it's a perfect storm. It's not brain surgery, but to fellow gentlemen, sometimes there's a bunch of us who just think women are pieces of meat and their minds/figures are unworthy of simple common decency, dignity & respect. It's just immoral, illegal, sadistic & pathetic (to say the least) to behave in such manners as the folks who attacked or didn't stop the attack on the character Sarah, played by Jodie Foster. If folks who insist they will act like this in real life wish to continue, well, don't let the jail door slice you in two, a**holes, because that's the least of your concerns. Good luck!
I have to say, when I read all these intelligent posts, I often even FORGET about how in reality, there are so many victim blamers, or people who don't see why rape is a big deal etc, even if deep down inside I KNOW that in reality overall, that is not the case.
So can I ask - why IS reality so different then and why can't the MAJORITY people be as intelligent, logical, compassionate and understanding enough to see rape overall for the horrifying and violent crime that it really is and condemn it at least theoretically enough, as such?
What - were most of the world's population among the "silent majority" NOT informed and educated on the matter so as to think appropriately?
It doesn't make a lot of sense, to be honest.
On a slightly different matter.
As much as I don't DISAGREE with rape or even sex laws GENERALLY, I personally, on a purely psychological level feel that, with a strict sense that they are enforced and explained, even if it IS meant to be for the good of us (and many both agree AND understand it - more power to them), I personally don't feel like and am afraid to have any sex at all.
And as much as I agree that victim blaming and all of that is wrong and is a problem, I sometimes can't feel but wonder why normal ordinary people, who are otherwise normal law-abiding citizens, would ever be inclined to feel that way?
The fact that we even KNOW about it does indeed suggest that this problem is indeed VERY common, and happens a lot.
And by the way, are there a LOT of psychopaths out there - in the world? Including those able and willing to commit rape? And would you say that one HAS to have at least some kind of sadistic inclinations to go about and do it?
If you ask me, I agree victim blaming is wrong and needs to stop. But I wonder why it even happens in the first place, I mean - if they just don't understand how serious it all is, why do they have to jump to conclusions rather than ask questions?
Nuns in black habits have been the victims of rape. Elderly women over the age of 80 have been raped.
That should answer your question.
She was wearing a very sexy, short, tight mini skirt, and a very tight, and very sexy, crop top. She was dancing very sexily and provocatively, almost beckoning the men to come and rape her.
Is it really any wonder they did what they did to her? Surely, the majority of people here would agree with me that she 'had it coming to her'?
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