BlurstThere should be no victim blaming for either crime. That man is not at fault for his own robbery, yes he put himself in a much more vulnerable position by flashing his phone and money but that doesnt ever make it his fault.
In the end like I tried explaining in my posts above, these are two completely different crimes in which the relationship between the victim and the accused are very very different. The outcomes of each crime are incredibly different, the affect on the victim in each crime is not even comparable etc.. etc..
You have to be able to understand why it is deemed acceptable by society to put a portion of blame on a person for leaving out a valuable consumer good and having it taken from them, when it is not and never ever should be acceptable to blame a woman for someone else's selfish disgusting attack against their body.
it doesn't matter whether a rapist SHOULD or SHOULDN'T rape a person. we know they shouldn't. but they do it anyway.
is it safe to say that a rapist would more likely take advantage of a provocatively dressed woman that's absolutely hammered at a bar? i'd say so. if you were a woman, then, would you believe that you're more likely to get raped if you go to a bar and get extremely drunk while wearing skimpy clothing? is that not a similar comparison to someone leaving something more prone to being stolen in a sketchy area?
there are preventative measures people can take to prevent theft. lock your car, front door, etc.
then there are preventative measures woman can do to prevent rape. THIS DOESN'T MEAN ITS RIGHT THAT A WOMAN SHOULD HAVE TO DO THEM. you shouldn't have to lock your door from thieves. BUT, people don't all operate on good morals. and so i'd say it's wise to not get so drunk that you could become a target, etc.
obviously determined robbers will still break in, and determined rapists may use roofies or other methods to get their way. BUT why should we just ONLY say to women "it's never a victim's fault" when saying "there are things you could do to prevent rape" could lessen a person's chances of being raped? it's not about the current victim, it's about the next potential one.
i have now realized i haven't read page two and hope i'm not just copying what someone else said. whatever.