USC fraternity calls women "targets", not people

[neltharion]

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He’s just saying there’s D-bags at these parties. If you don’t want to be treated like a peice of meat by these D-bags, don’t go to those parties.

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<p>There are d-bags in the world. If you don’t want to be treated like a piece of meat by these d-bags, don’t leave the house.</p>

<p>By which I mean to say: This type of thinking is very characteristic of rape-culture. Instead of asking men to not rape, we instead tell women to not walk around at night. We tell them they shouldn’t show up to parties. We ask them not to dress a certain way. Don’t drink. Don’t wear makeup. In short, we blame the victim for her own assault instead of the rapists. That is wrong however you look at it. And in fact, if you’re skeptical and want a recent example of rape-culture at work, take a look at this wonderful article: <a href=“http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/09/us/09assault.html?_r=3&scp=1&sq=assault%20texas&st=cse[/url]”>http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/09/us/09assault.html?_r=3&scp=1&sq=assault%20texas&st=cse&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Some choice bits:</p>

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“It’s just destroyed our community,” said Sheila Harrison, 48, a hospital worker who says she knows several of the defendants. “These boys have to live with this the rest of their lives.”

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Residents in the neighborhood where the abandoned trailer stands — known as the Quarters — said the victim had been visiting various friends there for months. They said she dressed older than her age, wearing makeup and fashions more appropriate to a woman in her 20s. She would hang out with teenage boys at a playground, some said.

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“Where was her mother? What was her mother thinking?” said Ms. Harrison, one of a handful of neighbors who would speak on the record. “How can you have an 11-year-old child missing down in the Quarters?”

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<p>In this article, what you see is blame being shifted from the boys (“Oh, they have to live with this the rest of their lives!” Uhhh. What about the girl who was raped?) to the girl herself (because, y’know, dressing up like a woman in her 20s and wearing makeup is just asking to be raped, and while we’re at it, does that mean it’s okay to rape women in their 20s?) and her mother. Not once in the article is sympathy expressed for the girl, only for the boys who raped her.</p>

<p>And while we’re at it, slut-shaming is never cool.</p>