How not to get raped.
Wow, I had no idea that women are directly putting themselves at risk for sexual assault by going to bars and drinking!!
Based on this theory, if women just stay at home where they belong, they would not get raped. Yeaaa!!!
Women's e-news has the balls to put an article up their website titled "Underage Women Sidle Up to Barroom Risks" by Liz Funk.
The article starts by discussing the fascinating details involved in club promoting such as:
Clubs use Web sites like ClimaxVIP.com and ClubPlanet.com to display pictures of attractive patrons. Often they are female, underage, scantily clad and striking erotic poses. These sites also point readers to the "hottest parties" at popular clubs and offer tips on how to try and get in.
The article is chock-full of this drivel all of which is totally irrelevant to the underlying theme of the article; women who go to bars and drink are at risk for getting raped. Period.
Pandagon has a great post about this dumb-ass article and I followed her lead and wrote to the editors at Women's e-news this:
Based on this theory, if women just stay at home where they belong, they would not get raped. Yeaaa!!!
Women's e-news has the balls to put an article up their website titled "Underage Women Sidle Up to Barroom Risks" by Liz Funk.
The article starts by discussing the fascinating details involved in club promoting such as:
Clubs use Web sites like ClimaxVIP.com and ClubPlanet.com to display pictures of attractive patrons. Often they are female, underage, scantily clad and striking erotic poses. These sites also point readers to the "hottest parties" at popular clubs and offer tips on how to try and get in.
The article is chock-full of this drivel all of which is totally irrelevant to the underlying theme of the article; women who go to bars and drink are at risk for getting raped. Period.
Pandagon has a great post about this dumb-ass article and I followed her lead and wrote to the editors at Women's e-news this:
Dear Rita Henley Jensen,
As a reader of Women's e-news I have to say that I am deeply troubled by the Liz Funk article "Underage Women Sidle Up to Barroom Risks."
The message and implication of the article was; women who go to bars and drink alcohol are putting themselves at risk for rape, period.
I am astounded that a feminist website would be so irresponsible by reinforcing these rape myths.
I am a volunteer sexual abuse crises counselor, and I can not tell you how many times women have been assaulted and blame themselves because they were at a bar drinking and felt that they were somehow responsible. Additionally, because fear of being blamed is common, the decision for a victim to report a sexual assault becomes more difficult. Ms. Funk's article only will confirm these fears by erroneously placing the fault onto to the victim.
The “blame the victim” rhetoric is over; efforts need to be made for men (especially young boys) in creating a more positive attitude towards women. This is a very difficult task, however, reinforcing rape myths and posting them on a website for women to read sets back the sexual assault movement decades.
You have done a disservice to women and I hope that action is taken on your part to repair this.
The message and implication of the article was; women who go to bars and drink alcohol are putting themselves at risk for rape, period.
I am astounded that a feminist website would be so irresponsible by reinforcing these rape myths.
I am a volunteer sexual abuse crises counselor, and I can not tell you how many times women have been assaulted and blame themselves because they were at a bar drinking and felt that they were somehow responsible. Additionally, because fear of being blamed is common, the decision for a victim to report a sexual assault becomes more difficult. Ms. Funk's article only will confirm these fears by erroneously placing the fault onto to the victim.
The “blame the victim” rhetoric is over; efforts need to be made for men (especially young boys) in creating a more positive attitude towards women. This is a very difficult task, however, reinforcing rape myths and posting them on a website for women to read sets back the sexual assault movement decades.
You have done a disservice to women and I hope that action is taken on your part to repair this.
Feel free to drop a note to the Women's e-news letting them know what you think about this article.
