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What is the best way to prevent rape in our society?

Asked by Simone_De_Beauvoir (39052points) September 10th, 2009

For years we’ve warned women about how they should dress and act and be careful to avoid getting raped – it’s the whole ‘blame the victim’ ideology (and yes, I realize men, too, get raped as do trans people)...this hasn’t worked all that much…this article suggests another way…

http://jezebel.com/5355724/what-if-keeping-women-safe-meant-educating-men

which I think is a good idea

do you think we should be doing a combination of the two above or something entirely different to prevent rape? should we focus on gender norms, sexism, the media, social institutions, race politics, power dynamics, etc?

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