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12723447, Teaching men not to rape
Posted by -DJ R-Tistic-, Tue Feb-10-15 12:54 PM
In the last few years, there have been a million debates and articles about rape, and how we need to move away from teaching women how to act in order to not be raped, versus teaching men not to rape.

My former coworker's daughter is at Spelman, and he sent me this link from their website: "Sexual Assault: Tips to Prevent Acquaintance Rape (Date Rape)" http://www5.spelman.edu/students/sexualassault/acquaintancerape.shtml - and I've heard of plenty articles similar to this. Many women have responded saying that men are never taught not to rape, and that this whole attitude leads to the "she asked for it" attitude that's out there.

In your opinion, what ways should this be done, and which ways do you think are most effective in the long run? Would it even require a complete cultural overhaul, since a lot of what is seen as harmless may have rape-type undertones? Do you think the laws should be much harsher for those who are convicted?

Do you even think that men who are rapists could have been controlled at some point, or that something they experienced in life lead to their behavior? I've only read a few stories from actual rapists, such as that one Reddit post, and I still couldn't point out what could have prevented them from going that far.