Read previous round here. Table of Contents here.
Me:
"attribution of victim responsibility in rape cases" occurs after the crime has happened. Yes victims are blamed because of their dress.
The question is should I adhere to a dress code simply so that I will be taken seriously if I am molested? Because that's exactly what we want to change - this victim blaming.
Conforming to this barbaric expectation is not going to help our cause.
Re objectification: True: all men don't objectify. True: men are also objectified.
Also true: the rapists are only the tip of a mammoth iceberg of closet misogynists (men and women) who dehumanize women UNCONSCIOUSLY.
These are no research papers, but consider reading them anyway:
Alok:
If you admit that people dehumanize women unconsciously,
then you can hardly change that. Unconscious processes are generally automatic
and beyond the control of people. You can at best make people feel guilty when
they realize their act, but the act would have taken place nevertheless.
Besides, the process of change in the long run may be more personal than
advocacy, more sympathetic than militant, more caring than up in your face.
At this point I saw some truth in his last sentence, and the debate was temporarily suspended. Also at this point I publicly asked for permission from both Ms. Tumpa and Mr. Alok, to which the replies were positive. The debate took a new direction, however, when Mr. Alok issued a clarification. Stay tuned for more.
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