if someone is alive, don't murder them if you see something don't steal it and it's the end to crime!
But the thing is? Society says that every day (with some exemptions for some specific forms of crime like tax dodging or whatever. And I do think that's a problem, too.) Society constantly stands up and says that the people who murder other people are responsible, that the people who steal something are responsible for it, and not the people who are stolen from- no-one tells the billionaire who's just had her $1mill necklace stolen that she shouldn't have had that necklace, or- before the crime- that she shouldn't have expensive things because they might get stolen; no-one tells the mother whose son was murdered that she should have had a more expensive alarm, or that he shouldn't have been home alone with the door unlocked- because it is accepted that it is not our responsiblity to prevent our own death by violence, although it is sensible to do so.
So I think you're slightly missing the point in that this isn't meant to be a guidance manual as to how to prevent rape; this is meant to bring attention to the ways we deal with rape. It's a crime almost exclusively committed by men, against (mostly)women and (sometimes)men; and yet our efforts to combat it start and practically end with focusing on what the woman should do to be safe.
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if you see something don't steal it
and it's the end to crime!
But the thing is? Society says that every day (with some exemptions for some specific forms of crime like tax dodging or whatever. And I do think that's a problem, too.) Society constantly stands up and says that the people who murder other people are responsible, that the people who steal something are responsible for it, and not the people who are stolen from- no-one tells the billionaire who's just had her $1mill necklace stolen that she shouldn't have had that necklace, or- before the crime- that she shouldn't have expensive things because they might get stolen; no-one tells the mother whose son was murdered that she should have had a more expensive alarm, or that he shouldn't have been home alone with the door unlocked- because it is accepted that it is not our responsiblity to prevent our own death by violence, although it is sensible to do so.
So I think you're slightly missing the point in that this isn't meant to be a guidance manual as to how to prevent rape; this is meant to bring attention to the ways we deal with rape. It's a crime almost exclusively committed by men, against (mostly)women and (sometimes)men; and yet our efforts to combat it start and practically end with focusing on what the woman should do to be safe.