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Tuesday, January 09, 2007

Alcohol Doesn't Rape Women, It Rapes Responsibility

The great Robert Henry Jackman wrote this article recently claiming that:

``The nation's snobbish hatred of 'ladette' [binge] culture has provided a get-out-jail-of-free card to rapists``
Call me old fashioned, conservative, crusty, fascist or whatever you will but I beleive as individuals in society we all have the responsibility to be responsible for our personal responsibility. I really don't think there's a great deal to say about this case except Jackman's argument has offered irresponsible women a get-out-of-jail-free card to their mistakes.

So what if men are on the sex offender's register for their lives because of a woman's mistake, so what if he looses his job, respect and dignity because a woman regrets the blurry eyed fuzz of a night before. surely it's in her rights to protect herself?

This is just a case of feminism gone silly, all because binge culture has created a Jeckel and Hyde approach to alcohol. Like Justicce Evans advocated, willful consent is willful consent. And you can't hold others responsible for the consequences of you choosing to surrender your self control.

2 Comments:

  • At 1:45 PM, Blogger Carl said…

    I think you're sort of right but a little bit wrong. This is a sticky topic - it's hard to claim that women should really be more careful without sounding like you're justifying the rape. For example:

    So what if men are on the sex offender's register for their lives because of a woman's mistake, so what if he looses his job, respect and dignity because a woman regrets the blurry eyed fuzz of a night before. surely it's in her rights to protect herself?
    Seems to rely on the premise that if a woman is drunk, a man can do what he likes with her. Which is plainly false.

    However, I agree to an extent. I think the culture where binge drinking is 'the thing to do' is completely stupid, and that everyone (not just women) should take more responsibility for their actions, and not put themselves in situations where things like this could happen.

     
  • At 1:57 PM, Blogger Ben F. Foster Esq. (c) said…

    I think I'm talking from quite a specific example here... I don't wnat people thinking I advocate rape and women should just shut up and be sobour

     

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