The problem I have with your reasoning is that "Men are not taught not to rape" and "Men are taught not to rape" are both, taken literally, false statements. Some men are taught not to rape. Some are not. I don't know what the correct percentages are, and rather doubt anyone does. More broadly, and I believe this is highly relevant, some men are taught to not objectify women, to accept that no means no, to understand that cleavage on display is not an invitation to sex, etc. But many are not. And that needs to change.
Any pithy meme is, by definition (see: "pithy"), going to be an oversimplification. In this case, my interpretation of the use of "instead" in the original quote is different from yours. I don't see it as "We should stop teaching women to take precautions." I see it as "Currently, we teach women to take precautions, some of which are unreasonable, as a substitute for teaching all men that rape is always wrong."
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Date: 2012-06-19 05:13 pm (UTC)Any pithy meme is, by definition (see: "pithy"), going to be an oversimplification. In this case, my interpretation of the use of "instead" in the original quote is different from yours. I don't see it as "We should stop teaching women to take precautions." I see it as "Currently, we teach women to take precautions, some of which are unreasonable, as a substitute for teaching all men that rape is always wrong."