Warnings and wise counsel parents used to routinely give young girls Dress modestly" Dont go to a mans home alone" etc. are now frowned upon in the name of political correctness.
If you want to know why lies seem increasingly common its because we persecute people for honesty.
A good example is the recent statements tennis star Serena Williams made about the Steubenville rape case. Commenting on the matter in a Rolling Stone interview the Wimbledon champion opined:
Do you think it was fair what they the assailants got? They did something stupid but I dont know. Im not blaming the girl but if youre a 16-year-old and youre drunk like that your parents should teach you dont take drinks from other people. Shes 16 why was she that drunk where she doesnt remember? It could have been much worse. Shes lucky. Obviously I dont know maybe she wasnt a virgin but she shouldnt have put herself in that position unless they slipped her something then thats different.
Now where Williams went wrong was in questioning the fairness of the sentence. The two assailants high-school football players Trent Mays and Malik Richmond received respectively two years and one year in juvenile detention for the extreme sexual abuse of a 16-year-old girl abuse punctuated by disgusting evil attitudes and commentary. In my view they got off easy. But isnt Williams correct in saying that the girl also made it easy?
Before anyone thinks such opinions are the result of some kind of tennis-induced dementia (I have quite a history in the game myself) let me place this in perspective. If Im falling-down drunk and walk through a dangerous neighborhood at 2 AM wearing gold jewelry and flashing cash and I get knocked over the head and robbed will anyone shrink from stating that I imperiled myself via poor decisions?
This isnt synonymous with saying I asked for it any more than a person with a poor lifestyle asks for a heart attack. But just like the eating of too much saturated fat my drunkenness would be a risk factor.
So correct me if Im wrong but theres still something called acting stupidly." And unless there has been a late addendum to the Bible God has not yet granted man a special dispensation from the consequences of it.
The point is that warnings and wise counsel parents used to routinely give young girls Dress modestly" Dont go to a mans home alone" etc. are now frowned upon in the name of political correctness. Instead we instill them with the notion that the sexes are the same and by golly if something isnt dangerous for a guy theres no reason why you should have to modify your behavior" in that department. Equality! Interestingly though we dont apply this thinking to less politically incorrect crimes.
For instance just consider this passage from WiseGeek on how to avoid being mugged:
Because muggings tend to follow certain patterns people can avoid victimhood by traveling smart. Try to avoid being alone on the street or on public transit between 8:00 PM and 2:00 AM. Travel with a group after dark and stick to well lighted areas where there are other people around. Make sure that your valuables are hidden and secured as well. Keep things like cell phones cameras and personal music players out of sight and out of temptation.
Wow a lot of behavior modifications recommended there. And could you imagine if you told women that to decrease the chances of rape they should make sure their valuables are hidden" and out of sight and out of temptation"? I mean its almost as if theyre saying its your fault if you get mugged.
This brings us to the real War on Women: the ones waging it here are actually those who in the name of a twisted leftist agenda seek to suppress information that would help women more safely negotiate life. So young people Ill tell you what you need to hear:
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Good things dont happen when you get falling-down drunk. And if you have to drink to have fun you have a problem.
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Girls dont think you can keep up with the guys in the drinking department. Heavier people can metabolize more of any substance; consequently an amount of alcohol that a man 50 pounds heavier than you can hold" may be enough to cause you serious impairment.
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Girls also know that if you get inebriated your chances of being raped will be greater. And the increase in probability is directly proportional to your degree of drunkenness. This is simply an inescapable truth.
In fact in those dark ages decades ago when people entertained notions of right and wrong getting drunk was known as an occasion of sin." And you were obligated to avoid such things because they are situations in which youre more likely to do wrong or have wrong done against you. But weve evolved beyond such talk now and Im sure leftists certainly dont want to hear it. After all theyre heavily invested (at least emotionally) in the rape-center business.