Do you think that a woman’s clothes are a factory that determines how vulnerable to rape she is?
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By birth, the safety and dignity of a woman become vulnerable and endangered. We have come across many cases of underage girls and infants getting raped and assaulted. If we look at their choice of clothes, there was none. They are being dressed by their families. So, are we blaming a family for dressing their female child provocatively? An older woman around 60 or 70 getting raped is another example of age and clothes being out of the question. It can be any female getting harassed.
A female University student wearing a uniform consisting of a shirt, pants, and tie is looked at by a man as if he would shred her clothes right now, and this is an actual incident. We have surpassed that situation where a woman’s clothes were to be blamed solely. Yes, clothes are still being questioned, but we know that it is just an excuse to defend a perpetrator and this heinous crime.
Attached is a picture from Centre Communautaire Maritime in Brussels, which put up an exhibition of clothes of rape victims, debunking the myth that clothes can be a factor or a reason for rape. Every woman breathing on the face of the earth is equally vulnerable to sexual assault and rape, irrespective of time and clothes.
Women are raped a lot even when they’re completely covered up.
Nuns are assaulted & raped. Doctors are being raped. There are many, many instances of this happening. All you need to do is google.
Women in hijabs and burkas are raped too. A lot.
You know who else gets raped too? Babies and children.
There are still many ignorant people that say “she deserved getting raped because of how she was dressed”…. How a woman dresses doesn’t give men the right to rape !!
India is considered as one of the unsafe countries to live in and people in India usually don’t wear revealing clothes in public.
Actresses wear revealing clothes!! Are they raped ? No they aren’t whereas common people are being raped who are in burqas in complete clothes that are not revealing and and small babies are being raped
It is so shameful to call this my country where no human is safe
The violence of rape threats particularly appears in a culture that sees rape as the worst fate possible for women and punitive action apt for transgressions. Sharon Marcus uses the term “rape script” which suggests that “social structures inscribe on men’s and women’s embodied selves and psyches the misogynist inequalities which enable rape to occur”. She also writes that “A rapist chooses his target because he recognizes her to be a woman, but a rapist also strives to imprint the gender identity of “feminine victim” on his target. A rape act thus imposes as well as presupposes misogynist inequalities; rape is not only scripted—it also scripts”. So to answer your question, no the factor of clothing and her physicality is independent of the social and cultural factors that determine how vulnerable to rape she is.
No, a woman’s clothes do not determine her safety or consent. This notion is a harmful myth that perpetuates victim-blaming and rape culture.
_Why clothes are not the issue:_
1. Clothing choice is personal freedom.
2. Clothes do not invite or justify harassment/assault.
3. Rapists target victims regardless of attire.
4. Focus on clothes distracts from perpetrator’s responsibility.
_Real factors contributing to women’s safety concerns:_
1. Societal attitudes and norms.
2. Lack of education and awareness.
3. Inadequate laws and enforcement.
4. Power imbalances and inequality.
_Solution:_
1. Promote consent education.
2. Foster respectful attitudes towards women.
3. Strengthen laws and justice systems.
4. Encourage bystander intervention.
5. Support survivors and provide resources.
_Key messages:_
1. Women’s bodies are not public property.
2. Consent is essential.
3. Clothing is not consent.
4. Safety is a human right.
Let’s shift the focus from what women wear to promoting a culture of respect, consent, and accountability.