Rape:'Why didn't you take a taxi?'

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Eamonn Holmes is an idiot... however I see the appeal of walking rather than getting a taxi, the costs being one.

I walk back from clubs all the time although I am male so have less chance of being raped compared to a beautiful woman... we need more police just to look after hot women

Yes, he is so stupid for telling people how to avoid being raped.........right.

He put the blame on her, in general it is not the woman but the man at fault....

I read this thread in quiet despair at the state of humanity...

Which bit? That people rape or that people ignore advice due to denial?

Oh my god, what is it with peoples nowadays thinking that blame can only be on one person?!

So man sees hot woman, he wants her, woman says no, he proceeds to rape her, she tries to fight back... how is this in anyway the females fault?

(Women wearing skinny jeans are an exception, you cannot get those things off so that can lead to both parties being at fault and in some cases it not even being rape as if she took them off she could of consented).

The reason she got raped wasn't because she walked home, it's because there are rapists- at the end of the day, you aren't always safe in a taxi. Okay, realistically I would think it is safer to take a taxi, but there are always risks, and there are unsavoury characters in this world you'll bump into walking home or not.

Is that what happened? Is that what we are talking about? No. So why even bring it up ?

Is that what happened? Is that what we are talking about? No. So why even bring it up ?




Wrong.
She got raped because she met a rapist whilst walking home.
If she had got a taxi back, she would have been safe.
That is all that is being debated here.

We are talking about rape and how you don't seem to think it is one parties fault but both parties, I showed you that it can be only one parties fault (generally the males) with the exception of women in skinny jeans.

Not always, what if the taxi driver had been a rapist? Taking a taxi doesn't automatically make you safe. Even if they are licensed.

No. We are talking about people berating a man for telling people how to avoid rape.

And the sun could have blown up or a plane crashed on her.
You have to weigh up what is more likely to happen and to do your best to avoid it.

No you have just changed what we were arguing over and I refuse to argue with you from this point on.

Ha ha.

I know it's probably unsafe to walk home and I always make sure I get a taxi back to uni, but i'm just saying that's all.

I don't think Holme's comment was wrong, a little insensitive...but the underlying issue is society, morality, etc. It's part of the bigger picture. It's not a simple case of a girl making sure she gets a taxi so she doesn't end up getting raped.

What a sad world we live in, that's all i'm trying to say.

(I know boys get raped too...which is just as bad.)