Mathbud1
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Why is dress not a factor between people who know each other though?The issue with this argument is that most victims of rape know their perpetrator personally. Forcible rape in a parking lot or alleyway is not the norm. There have been studies performed on those convicted of those forcible rape of strangers and the vast majority are unable to give an accurate description of what their victim was wearing when they attacked.
Just because they can't describe it does not mean it did not register on a more primal level. If I see a sexy girl walk by wearing practically nothing I couldn't describe her clothes either. And does knowing someone personally erase the effect of dressing suggestively? Spending more time around someone dressed sexually is going to have more of a effect. Someone mentally unstable enough to rape could see it as an invitation.
So again, does it not make sense to encourage people to dress and act more conservatively for their own safety?
Those that rape strangers are not going to not rape someone because they are not showing cleavage. That was the point I was trying to make. Also that most rapes are done between people who know each other, so again dress is not a factor.
And that stranger rapist may be definitely going to rape somebody, but do you seriously claim that appearance will have no bearing on their choice of who?