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Re: forensic linguistics
Date: 2011-04-01 12:40 pm (UTC)It comes down to this -- can a woman do ANYTHING to minimize her risk of being raped? Not "avoid assault" completely (obviously impossible), but to minimize the risk? Either rape is completely random and nothing woman does increases or decreases her chances of becoming a victim, or it is not. In the latter case, why is it such a terrible idea to identify risk factors and make them known? And by "identify", I mean scientific study of actual cases, not "dress respectably" folk wisdom.
BTW, my ex-wife "minimized her risks" by carrying a long thin dagger whenever she went ANYWHERE alone. She did have to use it once.