The gun debate is a very hot issue, with lots of anger on both sides of the debate. But one Conservative takes it too far and tells the Newtown families and families of every other shooting victim to ‘go to hell.’
Since the vast majority of victims in domestic abuse cases are women, it’s not terribly surprising to hear a Republican default to the old right wing stand-by of ‘blame the victim.’
‘The act of the rapist is made easy because it would be easy to remove the half-cloth worn by the women. It’s institutionalizing the blame of the victim.’
In a time when a victim of child rape can be blamed, even in the supposedly ‘enlightened’ Bay Area, we really do have a long way to go, baby.
Brooklyn’s Park Slope neighborhood has had a recent increase sexual attacks. New York City’s finest, always on the beat, has taken a proactive approach to the problem, by giving wardrobe advice to women.
