Seconding this. All three statements are victim-blaming, which shifts the emphasis away from where it belongs enables a culture of violation. I don't think any of them are okay.
That said, as other commenters have effectively pointed out, there are reasons why the third statement is different and potentially even more damaging to said victim than the first two (ETA: including the fact that, unlike other potential precautions against crime, women's clothing choices don't make any measurable difference to their risk of being raped, a point others have made on this thread but important enough that I want to underscore it). Victims of bike theft and mugging are not systematically discriminated against and blamed for their own violation as a feature of a wider sexist culture, but victims of sexual assault are. You are lucky that you exist in a circle that recognizes this discrepancy and comes down hard on expressions of rape culture! But make no mistake, that puts you in a minority.
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Date: 2013-10-04 07:49 pm (UTC)That said, as other commenters have effectively pointed out, there are reasons why the third statement is different and potentially even more damaging to said victim than the first two (ETA: including the fact that, unlike other potential precautions against crime, women's clothing choices don't make any measurable difference to their risk of being raped, a point others have made on this thread but important enough that I want to underscore it). Victims of bike theft and mugging are not systematically discriminated against and blamed for their own violation as a feature of a wider sexist culture, but victims of sexual assault are. You are lucky that you exist in a circle that recognizes this discrepancy and comes down hard on expressions of rape culture! But make no mistake, that puts you in a minority.