Thursday, May 3, 2012

The issue of drunken rapes is even worse than it seems

All of the emotional, hysterical, irrational grandstanding and clutching of liberal pearls has left me speechless with my head in my hands.

They are shocked, absolutely shocked, I tell you, that no one is rescuing the poor, angelic, precious, drunk little angel.  They are shocked that this female, whom I'm sure bears absolutely no responsibility whatsoever, finds herself the victim of a crime...

They are shocked that anyone would "take advantage" of a college girl that is unconscious, vulnerable, drunken past stupor, all of that mess.

Hang on just a second.  How exactly did this girl arrive in this state of being "unconscious and vulnerable?"  Was she accidentally hit in the head with a wooden beam that swung around and knocked her out cold?  Completely at no fault of her own?

Nope.  Not even close.  She continually chose to drink more and more alcohol, and she got herself into this state of being "unconscious and vulnerable."  It is a situation which, to be completely honest, she had a hand in creating.

This state of affairs calls for some examination and critical thinking.

We can expect drunk people to still have the presence of mind, and the conscious decision-making ability to choose not to drive when drunk -- and rightfully so.  A drunk person is still a conscious human being and is still fully responsible for his/her own actions.  If this person drives while drunk, they have to pay for their crimes.

If this is all true, which it is, then we sure as hell can expect a drunk person to still have the presence of mind, and the conscious decision-making ability to choose not to get themselves into a drunken coma even as they are already tipsy.  This includes tipsy females.  The fact of the matter is, a female who keeps drinking of her own volition has continually chosen to get in this predicament. She got herself into this mess.

This is what is most aggravating and infuriating and upsetting about the whole mainstream public narrative surrounding college frat party rpes.  This is the insistence from supposed "feminists" that females have no control whatsoever over what happens in their own lives.

Why is the mainstream narrative so focused only on the behavior of other people surrounding the drunk comatose female?

The common rhetoric is that a female is just a victim.  Just a rape victim.  Nothing more than a spineless ragdoll, tossed and thrown about, used as a punching bag, helpless, defenseless, weak, limp.  Completely unable to fend off an attacker.  Defenses rendered completely out of commission.

With no ability whatsoever to defend themselves.  No ability to be in control of her own life.  No ability to decide what happens in her life.

I remember an article in some entertainment magazine back in the very early 2000s that praised women who hit back.  It was an awesome article.  It was about TV shows and movies and junk instead of real life, but still.  The sentiment was that women can be fierce, strong, agile, can have a laser-focused intense, and can set their sights on winning with a steely gaze.

It seems that nowadays everyone is deathly afraid to suggest that maybe, just maybe, females should take a bit more responsibility for their own goddamn well-being and safety.

Women, like men, are supposed to be fully-functioning, fully-evolved human beings who are responsible for their own actions.  They are responsible for their own conduct and behavior.  An individual woman, like an individual man, is a sovereign entity who has the full breadth and capability to think before she acts, to weigh pros and cons of a situation, to examine a situation and predict possible and likely outcomes.

You the female are responsible for your own judgment, you are responsible for your own decisions, and you are responsible for your own actions.  Exactly the same as each man is responsible for his own judgment, decisions, and actions.  As a sovereign human being with a full range of emotions and psychological capability, you chose to get drunk and then after that you chose to have sex.

You are supposed to have your own critical thinking abilities, capacity for risk assessment, capacity for good judgment, capacity for weighing the pros and cons of a given situation, and capacity for predicting possible and probable outcomes.

You assessed the situation yourself and fully consciously decided that it is a good idea to consume an alcoholic beverage.  Anyone over the age of twelve knows that consumption of alcoholic beverages can lead to reduction of capabilities of good judgment, lowered inhibition, increased reaction times to any external sensory stimulus.

You voluntarily, consciously chose to drink that first drink.  You voluntarily, consciously chose to drink the second drink and the third drink.  As you got progressively more inebriated, you still continued to voluntarily, consciously drink more and more and get yourself more and more drunk.  You know why this logic works?  Because you are a human being and as such, you are responsible for your own decisions.  Everything that happened here was your decisions and your actions.

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