Female rape victims are themselves to blame.

The words of a muslim leader, blaming the victims for something that they really have no control over in this. What's worse about this is this is not the first time I have heard this said about rape victims and don't think for a second that This is just those muslims. A few years back I was watching television and I remember this Christian Pastor came on, I had seen him around before, but never watched him. He got on the air and talked about how women were to blame for the lack of sexual morals and increase of rape in this country.

He spoke on how by wearing revealing clothes women caused men to sin themselves. Now seriously, how do you get off claiming things like that? I am around women all day. I only see them like every other time I open my eyes outside of this apartment. I think not only are people completely able to control themselves sexually, I don't think that ever seeing a girl dressed a little revelaing made me think that she wanted to be raped.

Some of the words this muslim leader, Sheik Hilali, out Australia said were very much more offensive: "If you take out uncovered meat and place it outside on the street, or in the garden or in the park, or in the backyard without a cover, and the cats come and eat it ... whose fault is it, the cats or the uncovered meat?" First off, I've got news for everyone out there, women aren't meat, they aren't just something that you go to the market and pick up, they are much more important than meat because they are humans and are equal to men. Second off, I don't eat any found meat and I'm not a damn cat.

If comparing women to "uncovered meat" doesn't make you angry enough he later goes on to call women "weapons" used by Satan to control men.

I think that we as men need to actually take charge and speak out for the truth about rape, about how it is wrong in any form from the brutal rapes to date rape. Also I think that this portrayal makes us look bad, it actually makes us look worse than the women because we seem like animals or like we are easily mislead and have no thought process of our own.

Then there is the fact that rapists target women based on a personal preference a lot of the time. Some rapist might want to go after shy girls who are very innocent and wouldn't ever be caught in a short skirt. It's the same as anyone having a preference criminal or otherwise. Some theives will be less likely to go for certain things, because of some preference and so on. You can't blame a specific group, based on just how they dress for a problem that really lies with the individual.

A while back I joined a group on facebook about how I think rapists should be casturated and also one about how I think the death penalty should be sought for them. I pretty much strongly think if you rape or murder anyone, they should put the needle to you. Because that's a crime that can sometimes be worse than murder because right there, that person's suffering ends. I have several friends that have been raped or sexually abused, and let me tell you it never goes away for them. It is constantly in the back of their minds and with good reason. I couldn't even imagine what kind of emotional pain that is to go through. With this note I am tagging everyone I know, mostly because this pissed me off and I think people need to see it.

If you're a woman then you need to speak out, make sure religious leaders and others know that its not your fault if you're sexually abused, its the fault of the perpatrators and no one else. If you're a guy then stop treating women as objects. Basically you need to treat anywoman the way you'd want your daughter treated. And porn, yeah, that objectifies women, esepcially the creepy brutal kind. There are a lot of rapists out there that have mental issues no one can fix, but as a society we can always start by making sure that children and others know all people are people and not property.