Grandpappy wrote:
>
 Root subscribed to the belief, common at the time she came of age,
that rape
> was motivated purely by lust and that women, through their dress and
manner,
> aroused men beyond their ability to control themselves.

In those days men got away with blaming women for men's bad actions.
Of course, that has changed. Today we know that rape is a sex crime for
which the oppression of the woman being raped is the stimulus for
erection.  It's a power trip for insecure sociopaths who can't be
aroused normally.

 "Free living is> what gets women into trouble and makes things hard on
the men who may end up raping them," she once said.

Well, she's right that when women live as freely as men, they will
subject themselves to some risk.  However, today society punishes men
who rape, and rightfully so.  We no longer blame women for men's bad
actions.

 "If women were more careful about where they
> went and who they went with - and if they had more respect for
themselves -
> there'd be fewer rape cases."

That's true.  However, women need not oppress themselves in order to
stop men from raping.  They can do many things to prevent rape
including shooting and killing someone trying to rape them, traveling
in the safety of numbers, and using the full extent of the law to let
rapists know where women stand.  Chop chop.
>
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