‘How to Avoid Rape’ – victim blaming or not?

I’m having abit of an argument with a freind, she pointed out this   site to me, I said I thougth it was bullshit and she thinks it offers sensible advice.

While I don’t dispute  common sense I am SICK of the respobility being hauled upon women and women who didn’t do what they ‘should’ have done being blamed for being raped, sites like this do not offer anything postitve in my opinion espcially when they have such delsightful statements such as this

‘Don’t Put Yourself in a Situation Where You Could Be Raped
At first glance, this is the biggest "NO DUH!" statement we could make. And yet, it is something that the nearly 100,000 US women — who are raped every year — didn’t manage! ‘

Surely I can’t be the only one who finds this statement and other similar ones on that site offensive?

a few more gems:

‘Oh BTW, going over alone to a couple of guys apartment alone does NOT constitute safety and not being isolated’

‘The basic rule of thumb to avoid rapes, drunk driving charges, destroyed cars and getting killed in accidents is NEVER get hammered any place where you aren’t planning to spend the night. And don’t ever spend the night somewhere that you don’t know and trust everyone there.’

Notice that these tips seem to outlaw most forms of social life…I like that ‘everyone there’ so now we have to check the guestlist of any parties we go to? what about meeting new people we’ve never met before?

The fact that he keeps repating the fact that the 100,000 women raped in the US each year keep ‘missing the point’ is something I find HIGHLY offensive.

Ditto all his spchpile on ‘victim hood’

http://www.nononsenseselfdefense.com/victimhood.htm

( the oh so sublte anti feminist tones are out in force..)

Opinions?