This image has proven to be quite volatile within its online reception. The woman is shown topless with covered nipples and the words "still not asking for it" written across her front.
I think that this is something that we as a society strongly need to address, we seem to be of the general opinion that any person who is deemed to be dressed in a provocative way or acting in a particular manner is willingly attracting sexual attention, even inviting violent sexual behaviour.
http://zeldalily.com/index.php/2012/11/still-not-asking-for-it/
This article uses the metaphor of a home. If you were to leave your windows open, burglar alarm unset or even your front door wide open you would not be asking for a burglar to visit.
So why, then do we seem to want to teach young girls how to try and avoid getting raped, instead of young boys not to grow up with the mindset of a rapist?
It is a sad society when our initial thought is to wonder what it was that the victim was doing (or wearing) wrong.
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