When women wear revealing clothing or costumes they do not invite someone to assault or rape them. When I read an article in which a professor of psychology is quoted as stating that wearing these costumes “can be an invitation to trouble”, I get a little riled up. Sometimes a woman likes to dress sexy for someone she is interested in, but that doesn’t mean she is handing out “touch me” invites to anyone she walks by.
Dressing sexy doesn’t justify rape
Monday, October 22, 2007 | 3:34 p.m. CDT;
updated 11:34 a.m. CDT, Tuesday, July 22, 2008
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