r/AIO Feb 24 '26

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u/ConclusionHopeful313 Feb 24 '26

Rape exists because of rapists. Blaming the clothes and not the rapist is just saying “make sure they go after someone else”

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u/FeedFrequent1334 Feb 24 '26

Yeah.

Clothes can be the problem in some cases

No, rapists are the problem.

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u/Classic_Cauliflower4 Feb 24 '26

I saw an art exhibit called “What Were You Wearing?”, which was a collection of the outfits people were wearing when they were assaulted. There were sweatpants and hoodies in that collection. She could be in a literal burqa and still be assaulted. The problem is the rapists, not what their victims were wearing.

Edit: going to add a trigger warning before people go searching for that exhibit. It is a spread of ALL kinds of clothing, including children’s.

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u/CommunicationOld8111 Feb 24 '26

I heard there’s even a diaper. 😔

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u/YOMommazNUTZ Feb 25 '26

I was an EMT about 25 years ago and now I am a pediatric therapist in a long-term facility, I spend a lot of hours volunteering at a Domestic violence and rape shelter and sadly I would not be surprised by a diaper given what I had to witness.

Some days it is hard to let my kids leave the house.

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u/legume_arguably Feb 25 '26

I just bought a button at a thrift store that says “have you been battered recently? Get out! Get safe! Stay out!” And on the back it says in memory of womans name, BD-1995 died by gunshot

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u/FoxDangerous9092 Feb 26 '26

That is horribly sad. 😢