I don't think anyone should blast you
@EveHarrington.
I'm guessing you and I are not so far apart on this issue as it might seem so here goes...
In theory I should be able to be walk down the middle of Kings Cross at 2am on a Saturday morning, butt naked and blind drunk and no-one should touch me. No matter how sexy I am. Or how much I appear to be "asking for it".
In practice I would never even go to Kings Cross after dark. Does that mean I won't ever be raped? Sadly no.
Your approach (ie: don't pass out on the floor at parties) is pragmatic. However, it is massively problematic insofar as where does it end? Do you say, well don't drink at all because your drink might be spiked? Or perhaps don't go to parties at all? In fact, don't go anywhere.
The steps all women take, often without realising it, like getting home before dark, having someone collect you from the train station, parking in a well lit area, walking to your car with your keys in your hand, not talking on a mobile phone while walking alone etc etc are illustrative of rape culture and women's lack of "space" in the world.
Look at the way rape is portrayed in the media compared with assault. When a young man is hit from behind and killed in an unprovoked attack when out with his friends clubbing no-one says "He shouldn't have been there at that time of night." or "He shouldn't have been drinking." or "He shouldn't have been wearing that shirt.". You could just as easily say of him getting drunk and going out to clubs was putting him in the path of danger.
I'm not telling women they shouldn't be careful. I'm just saying that even when you're careful you cannot control the actions of other people.
And this post is not a list of tips to "keep yourself safe" like those I listed above. This post is a list of supposed characteristics shared by rapists. If only it were that simple. As someone else posted rapists are also fathers, sons, brothers, husbands, co-workers, neighbours, sportmen etc etc.
