I changed the title, didn’t want to confuse anyone.I first though this was something a dolphin at sea world did.
Sad it happened but it probably happens more than we all know it's just not reported to the news.
I was imagining a rogue dolphin attacking unsuspecting tourists!I changed the title, didn’t want to confuse anyone.
Personally, I don’t think this is a smart move no matter where you are. Don’t go anywhere with a stranger, alone, especially if you have anything like alcohol in your system that can affect your judgment. The best person to look out for your safety is you. Crime doesn’t take a vacation and there is always someone waiting to take advantage of a distracted or vulnerable person.She evidently followed him outside after last call after he claimed to have more alcohol on him.
Very true, but it usually isn't suggested to walk down the street on the bad side of town the middle of the night wearing flashy jewelry and holding up hoards of cash. At some point you need to be careful not to put yourself in the position of being taken advantage of and becoming the victim of a crime. There will always be dirtbags out there, everyone needs to do their best to avoid them. The dirtbags also need to be held accountable.So much victim blaming on this thread. It doesn't matter at all what she was doing and how inebriated she was. The only person responsible for the assault is the rapist. I'm so disappointed in some of you...
No you are not.Just throwing it out there that when you talk about the things the victim could have done differently, you are (in fact) victim blaming. Regardless of how you frame it.
Your cliff analogy would be more accurate if the person taking a selfie was pushed over the edge by someone else. We may agree that they shouldn’t have been on the edge but that’s a separate issue from being pushed over. Someone was clearly in the wrong and it wasn’t the person taking a selfie.No you are not.
If someone walks to the edge of a cliff to take a selfie and falls to their death, explaining that you shouldn't do that is not 'victim blaming', it's simply describing what happened, and helps society as a whole to know what activities to avoid.
Same as if you are inebriated and follow a stranger outside a bar. Male or Female. This is a risky behavior. It is not victim blaming. It is simply stating a risky behavior.
A growing number of crimes are where women flirt with men at a bar, both go back to his place, then the female slips drugs into the male's drink so he goes into a zombie state. He then unknowingly helps the female take drain money from his accounts. The male is the victim here. Do we explain what the male could have done differently, or is that wrong?
Explaining risky behaviors and why not to do them is very helpful and useful.
Your cliff analogy would be more accurate if the person taking a selfie was pushed over the edge by someone else. We may agree that they shouldn’t have been on the edge but that’s a separate issue from being pushed over. Someone was clearly in the wrong and it wasn’t the person taking a selfie.