Years from now, I can imagine giving my daughters the warning that being drunk and scantily clad at a fraternity house will put them at a higher risk of assault. That doesn't mean that I in any way condone the assault or think that being drunk in a short skirt is "asking for it," but it's ludicrous to pretend that there isn't a higher risk of assault in certain situations.
Rape is never okay. Neither is murder, battery, assault, theft, etc. Yet the sad truth is that such crimes exist and always will. Yes, we need to work to educate the public about these crimes and prevent them from happening, but we should also encourage an honest and realistic understanding about precautions that women can consider taking personally.
How does this relate to Weinergate? Only that it's worth noting that it seems that women always pay a higher price for casual sex. Perhaps it's supposed to be very sophisticated to shrug off infidelity and a married man who exchanges explicit photos with young women who may or may not be of age. But the woman involved - the Congressman's wife and the woman who were involved in the scandal - seem likely to pay a higher price than the Congressman himself. A society that just accepts that men will men and allows the Congressman Weiners, the Schwarzenegger, the Clintons, Spitzers, and the nearly endless list of other men that cheat on their wives and take advantage of young women is really not in women's best interest.
Yet feminists like Valenti seem to conflate the promotion of casual sex as the key to women's liberation. I understand the desire to move away from a society that demonizes women who have sex outside of marriage, but it's mistake not to recognize that some conventions about sex are meant to protect women, and their destruction has serious unintended consequences for women.
Bar Refaeli (Hebrew: בר רפאלי, born June 4, 1985 in Isreal) is an Israeli model, known for her modeling work and for her relationship with actor Leonardo DiCaprio.
Rep.Anthony Weiner's wife Huma Abedin I am close enough to sleep with Hillary
Huma was born in Michigan to an Indian father and a Pakistani mother. She interned at the White House in the mid-90s and graduated from GW. If she goes on to become Chief of Staff it is entirely possible that she could broker a lasting peace in South Asia by helping to end the Kashmiri conflict. I’m just saying, if I was at the negotiation table I’d commit to any concession she proposed. Let’s give peace a chance.
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