I understand that Keith and Chemda aren't trying to blame the victims by suggesting that what you wear can provoke a rape attack, but a lot of the opinions they were giving weren't statistically accurate at all.
This information was going around a bunch of blogs a few months ago. Google cached it here:
Google Answers: Statistics: Rape cases & how the clothes of the victim is blamed?
But here are a few of the highlights from it:
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Utah State University Sexual Assault and Anti Violence Information
Myth: Rape victims provoke the attach by wearing provocative clothing
- A Federal Commission on Crime of Violence Study found that only
4.4% of all reported rapes involved provocative behavior on the part
of the victim. In murder cases 22% involved such behavior (as simple
as a glance).
- Most convicted rapists do not remember what their victims were wearing.
- Victims range in age from days old to those in their nineties,
hardly provocative dressers.
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Most sexual assault victims are wearing regular clothes like blue
jeans or pajamas when they are assaulted, not provocative clothing.
Prevention Pathways
Pathways Courses - Silence Hurts
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Like domestic violence, rape is a crime of power and control. Myths
that rape only happens to young, beautiful women wearing provocative
clothing perpetuate the idea that rape is a crime of passion, when in
fact all women are vulnerable to rape, regardless of age, race, class,
education or physical appearance. Research also shows that 60-75% of
rapes are premeditated and motivated by aggression and hatred, not
sex.?
Arizona?s State Plan on Domestic and Sexual Violence
http://www.governor.state.az.us/cyf/...%20Problem.pdf
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It's not dressing up "slutty" that's making someone more likely to get raped, its looking vulnerable, or placing yourself in a vulnerable situation. A rapist is going to go after something they think is an easy target (like a robber). The shy withdrawn girl who doesn't like to seem "rude", a grandma who might not be able to fight back, a teenager who doesn't know she can say no, etc.
Pretty much every woman gets harassed or cat-called on the street. Whether you are wearing jeans, sweatpants, or a skirt. It's not hard to make the jump to realize that a rapist wouldn't give a shit about the clothing, they care about if they think can get get away with it.
And as a side note, if anyone wants to read a quick comic on how to deal with perverts in general:
Sneaky VFX » Archive » Perverts
It's short, informative, and good to pass on to any kids that might have to deal with a pervert around them.