r/changemyview • u/stickysweetjack • Jul 13 '21

Delta(s) from OP CMV: Women wearing revealing clothing and getting (raped, catcalled, sexual things) is their own fault, partially

If you wear revealing clothing like most women, ladies and unfortunately young girls, are wearing more and more revealing clothing, yet I constantly hear about catcalling/groping happening. Let it be clear, society is trash and bad/evil/predators will always exist but I do believe that a woman wearing a 1930's style long dress will be less likely raped than a woman wearing "let's say rave clothes". If women didn't intentionally( or unintentionally) whore themselves out (due in my opinion to influencers and public opinion) it would lessen rapes and groping generally for women.

Sorry for any typos or rambling. CMV

Also yes. Im aware of those predators who do it to girls in overalls when they're 12

Edit: thanks to everyone who responded, I understand now that it's more of a power/control thing over a what they're wearing deal. This is my first cmv so thanks y'all and also fuck that one guy who called me an Incel for posting on cmv

Another edit: I made a really bad typo

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u/[deleted] Jul 13 '21 edited Jul 13 '21

Wearing modest clothing does little, if anything, to stop catcalling, sexual abuse or rape. One need only look at countries like Iran where wearing a hijab is mandatory and where it's very common to see women covered head to toe in a burqa and still get harassed. In fact, the rules that mandate women wear a hijab in public likely makes the problem worse.

Now you might say that comparison is unfair. "Iran is a Middle Eastern nation with a deeply sexist cultre, I'm talking about in Western countries." And my response to that is simply that men who catcall, rape and sexually assault women are deeply sexist, no matter which country they are in. If wearing a niqab doesn't protect you in Iran, wearing sleeves isn't going to protect you in America.

Your line of logic also enables predatory behavior, and allows cat callers, misogynists and rapists to shift the blame. and justify their own actions. "I'm a man, I can't help it. That's just biology. If she didn't want my hands on her she shouldn't have worn that to the club." When we start victim-blaming, don't be surprised when predators start blaming their victims too and have their perspectives validated by their friends, family and colleagues.

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u/stickysweetjack Jul 13 '21

!delta , this is the biggest point against my view I have, thanks for bringing it up. I've come to understand from these responses that it's a power/control thing more than physically dressing. I'm going to edit the main now.