Ok so... dressing like a 'slut' (please define that) and hanging out in bad neighborhoods is asking to be raped? Really now? Does that mean that all the lil boys running around with their pants hanging below their asses are asking to be sodomized? If so, I'm all for it!!!! Lets rape em all, then maybe they'll start dressing like YOU want them to. The original post was about women arming and defending themselves to prevent attacks. I am 100% for that IF and ONLY IF the chick is smart enough to learn how to use it and how to defend herself without it. A woman has the right to dress and go where ever she wants to... no questions. However, I do agree, that putting yourself in a dangerous situation has its consequences. If I were to put on a negligee and visit my local ghetto at 3am, I'll get harassed for sure... raped? Don't believe that shit for a second. My dress, location and the time time of day will not suddenly turn a non-rapist into a rapist... its retarded to assume otherwise. Rapist seek victims, not smart and prepared women with an "i'll kill you where you stand" attitude. I'm not saying it can't happen to me, but I can promise you that if a mofo ever did try, they'd change their victim profile immediately after... IF they were still alive.