There is only one person you blame when it comes to rape, and that's the person committing the offence. You could walk out of your house wearing nothing, and you still don't deserve to be raped, and you're still not asking for someone to have their way with you. That's not giving consent - no means no. You don't have to be a feminist or anti-feminist (or neither, whatevs) to understand that.
Why should anyone minimise the risk of getting raped? Why should anyone have to? There shouldn't even be a chance of it happening, whether it's a stranger or someone you actually know. Your own partner could rape you. Your parents could. Your dentist could. Your neighbour could. Why should women (and/or men - they can be raped too) live in fear and be forced to "minimise" the risk of being raped, when it shouldn't even happen in the first place?
THAT is the issue that needs to be tackled. Not "women shouldn't wear hotpants after nightfall" or "women shouldn't wear such revealing tops". If ANYTHING, people wearing revealing clothes should understand and accept that there are people who'll judge, or leer or perv. But rape? Try and understand and accept that.
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