That’s a very good question, why should she? Why should she have to think about rapes outside her own experience to the degree that she would postulate on whose to blame for rapes outside her own experience? She shouldn’t have to do any of those things, but she did. She brought others into the conversation.

To put it simply, it would be great if she could be more compassionate to others. She doesn’t have to be, but it would be nice if she was. Also, disagreement is not persecution. It just isn’t.

You just don’t understand that “we don’t focus” on discussing defence mechanisms, because the entire culture has been shaming women for centuries and there is really no further need to tell us how to be careful - we effing grew up getting to know all possible ways of being careful. This is just an myth (I know you…

Did I say catcalling anywhere? Two guys tried to force me into a car - how is that catcalling to you, or why do you, so keen on data and precision - make this assumption? And as a scientist myself, I very well believe that the basis of any data are these personal experiences, especially since we as woman make them…

I think I saw your point originally, but you’ve lost me here. Yes, of course Chrissie Hynde can believe that women are culpable for their own rapes if they dress or act a certain way. Of course she can believe the sky is yellow. And no, it isn’t her fault that her beliefs are taken seriously by many. But as a public…

So your parents are the same age as Chrissie (63), which makes you — at the most — in your late 40s. And you consider yourself “old.” Pretty sad, and insulting to just about everyone over 45.

She can think what she wants about what happened to her, she can say what she wants too, she just can’t expect anyone to shut up and nod their heads when she decides other victims she’s never met are responsible for being raped. I don’t think ANYBODY who victim blames rape survivors are making a valid point.Why do…

Maybe you should reread my comment. at no point did I dispute her right to frame her experience any way she chooses, she however DOES NOT have the right to speak about others’ experiences with authority the way she did in her first statement. THAT’S THE PROBLEM. If she feels it was her fault, I feel bad for her, but…

Please don’t put things in quotes that I never said. I didn’t say anything about things being important or not important. If you want to discuss what I actually said, let me know. I’m not going to reply again otherwise.

Plus she was always known as an asshole. People have always loved that about her, kind of like Lou Reed. She’s going to say something contrary, and sometimes that means it’ll also be stupid. She’s been encouraged in doing that for four decades. We no longer have a society that can handle a Hynde or Reed. They are…

I’ll be sure to let my mother know that the reason she was raped by her older brother at the age of ten is because she foolishly believe it was acceptable and safe to dress like a whore. She’s stupid and clearly put herself at risk by....being female? Having a rapist in the family? Existing in the same space as a…

Great, we get that, we just think she needs to leave other victims alone. I’m sorry she blames herself, that’s awful, she has no right to blame other victims for what happened to them. She did do that, the fact that she herself is a victim, doesn’t make it okay for her to do that. She has every right to frame her…

i’m her age, and no, i do not have the same mindset she has. we weren’t’ brought up in the 50s, we were brought up in the 60s/70s and things had changed vastly by then. rape is rape, no means no, forcing yourself on someone is a crime against their person.

Yes she absolutely does get to define her own experience. But she spoke in general terms, and did it in such a way that only spurs on the rape culture further, and thereby joining the ranks of people whose opinions on rape only does more harm to women out there.

I don’t know if I can agree that 63 is “old,” but if you mean that Hynde is a product of her era despite being also a rebel in many ways, yes, that’s a good point.

A 63 year old rape victim expressed a view that was predominant for the vast majority of her life. Including at the time she was raped.

So really, she hasn’t changed her mind whatsoever. Don’t know why the title suggests that she’s rethinking her previous statements, but she’s pretty clear in that she still thinks it was her fault.

All I hear from her is “I’ve still trying to cope with what happened to me”.

If she had only discussed her views on her own rape, then fine. That would still be wrong (it was obviously not her fault that she was raped), but she’s allowed to feel a certain way about her experience. However, she did make it clear during the interview that women who are raped and wear less clothing are asking for…

It’s sad and she is obviously still dealing with a lot of issues from her own rapes taking that into account this seems like an odd headline, of course she still thinks like this there’s years of trouble there it wasn’t going to dissapear in a week.