Really? When you do cross paths with a rapist, being wasted DOES make you more vulnerable to attack. It helps to be fully conscious + aware.

We don’t live in that society. What you are describing is a utopia. Should we strive as a society to attain that ideal anyway? Absolutely. In the meantime, let’s try to protect ourselves from violent criminals.

Being drunk to the point of losing control of your body makes you more vulnerable. I also have many friends that have been raped in different types of settings/situations, including when they were completely sober. Some of them have been raped by opportunistic predators who attacked them when they were incapacitated…

Agreed. Saying that it is unwise to get extremely drunk while in unsafe place, b/c doing so makes you vulnerable, is not the same as shifting the blame to the victim. It is just sound advice. In an ideal world, a woman would be able to go to a frat party-or any place-and get black-out drunk without having to fear…