re: Rape survivor Brenda Tracy invited to speak to the Auburn football team

Rape and sexual harassment is a hot topic issue that every organization should cover. I know the military got to the point of requiring quarter-annual sexual harassment classes thanks to the growing number of reported rapes in the rank and file. Not only that, businesses are under the threat of lawsuit if they look away or are not proactive enough in the fight against sexual harassment in the workplace. Auburn is doing a service to themselves in helping protec themselves from lawsuits down the road if that issue ever comes up.
After all, Art Briles is the next HC.

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How is rape, and not raping people, a PC issue?

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It's PC because bringing in speakers to talk about rape is a trendy thing to do for football programs right now. I think it's all theater and doesn't really do anything to prevent it. If a kid doesn't know what rape is, he really shouldn't be in college in the first place.

There's a lot of reasons for the increase of rape on campus (if there is an increase at all -- the statistics are fuzzy). Either way, I don't think a lack of "player education" is one of them. I think it has more to do with the culture in general. If you're a girl drinking (in a private location) with a bunch of dudes, nothing "good" is going to come from it.

It's hard for me to believe these girls are that stupid, but apparently many of them are. If you read about these campus rape stories, almost all of them involve a girl out getting sloshed with a bunch of dudes and ending up back at one of their dorms/apartments. Almost none of them involve a dude snatching a chick from the sidewalk and knocking her on the head, etc. It's always a story of alcohol, passing out, and getting trained by a bunch of dudes she was out partying with.

Why can't we "educate" the girls about not putting themselves in these positions? Why is it always the guys that are the villains? Don't get me wrong, I am not condoning rape, even in these type of situations. I am only asking why is it always the guys that have to be the focus? Why can't we say "hey, girls, you're kinda putting yourself in bad positions here?"

Maybe I am just getting old and cynical. But I was that age once and people got shite-faced and partied then too. Most of the time, though, the girls were not alone or acting totally stupid. They were smart enough to bring other girls with them (or often guys they trusted).

My point is that groups are always better -- stay with a fricking group. Stop going out with a bunch of dudes alone and thinking that the guys wont get any ideas. If you're at a bar and a dude convinces you to go home with him, you should EXPECT that he wants sex. There's zero other reason he would want you to come back with him. Get a fricking clue.

End of rant.