Carol Platt Liebau: In Search of Common Sense

Friday, April 14, 2006

In Search of Common Sense

Naomi Schafer Riley will, no doubt, have outraged legions of feminists by her call for common sense on the part of young women who are deciding whether to put themselves in potentially risky situations.

Of course, rape isn't the victim's "fault." But carrying that credo to extremes can prompt girls to throw caution to the winds, even though the fact that it wasn't one's fault surely doesn't make a rape any easier to get over.

1 Comments:

Blogger Bachbone said...

Many untoward things 'ought not' be happening in the world, but wise travelers have carried something as simple as a "staff" since ancient times, and not for companionship. "Be careful out there" was many a mother's advice long before Hill Street Blues popularized it.

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