Discussion: Kasich Defends Comment On Sexual Assault And Boozy Parties

Problem is so many rapists and even jurors think the act of raping a drunk and incapacitated woman is not as bad as raping a sober one because they focus on the victim as if she was at least partly responsible for the rape.

I have no problem if Kasich told his daughters that drinking to excess impairs judgment and renders one more vulnerable to sexual predators. But he did not say this.

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Governor is about the highest office this man should ever attain. I would never want to see this man in the oval office

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He’s already ascended far, far to high.

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She asked what he would do about sexual assault, and his answer was to be careful because he was not going to do anything.

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“I don’t care if they’re at a party with alcohol. Just be careful. don’t rape. That’s what I would tell my daughters sons, if I had sons, be careful don’t rape,” Kasich said

Fixed it for you, John.

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Get drunk, get naked. Get raped? Not your fault – it’s the offender’s fault.

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Why even bother ask the question. In the GOP, men are not expected to be able to control themselves and when they don’t, it’s always the women’s fault. Women are supposed to anticipate at all times that men lack self control and therefore, alter their behavior to nothing short of nun-like.

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The problem with Kasich is he’s confusing his role as a parent with that of being Commander in Chief.

As a father myself, I will give my girls similar advice when they come of age.

But if you’re applying to be the next CiC, you have far greater powers and duties. You can actually help enact and enforce policies to keep women safer in these circumstances…and it’s a dereliction of duty when you don’t seize that power.

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clarifying he said he meant that even if the women weren’t drinking and were stone cold sober drunk men can’t be responsible for their actions…

he later added ‘and don’t wear provocative clothing’

he also suggested women’s only dorms and women’s only colleges where they could study home making, clothing design and english lit…

he supports raped women unless they get pregnant…

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Kasich said he didn’t understand how someone could view his comment as victim blaming and talked about his record in Ohio addressing sexual assault.

Because your comment does talk about your record in Ohio…

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Funny…what I hear him saying is men will rape drunk women and its a woman’s fault if the men rape her…that is a sad admission about men in colleges and in general. But true none the less.

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Doubling down. Conservatives are never wrong.

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More re-puke, blame the victim mentality!

That he doesn’t understand that is even more frightening. Deer in the headlights moment…

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Double down, dummy.

Yes, it IS the offender’s fault. It doesn’t matter if a drunk girl is completely naked with her legs splayed open, you don’t get to fucking rape her. That so many “liberal” men are unable to understand this is why sexual assault awareness needs to be almost solely directed towards men and boys.

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Kasich said he didn’t understand how someone could view his comment as victim blaming…

And that is why not only will you never be President because you’re fucking clueless in general when it comes to rape. Kasich has a Bush League mentality as he rationalizes that he has nothing to apologize for. His condescension and paternalism is perhaps his most disgusting trait, yet somehow he likes to think its endearing to women. Fucking arrogant POS. Frankly, I think most women have had enough of that bullshit.

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Kasich said he didn’t understand how someone could view his comment as
victim blaming and talked about his record in Ohio addressing sexual
assault.

My guess would be that violence against women in general has nothing to do with either parties or alcohol.

It’s as if he responded to a question about “How can we prevent gunshot deaths?” by saying “You should avoid gangs.”

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Why doesn’t he turn it around?

Men who don’t want to rape women shouldn’t put themselves in a position where there will be a lot of alcohol and be around women whose judgement is impaired when their judgement is impaired.

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That’s true in general.

But the campus problem (both in high school and college) is influenced by alcohol. Our concept of rape has changed greatly over the last 40 years. While it has complicated things, overall I think the changes are for the good.

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