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Religious Leaflet Claims ‘Ungodly’ Dressed Women Asking For Rape

March 4th, 2010

Nineteen-year-old Keshia Canter handed three burgers, fries and milkshakes to a car-load of Tuesday afternoon customers at the Hi-Lo Burger’s drive-though window. A lady sitting in the backseat leaned forward, between the two men in front, and handed her a leaflet: “Women & Girls” it said across the top.

The leaflet, Women & Girls, — signed “anonymous” — makes the argument that female victims of rape are responsible for the crime perpetrated on them because of the way they dress. “Even though nothing is showing, you’re being ungodly,” one recipient of the pamphlet was told. “You make men want to be sinful.”

The pamphlet goes on to describe in detail the ways that rape victims are responsible for rape:

“You may have been given this leaflet because of the way you are dressed,” it begins. “Have you thought about standing before the true and living God to be judged?”


“Scripture tells us that when a man looks on a woman to lust for her he has already committed adultery in his heart. If you are dressed in a way that tempts a men to do this secret (or not so secret) sin, you are a participant in the sin,” the leaflet states. “By the way, some rape victims would not have been raped if they had dressed properly. So can we really say they were innocent victims?”


Get more of the story: Blame the victim: Religious leaflet claims ‘ungodly’ dressed women provoke rape (Tri-Cities.com)

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