I will most certainly give my daughter advice on how to remain safe.

[Bonobo]

16. As in all things, there are ways to say things to get a response.

The article most likely is TRYING to get an angry response.

Of late I have come to suspect that the lack of care with which some people post --posting even common-sense statements in the most offensive or anger-inducing way --is for one of two possible reasons:

1) The posters that do so are so filled with anger that, like angry people do, they want to lash out, or
2) They want to whip up a controversy and by doing so, attract attention. Perhaps by offending people, they can then point the finger and say "Ah, see how you responded!".

See, the idea that we should tell rapists not to rape is so obvious that it hardly needs to be said, and, in fact, we do. Messages for boys to respect women ARE sent and parents DO raise their kids with those things. The fact is, though, that there will always be rape in EXACTLY the same way as there will always be VIOLENCE.

And so one either faces that fact realistically and teaches a person how to prepare for rape (violence) or they leave them at the mercy of the monsters.

I studied karate for self-defense and I will teach my children to protect themselves as much as possible.