It Is Your Fault If You Are Raped

School uniform sexy, says group

KUALA LUMPUR: A Malaysian group condemned the uniform worn by girls at government schools, saying it encouraged rape and pre-marital sex.

“The white blouse is too transparent for girls and it becomes a source of attraction,” National Islamic Students Association of Malaysia vice-president Munirah Bahari said in a statement.

“It becomes a distraction to men, who are drawn to it, whether or not they like looking at it,” she said, calling for a review of uniform policy so that it did not violate Islamic ideals.

In multicultural Malaysia, home to majority-Muslim Malays as well as ethnic Chinese and Indians, female students at government schools have a choice of wearing a white blouse with a knee-length skirt or pinafore.

They may also wear a “baju kurung” and a headscarf is optional for Malay students.

Munirah said that “covering up” according to Islamic precepts was important to fend off social ills, including “rape, sexual harassment and even premarital sex.”

“This leads to babies born out of wedlock and, to an extent, even prostitution,” she said.

“Decent clothes which are not revealing can prevent and protect women from any untoward situations,” she said, suggesting that girls wear a blouse of a different colour or with an undergarment.

However, the girls themselves also came in for criticism, with the association saying that some used the white blouse to lure men.

“This is the source of the problem, where we can see that schoolgirls themselves are capable of using this to attract men to them,” Munirah said.

“This could see them getting molested, having premarital sex and all sorts of things.” – AFP

What?? WHAT?! How can anyone say such a thing? How dumb can she be? What brainless person would say that the way someone dresses encourages men to molest and rape them? If this is true, wouldn't rape cases be a bigger problem in Western countries? Or is it just men in Malaysia whose brains are where their balls are?

If it is true that a girl is raped because of the way she dresses, then tell me why primary school children are raped? How sexy can they be? Why do fathers rape their daughters and grandfathers their grandchildren? Are girls supposed to be wrapped in a black blanket for their whole life?

(It becomes a distraction to men, who are drawn to it, whether or not they like looking at it)

The way this lady puts it, the raped girl is solely to blame..don't guys have any brains at all? A girl wears a white top with a black bra and immediately the guy is overcome with lust and has to rape her? What stupid logic is that?

(Munirah said that “covering up” according to Islamic precepts was important to fend off social ills, including “rape, sexual harassment and even premarital sex.”)

Does this mean that she can guarantee that one who wears a tudung will never get raped? I know of at least one person who wears a tudung all the time and got pregnant out of wedlock. What went wrong here, then? Do we blame the Western media? Or influence of friends?

The last time a comment like this was passed (at least what I remember), a Malay lady wearing a tudung was raped in a bus - remember that incident? Then, the person who made the original statement said that it was because of the way other ladies dress up that got this lady raped. Does the way a person dress really influence another that much? Are guys really that shallow?

I read once that many rape cases go unreported because the victim feels responsible for it. I guess it is statements by @#&! like this that allow SO many rapist to roam the world free. Till when will the victim be the one to be blamed? What if she (the person who made the statement) was the victim, will she blame herself?

Do you blame the victim of a snatch thief for carrying a handbag? Do you blame a person who was abused for being weak and not fighting back? How about the scores of people who were at the beach when the tsunami struck? Is it their fault that they were injured/died/lost love ones - why did they go to the beach for a picnic?

When will this mentality change? When will it be safe for a girl to walk out in the streets and not fear for her safety? Here in Russia, there are naked pictures of ladies in newspapers. Men's magazine are available everywhere. During summer, ladies wear see-through clothings, short skirts, low neck blouses, sunbathe in their bikinis by the river; I'm sure such things also occur in other parts of the Western world. But why is it that rape cases are not that prevalent in all these places? What is wrong with Malaysians? ARGH!!