The Pitfalls Of Rape Prevention Critique

  
    So I recently read this article  The Pitfalls Of Rape Prevention on "The Dish" about rape. Emily Yoffe informs women "The biological reality is that women do not metabolize alcohol the same way as men, and that means drink for drink women will get drunker faster. … If female college students start moderating their drinking as a way of looking out for their own self-interest—and looking out for your own self-interest should be a primary feminist principle—I hope their restraint trickles down to the men." She adds that by not telling them the truth—that they are responsible for keeping their wits about them—she worries that we are “infantilizing women.”
    Katie McDonough accuses Yoffe of writing “rape apologia”: Yoffe has plenty of good data to support her argument that binge drinking on college campuses isn’t healthy. The over-consumption of alcohol can literally kill people. What it can’t do, however, is make a woman responsible for a crime committed against her.
     Emily Matchar comes to Yoffe’s defense saying "The fact that Yoffe didn’t discuss men in her story is troubling. It frames rape as a women’s issue rather than an everybody issue, which I assume was not her intent. But this doesn’t make her points about women and drinking any less true. Educating women on the factors that make them vulnerable to assault is not victim-blaming. It is simply practical advice backed up by data. We tell travelers to be aware of their surroundings in unfamiliar cities to reduce the risk of mugging. We teach new drivers defensive strategies to avoid being hit by drunks and speeders. This should not be any different."
    I agree that women should be aware, and should not put themselves in a position that could lead to being taken advantage of in anyway, and if they find themselves in a compromising situation or at a party where they don't trust or know the men, it wouldn't be smart to drink or get drunk, especially without a sober friend to keep an eye on you. Woman should be smarter and not give anyone the chance to take advantage of her... but I also do not agree that women are always responsible for the crime. It takes a sick person to take advantage of an unconscious or unwilling person, and not always does the blame fall on the stupidity of the victim for getting drunk in an unsafe environment without a friend watching them. In fact there are many people who get raped by friends who they have trusted for a while and it's not solely the woman's fault for being in that situation. I do think women should be careful and think things through and know the situation they're going to be in before they get drunk. But I also think if they're going to get drunk they need a friend to watch over them, because not many people can be trusted, especially when alcohol is involved.