TW: Mention of rape.
Many years ago I randomly picked up Robert A. Heinlein’s Stranger in a Strange Land. I found myself really enjoying it and loved all the wisdom it seemed to convey. Then about halfway through I got to read this gem.
[quote]“9 times out of ten when a woman gets raped it’s her fault”[/quote]. This was the point at which my love affair with the book ended and the only time in my life I’ve literally thrown a hardback across the room. To put it into context this isn’t spoken by some minor character. This is presented as one of the tenets of wisdom that would make the world a better place if only everyone would “Grok” the truth. So fast forward a few years and suddenly I keep seeing the bloody phrase being used everywhere. And I really want to know why? Why would anyone want to quote from such a poison source?
