As Twitchy reported, feminists flipped their lids when soon-to-be-crowned Miss USA Nia Sanchez suggested that women learn self-defense in order to help protect themselves from sexual assault. “She’s blaming the victim!” they said. “We should just teach men not to rape!” they said.
Anyone with an ounce of common sense knows that that’s bull. Sanchez, herself a fourth-degree black belt in taekwando, was absolutely right. The best way to defend yourself when your safety is threatened is to defend yourself. That’s not blaming or shaming the victim. That’s empowering them.
Libertarian blogger and activist Julie Borowski understands that, and she put together a video rebuttal to all the feverish pearl-clutching:
@michellemalkin @TwitchyTeam I did a video on "rape culture" using these insane tweets. Thank you for the source! https://t.co/YGozJLMGpg
— Julie Borowski (@JulieBorowski) June 11, 2014
Nailed it. More:
"Just teach men not to rape" implies that rapists are unaware of why their actions are bad. More thoughts: https://t.co/9DDKMfObzD
— Julie Borowski (@JulieBorowski) June 11, 2014
Amen, sister!
Learning self defense is not "victim blaming"! RT @JulieBorowski My cat "tail bombed" my newest video at 2:11: https://t.co/Tt5beL9941
— Jack (@SkipTerrio) June 11, 2014
Thank you, @JulieBorowski. Why can't we teach boys not to rape AND girls to defend themselves? https://t.co/DyOtuUW8v2
— Jonathan Arnholz (@JArnholz) June 11, 2014
Exactly.
@JulieBorowski love the video… Will be showing to my daughter. Thanks.
— Michael Sundwall (@Msundwall) June 11, 2014
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