April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month

The thing is, I don't think we need a MONTH to be aware about sexual assault. We need to be aware the whole year!
I saw this on a feminist website called "The F-Word" and figured it was important, so important that I put it here for you all to see.

ONLY RAPISTS CAN PREVENT RAPE

A lot has been said about how to prevent rape. Women should learn self-defense. Women should lock themselves in their houses after dark. Women shouldn’t have long hair and women shouldn’t wear short skirts. Women should always walk with someone else at night. Women shouldn't try to be too "feminine," as that can be construed as an invitation. Women shouldn’t leave drinks unattended. Hell, they shouldn’t dare to get drunk at all. Instead of that bullshit, how about:

If a woman is drunk, don’t rape her.
If a woman is walking alone at night, don’t rape her.
If a woman is drugged and unconscious, don’t rape her.
If a woman is wearing a short skirt, don’t rape her.
If a woman is jogging in a park at 5 am, don’t rape her.
If a woman looks like your ex-girlfriend you’re still hung up on her, don’t rape her.
If a woman is asleep in her bed, don’t rape her.
If a woman is asleep in your bed, don’t rape her.
If a woman is doing her laundry, don’t rape her.
If a woman is in a coma, don’t rape her.
If a woman changes her mind in the middle of or about sex, don’t rape her.
If a woman has repeatedly refused sex, don’t rape her.
If a woman is not yet a woman, but a child, don’t rape her.
If your girlfriend or wife is not in the mood, don’t rape her.
If your step-daughter is watching TV, don’t rape her.
If you break into a house and find a woman there, don’t rape her.
If your friend thinks it’s okay to rape someone, tell him it’s not, and that he’s not your friend.
If your “friend” tells you he raped someone, report him to the police.
If your frat-brother or another guy at the party tells you there’s an unconscious woman upstairs and it’s your turn, don’t rape her, call the police and tell the guy he’s a rapist.
Tell your sons, god-sons, nephews, grandsons, sons of friends it’s not okay to rape someone.
Don’t tell your women friends how to be safe and avoid rape.
Don’t imply that she could have avoided it if she’d only done/not done x.
Don’t imply that it’s in any way her fault.
Don’t let silence imply agreement when someone tells you he “got some” with the drunk girl.
Don’t perpetuate a culture that tells you that you have no control over or responsibility for your actions. You can, too, help yourself.

If I knew who wrote this, I'd be best friends with them. A grl can have many best friends. This sums up exactly what I wanted to say. It is never okay. You cannot blame it on the survivor, as no one asks to be victimized. You cannot blame it on society, as most men do not rape and have no desire to do so. You would not blame the survivors of a terrorist act for what happened to them, nor would you say they were just in the wrong place or the wrong time, or that they just provoked it. Hell no! Then why would you blame the survivor of sexual assault or harassment? It's never okay. It's not man-bashing for me to say this; it's just the honest plain old defiant truth.