britni danielle

The idea that rape is something that only happens to chaste women and those women who dress a certain way invite men to attack them is absurd. It’s the same line of thinking a Canadian judge applied when he sentenced a man to house arrest instead of confining him to three years in prison. In his ruling, the judge mentioned the victim’s clothing and said that the way she acted and dressed indicated that “sex was in the air.”

Against the backdrop of this judge’s ignorant remarks and the recent verdict that two NYPD officers were acquitted of raping an intoxicated woman, we have Rihanna’s video adding yet another dimension to the conversation about violence against women.