Phrase I never want to see used again:

Anything along the lines of "Women can protect themselves but only men can truly prevent rape".

1. Female-on-male (and male-on-male, and female-on-female) rape can and does happen. Is it as common? No, probably not. Is it very much rape when it does happen? Yes.

2. In modern Feminism*, you hear an awful lot about being "empowered" and being a "strong woman" and such. You want to empower yourself? Hit the gym so that A) you're healthier and B) if Mr. Asshole gets grabby you can stomp his balls into paste. If women are equal, then doesn't it follow that they too can prevent rape?

3. It strikes me as a knee-jerk, hyperbolic reaction to victim-blaming. If you get raped, is it your *fault*? No; by definition it's sexual penetration without consent. Does this mean that women are somehow ultimately powerless to prevent rape, and it's just a matter of time before the worst second date ever? Uh...no. See point 2, for starters. To say that only men can truly prevent rape is like you take a victim-blaming argument and want to get rid of it so bad that you tie it to a boomerang and fling it off a cliff...and it comes right back and smacks you in the face.

Alternate interpretation: I'm a terrible woman who has been brainwashed by the patriarchy** into blaming the victim and has self-esteem issues and is out of touch with her feminine spirit.

*Feminism, with a capital F, meaning the social movement, not to be confused (IMO) with feminism, the political/legal idea that women should/do have the same rights, responsibilities and privileges as men.

**I just realized why I hate the idea of "The Patriarchy": Say (for the sake of argument) that our society is completely male-dominated. And you think that the dominant group is going to voluntarily bow down and give you a helping hand up and stop being so dominant? No, that's just not the natural order of things. If you're so fed up of The Patriarchy, stop complaining about it, stop blogging about how unfair it is, stop blathering on to weenie men who aren't afraid to call themselves Feminists and are afraid to be male, and get in the game. You don't like that the political arena is predominantly male? Stop talking about it, run for office, and for god's sake, don't talk about "patriarchy" in your campaign, because that's a fantastic way to alienate everyone who's not a capital F Feminist.