RE: Different Clothes, Same Respect - Harassment Has No Excuse

In my POV, being robbed and being sexually assaulted can never be the same thing. Being sexually assaulted is much more private and personal and it can traumatize a person far more deeply than losing jewelry, which can be bought again.

Sexual harassment is very sensitive because it involves someone using another person's body physically without their consent. I have never experienced such things myself because I am usually with my mom, dad, or brother. But I can still understand how painful and frightening it can be because I have empathy. I don't need to experience something myself to understand what it might feel like.

You're a guy, so imagine someone drugs you and sexually assaulted you who is a gay person, so you're unable to protect yourself. So, what would you blame yourself for? You could have been dressed completely normally and you're still a man. The blame would never belong to you. The problem would be the mindset of the person who chose to harm you.

That's my main point: you cannot blame yourself for being harassed or assaulted because of what you were wearing. Even something as simple as ears, palms, feet or the veins on your hands can attract another person's attention. A person can feel lust from literally anything. But that doesn't give them the right to violate someone.

If you look at Muslims, to them every part of the body is considered lust, which is why they make women cover their bodies by wearing a burqa. But they are still being harassed, but even if someone doesn't cover themselves, that still doesn't give anyone the right to harass or assault them. The responsibility remains with the person who chooses to act on their desires.