History of Feminism

Thomas M. Miller at the Yes means yes blog calls it "cockblocking rapists" - because boundary testing is such a typical thing most rapists do. As you probably know, the stranger in the bush rapist is a minority of rapists, most victims are raped by people they know, and in choosing their victims, the latter type of rapist must try to find a victim with a low likelihood of reporting. Boundary testing is one of the main ways of checking whether a victim is likely to report a crime.

Most women are taught to not clearly state their wishes -they are to give the softest no, especially to men. We see it in action here on DU every time the men get in a tizzy when women says not to hit on women that don't clearly signal that they are approachable for being hit on - it's all think about the poor menz. Well, for some reason they think that women who have been taught to give a soft no, to not state their wishes, are supposed to be able to do it without any problems in a public setting, when the rapist is deliberately setting things up so that he has cover should she say no. "I was just giving her a shoulder massage!" "I have a girlfriend, why do you think I am a douchebag?" "Can't you take a joke?" It's all very much a strategy, and people who want to fight rape need to learn to speak up. To be the rapist cockblock. Because our whole culture is all about making sure that victims don't speak - which is why the example in the OP is so awesome. She fought back.