Don't see any point in reacting to some of the comments on here, but saddened that so much of it mirrors the debates and arguements that women were having 20 odd years ago but it still hasn't changed. A couple of points to consider though:
- 'common sense' behaviour ie not being out alone at night in the city or not wearing 'skimpy / revealing' clothing. There is a very fine line between what is being suggested as 'common sense' and a legitimate right for women to go about their business. When I was a student in Leeds, 20 odd years ago, there was a series of rapes in the local area and thd police advised women not to go out alone after dark - well it was winter so dark at about 5pm - is that restriction acceptable or a total infringement of women's liberty?
- re 'skimpy clothing' - the last time I got sexual hassle of a group of guys was when I was wearing Lycra shorts and a vest top road riding in hot weather - how far is it acceptable to ask women to choose what they wear so as too avoid unwanted attention?
- if nothing else the years and rape evidence should have shown us that restricting women in either their behaviour, dress, or location will never stop rape from occuring. The only way to reduce the incidence of rape is to put more resources and effort into addressing the causes on rape which centre around a small percentage of men's attitudes towards control and violence towards women.
The fact it happens at all is upsetting, so before reacting please remember all I'm attempting to point out is that this thread has created the impression that rape is nearly always a man-rapes-woman situation, statistics would suggest so but:
what a vision 
