I will cheer the day that every last one of this churches members burn in a huge fiery blaze! What a bunch of losers!

all you need is a crew of vollunteers with sheets of black plastic on 1by2s stretched between them. you simply hold it infront of the westboro people so they aren't seen and you don't have to see them. A half dozen crews with 6x8 sheets shuts westborro morons down nicely.

Let me preface this statement with the following facts. I'm a Man, and I am a survivor of serial rape by both a woman and her boyfriend when I was 14. The idea that I would accept blame upon myself, or expect any other victim to accept blame is not only offensive, its ridiculous in the extreme. That said, I find the premise that is becoming wider spread that we have an enforced 'Rape Culture' to be equally ridiculous.
Do I agree that a person is responsible for their victimization based on the way they dress, no the responsibility for the actions of the assailant lie squarely on his, or her shoulders. And much like a drunk driver, their status of intoxication has nothing to do with alleviating the actions they have taken.
That being said, you, the woman or man are equally responsible for your actions, and their repercussions. If you choose to have facial piercings and full body tattoos, you accept the repercussion that despite your exceptional IQ, and an MBA from an ivy league school - you will not likely ever be hired for a position on wall-street, except perhaps as a Barista. Likewise, if I go out, dressed in skin tight clothing, revealing every curve and cleft of my body, Head out to a bar where people are likely to be very drunk, and are looking to fulfill those most primal of urges. I am drawing attention to myself, I would not dress that way if it was not my intent to do so. If some guy pushes him self on me forcefully, or manages to drug my drink, I am not to blame for his actions, but I choose to put myself in the situation where they were not only possible - but where I presented myself as a prime target.
These situations are scientific cause and effect, their outcomes are equally life altering, and they are equal examples of life in a society that operates on the unfair basis of visual impressions, and objectify's people based on those impressions.
Does what the woman wears (or the man) broadcast some signal that they are open to all, suggest that they are promiscuous; Yes - on levels of human nature as old as recorded history they clothes we wear are as much a mating display as the plumes of a peacock. Is it an excuse for someone to sexually assault you, or give an alibi for ignorance of a cardinal truth--No means No. They do not.

If you are truly trying to find Valid and Scientific evidence to support this unfair and unfortunate fact, I would suggest the book "A Natural History of Rape: Biological Bases of Sexual Coercion." Its rather academic, and assumes a reasonable understanding of both Psychology and Anthropology, and the fusion discipline of Evolutionary psychology. a lot of it is tedious to process, but it does back up this point with scientific evidence.

Traditionally Rape was a crime of power, the strong over the weak. And in many parts of the world; for example in Africa's conflict zones where people--particularly women and children, but also men--are often subjected to sexual violence, including rape, mutilation, and sexual slavery. this traditional perspective is still predominantly true. But in the 'civilized' first world where even the poorest of our poor live better then the squalid victims of the Congo, Even the college athlete drunk on beer, and intoxicated by his own popularity, who has raped a number of shamed and frightened girls would sicken at the very idea of forcefully sodomizing a child or woman he has no attraction to - simply to reduce them to the status of non-person, a staggering majority of rapes are crimes of passion or ego.

First and foremost, in the United States, most rapes do NOT occur walking down a dark ally or in a city park at night, though that does happen. Many rapes happen while the man is drunk, while they are kissing, cuddling, or flirting. Most rape victims know their attacker, and many were actually involved in some stage of a relationship with that person. There are still many crimes of power, and these are far more often brutal, violent and in many cases fatal. And there are many women, far more then there are men, who are raped by a random individual who selected them purely based on opportunity (as I recall 37% of women victims of rape against 11% of male victims of rape normalized to remove incarceration related incidents)

Ultimately - This is not saying that the reason for rape is dressing immodestly. And I am not implying that people should morally or socially be forced to dress in a modest fashion, but that there is scientific backing to say that in a more civilized society, where the phenomenological concept of 'Date Rape' is more prevailing - it could be a preventative measure, but certainly not the only one.