Beyond recognition, in the name of salvation.

Just a thought. You know how the prevailing attitude about rape and women is that women are at fault if they "tempt" men and suffer the consequences? And that´s why women have to be careful and not do this and not do that? If we weren´t so blinded by our upbringing, we might take a second to pause and think it through, and see how illogical that is.

Let´s see. According to most people, the idea is that women do something, men can´t control themselves, they rape women, so women have to be more responsible and give up doing certain things. What? If that´s really their explanation,well, if men are doing the raping because men can´t control themselves, then it´s men´s freedom that should be limited.

We just never stop to see things in that light, socially speaking. One of the main reasons why, I think, is that monotheistic religious thought has really molded our point of view, and it brought inextricably with itself this misplacement of responsibility.

The three monotheistic religions affirm that there is 1 god, that he (yes, he, of course) is omnipotent and completely benevolent, that people are born to do his will, and that people who aren´t good servants to him will go to hell for their deeds. Okay, okay, so let me understand. That god could do anything, anything at all, but he lets horrible things happen because they are all a part of his ultimate, grand plan for the world, and he is absolutely wonderful no matter what, nothing is his fault? He is responsible for everything that happens, but in the end it´s people who have to pay, eternally, for horrible things upon which they didn´t have total control since it´s always god who has the last say in any matter?

So, there you have. Since the monotheistic god is completely benevolent and perfect, he cannot be blamed for anything that happens. People suffer the consequences of their limited responsibility, while god´s behaviour goes unchecked despite omnipotence and total responsibility.

That´s why monotheistic religions reproduce the same pattern of women-blaming, and cannot let go of it. Religious mindfuck and rape go hand in hand. Examining why would call too much attention to this warped idea of responsibility and probably lead to questioning their god and the authority of the churches that defined him so.

Not only does this mirror the subservient treatment of women because of men´s failures, it reflects all the "licking the master´s boots and blaming the victims for anything gone wrong" subset so prevalent in our societies that built themselves with a hierarchical, monopolistic church in the midst.
The poor supposedly choosing to be so, the LGBT people allegedly deciding to be inmoral and thus rightly bashed, and every other example in the same vein all stem from the cognitive dissonance that this impossible idea of god creates.