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This exactly what I was complaining about in the first place. You're arguing in bad faith. You're using double standards to claim that this specific crime is different from any other crime, purely to keep your argument intact. And then you accuse me of excusing the crime.
You don't engage with the argument, because you can't refute it. Simple as that. You can't accept that two things can be true at the same time, because you're afraid this might be used against your standpoint as a whole. That is understandable, but still deeply wrong.
You're argument boils down to 'women should not be alone with rapists'. Great idea, but how do we manage that in practice? How do women take precautions without avoiding all men, including their family members? It's not as simple as 'don't go into dark alleys at night'. Locking your car is a simple, reasonable precaution. Noone expects your car to have a bodyguard, but women are told by everyone to never go out alone. We are expected to have bodyguards. Why is this necessary?