When I was in 9th grade, attending McCullough Jr. High in the Woodlands, TX.. I had a very interesting health teacher. His name was Mr. Garrison (no joke), and he was a fat, bearded, middle-aged man with square glasses. Thick southern accent, very creepy character. This was about 10-11 years ago, and I can't find the guy online for the life of me.
The main story is this-- He taught a unit dealing with rape. During this unit, he would often sit at his desk, crossing his feet up on the desk, and come up with "rape scenarios."
For example- A young woman leaves school, walking by herself on the path through the woods behind the school.. she's very scantily-clad and paying no attention to her surroundings. A pervert jumps out of the woods and rapes her. Whose fault is that?
Mr. Garrison would then ask us to assign a "percentage of fault" for the rape to the victim and the rapist. Of course most of the class would be horrified at the story and say that it was 100% the rapist's fault.. but Mr. Garrison didn't agree. He would say things like: "I'd say it's about 70/30, mostly the fault of the rapist.. but the girl is at fault."
He would often go through 5 or 6 scenarios like this, usually assigning most of the "fault" to the rapist, but sometimes saying that it was "mostly the victim's fault."
What would you do if you were in a classroom and your teacher started dispensing this lesson to your class?
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