Just when you think you’ve heard it all comes a quote that proves you wrong. The Archdiocese of Mexico is providing some “helpful hints” for women looking to not be sexually violated:

“If you want to avoid an act of sexual aggression…don’t wear provocative clothes…be careful with your glances and your gestures…Don’t find yourself alone with a man, even if you know him…Don’t get too familiar with your friends or relatives…Don’t allow risqué conversations or jokes…Look for help when you suspect someone has bad intentions…”

It seems that if this list of tips is to be trusted, all women should be afraid of something terrible happening to them. But let’s face it: this isn’t the first indication of the church’s belief that victims are somehow “asking for it”. Just last year a Spanish priest shocked the world with his claims that children who are molested are also “asking for it”. His quote, which rivals the one I’m telling you about today was:

“There are 13 year old adolescents, minors, who are totally in agreement with doing it, and wanting it, if you aren’t careful they provoke you.”

Wow.

That first gem can be found on the Archdiocese’s website, along with a host of other statements against the use of miniskirts, halter tops and bikinis, which, according to priest Sergio Román del Real, are “pornography and mental prostitution” because “we cause in others feelings they don’t have a right to have for us.”

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