Pulse of The People: Rape is never right  Recent media coverage
of the sexual assault case involving Dominique Strauss-Kahn has
served as another chilling reminder that too many of us would
rather believe that rape doesn't actually happen. We'd prefer to
think that women can avoid rape by being virtuous, and we
unfairly scrutinize sexual assault victims to identify the flaws
in their judgment or character so that we can blame them for
what happened or simply not believe them (and say it's not
really rape). This is the kind of magical thinking that allows
us to feel a pseudo sense of security (i.e., "I'm safe because I
would never . . . ") when all we've actually accomplished is to
teach victims that they should not come forward and to teach
rapists that they will get away with their crimes, especially if
they assault someone who is less than perfect.  We've made it
far too easy for perpetrators of sexual violence to harm people
without consequence. Public response and widespread media
coverage of rape cases h