It should be legal to stalk someone

Let's examine some of Con's comments "Stalkers are obsessive by definition" "As soon as a stalker learns the victim"s address, the victim has no choice but to move" "If a stalker learns a victim's address, they can potentially get inside through breaking windows and such" "Stalking can easily lead to violent crime" Every person has a right to be presumed innocent until proven guilty. Con is trying to justify a sexist law in the same way feminists do with rape by saying that women can't take care of their self despite the fact they are responsible adults, not children. A man can be guilty of rape if a woman "freezes up" i.e. says nothing and does nothing to stop a man having sex with her, because apparently it doesn't matter if she says anything, as he is a rapist and will rape her anyway. That is what people are taught to believe, and that rapists gain something when in fact they can only lose confidence via having to force a woman to have sex with them. If a man and women have drunken sex, it is the man who will be charged with rape. Feminists want all men to be guilty until proven innocent, they will support sexist laws because they don't care whether false accusations shatter a man's life, damage his relationship with his family, whether he has personal things seized or if he has suicidal thoughts because a feminists goal is to feel superior to men. Stalking laws are also sexist, 88% of women stalked are done so by men, while the much smaller number of men who are stalking victims are stalked by men and women to an equal degree - Wikipedia. This is despite the fact that women are natural born stalkers who want to know what is going on all the time [1]. Laws should not treat or cause one gender to be treated better than the other. A stalking victim must keep a log of everything that is happening to them, especially how a stalker's behavior is impacting on their life, they should keep gifts in a sealed bag as evidence too. Basically stalking victims are being advised to lead on or encourage the behavior of a stalker instead of telling them "I don't want any gifts from you or a relationship with you." Con says "Authorities try to protect potential murder victims, so stalking victims should not be alone in defending themselves against crime either". Murder and stalking are two different things. Murder, robbery, assault are clear when they are committed. Stalking is not clear, someone has to imagine whether someone else would suffer mentally if they were put in the same situation. If a stalker creates a new account, he will be wasting his time and give up. It takes a second to block, and much longer to create new accounts or to hack into someone else's. Feminists are offended by sensible advice or common sense, they will not take responsibility simply because someone was raped or stalked, they will more likely blame the rapist or stalker and think it is solely a stalkers responsibility to not stalk. [2] . They might even take their clothes off and write "I'm not a slut" on their body. Women think that if something is illegal they should be protected, the only way they can is by collecting evidence, which leads to more stalking. This does not happen though with robbery, or assault, murder etc. The only laws I would scrap are sexist laws which have a high wrong conviction rate, as the evidence is not as clear as say fingerprints on a murder weapon, or fingerprints left after a robbery etc. This would also mean victims would not be disappointed or discomforted by the low number of people who are punished. Stalkers who are motivated by leaving prison will come out and stalk again. Alienating stalkers, putting them on some register doesn't help them. Making stalking illegal makes stalkers fearful for asking for help just like a person taking illegal substances would find it difficult, they'd probably try their best to hide their behaviour and perhaps make threats in an attempt to escape jail. Somebody is more likely to get better if they choose to be. I don't think there are any such thing as would-be stalkers out there, if someone is obsessed they will stalk in some way or another. Would you want to try stalking out? Firstly you have to be obsessed with someone or mentally ill to make such an effort, and people would have low opinions of you if you did. What do you think you would gain from stalking? It would shatter relationships, and generally make your life more difficult. sources [1] http://jezebel.com... [2] http://www.telegraph.co.uk...