Spring is finally here, and warm weather should be right around the corner.

From rainy-day accessories to trendy footwear, we've come up with 10 items every guy should add to his wardrobe for the season.

An umbrella.

The snow is gone, but the rain is here. Don't be the guy who shows up drenched because he didn't want to carry an umbrella around.

The London Fog Auto Open Close Umbrella will keep you dry in times of need, and fiberglass ribs ensure it won't bend out of shape in the wind.

Price: $25

A pair of fashionable sunglasses.

With the nice weather, people will spend more time outside.

Every guy needs a pair of sunglasses not only protect his eyes, but also to make him look good.

We like Ray Ban's RB3025 Aviator Sunglasses, which have 100 percent UV protection for your eyes in addition to Ray Ban's sleek style.

Price:$145

A lightweight blazer.

It is time to put the winter coat away.

Spring calls for new outerwear and a lightweight blazer is the perfect look.

The Original Penguin Men's Chambray Blazer is stylish and will keep you comfortable in a slight breeze.

Price: $139

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If you're an NBA snob without an interest in rooting for college basketball, the NCAA tournament is best used as a primer on the top prospects in the upcoming NBA draft.

This year's draft is said to be historically weak, but there are still a number of guys who should make meaningful contributions in the pros next year.

Using what we've seen this year, as well as the scouting reports on DraftExpress, we picked out the 12 best prospects in the tournament.

12. Michael Carter-Williams, Syracuse

Size: 6'5", 175 pounds

2012-13 Stats: 12 ppg, 7.7 apg, 4.7 rpg

Best case scenario: A rich man's Shaun Livingston

11. Doug McDermott, Creighton

Size: 6'8", 223 pounds

2012-13 Stats: 23.1 ppg, 7.5 rpg, 58.9% shooting from 3

Best case scenario: Steve Novak with a post game

10. Kelly Olynyk, Gonzaga

Size: 7'0", 238 pounds

2012-13 Stats: 17.7 ppg, 7.1 rpg, 65.5% FG

Best case scenario: Nick Collison

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In a surprise, Google shook up the executive leadership running Android last week.

Android founder Andy Rubin is out, moving to other projects in Google, while Chrome leader Sundar Pichai is now in charge.

Android is Google's mobile software. Chrome is Google's desktop software. Now Pichai runs both.

Pichai has a tough act to follow. Under Rubin, Android went from being a funky open source project to the world's biggest mobile operating system with 70 percent of the market, according to research firm Gartner.

In the simplest of terms, Pichai's main job is to not screw things up. But, in a market as dynamic and quickly evolving as the mobile market, it's not so easy to simply not screw up.

Pichai has to confront a bunch of issues gnawing at Android as well as figure out what's next.

We're going to walk through all the big issues we see with Android as Pichai takes the reins.

Samsung is getting very powerful

This has become one of the biggest cliches in the mobile space, but it doesn't mean it's not true: Samsung is eating the Android brand alive. At its last launch event Samsung didn't mention Google once. And why would it? Samsung's smartphone business is more profitable than all of Google.

Right now, Samsung is a friend. It could quickly turn into a frenemy, and then a foe. Pichai needs to make a decision about what he thinks of Samsung and how to handle it from here on in.

Make a decision on Google branded hardware

Google has released one Nexus phone a year. And last year it did two Nexus tablets. Pichai leads Chrome, which just made its own laptop. Does he want to go deeper with hardware? Or does he want to ease back and let Motorola do Google's hardware? If he wants to do Google hardware, how does it square with Motorola, or Samsung for that matter?

When does Android start making real money?

Google says Android is profitable. It's never been very specific about what that means, but we sense it's not making a lot of money as a standalone product. It's on 750 million devices around the world. At some point, Android should be making big profits for Google. Pichai has to figure it out.

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The US Men's National Team beat Costa Rica in a World Cup qualifying match in the middle of a blizzard in Colorado on Friday night.

After halftime, the game was paused for several minutes and almost called off, but the referees decided play would continue.

By the end of the game, there were inches of snow on the field.

Here's what the field looked like before the game began

Alexi Lalas and Casey Kelly are staying warm in puffy hats

Fans don't care, and they also have beer to keep them warm

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Despite the housing recovery, 10.4 million or 21.5 percent of all residential properties continued to be underwater at the end of Q4 2012, according to latest data by CoreLogic.

The value of negative equity – when homeowners owe more on their mortgages than their home is worth – fell to $628 billion, from $670 billion the previous quarter.

The Sandy states in particular continue to struggle.

1.7 million moved to positive equity in 2012, and the trend should continue into 2013. But some parts of the country will recover faster than others.

Using CoreLogic data, we ranked the 12 states that had the most underwater mortgages as a percentage of all mortgages i.e. negative equity share.

Note: Loan-to-Value (LTV) ratio is a measure used by financial institutions to gauge risk before approving a mortgage. The higher the LTV ratio, the higher the risk and the more expensive the loan.

Idaho

Negative equity share:
21.0 percent

Total mortgages:
247,000

Average loan-to-value ratio:
73.3 percent

Source: CoreLogic

Mississippi

Negative equity share:
22.7 percent

Total mortgages:
48,000

Average loan-to-value ratio:
77.7 percent

Source: CoreLogic

Maryland

Negative equity share:
23.5 percent

Total mortgages:
1,362,000

Average loan-to-value ratio:
70.0 percent

Source: CoreLogic

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If you believe the reports and rumors, a lot of big names in tech are working on smartwatches. 

Google, Apple, Samsung, and LG all reportedly have plans to make a smartwatch soon.

The concept is pretty straightforward: the devices would pair with your smartphone and let you look at incoming notifications like text messages and Twitter mentions. 

But despite all the recent hype surrounding them, smartwatches are nothing new. Several companies have tried them before. Most of them failed. 

Here's a look back at some of the most talked about smartwatches in recent memory.

Sony still sells its Android-powered smartwatch, but the reviews are horrible

Sony launched an Android-powered smartwatch last year. It has a tiny full-color touchscreen, and it syncs with apps like Twitter and Facebook 

However, reviews of the device are horrible. Take a look at Gizmodo's hands-on video. The watch doesn't even respond to touch controls.

You can still buy Sony's watch for $129.99.

Microsoft tried to make smartwatches happen with SPOT

Microsoft introduced its SPOT (Smart Personal Objects Technology) platform in 2004. The platform delivered content such as news and weather over FM radio waves to devices running SPOT for $59 per year.

Companies like Fossil and Swatch made watches that used SPOT, but none of them really took off.

Microsoft killed SPOT in 2008.

Apple sort of had a smartwatch with the 2010 iPod Nano.

Apple gave the iPod Nano a new squarish look in 2010, one that was perfectly suited for your wrist. 

In fact, Apple included several watch face apps for the device and third-party accessory makers came up with a bunch of clever wristbands.

But it didn't last long. 

Last year, Apple killed the watch-like iPod Nano design in favor of a new rectangular one that's too large to fit on your wrist.

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IdeaLab and UberMedia founder Bill Gross gave the following presentation at Business Insider's IGNITION Mobile conference on Thursday.

He shows how the rise of mobile computing opens a huge opportunity for companies looking to monetize. 

You can check out the full presentation in the gallery below.

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Apple's iOS platform is typically the first choice for app developers.

While Android is right behind iOS in terms of developer preference, according to a December report from Appcelerator and IDC, it still lacks some popular apps. 

Some of these iPhone-exclusive apps have recently launched, meaning that there's still hope for Android users. But some apps, like the Infinity Blade fighting game franchise, have been around for a couple of years and have no plans to launch on Android. 

Still, that doesn't mean Apple's App Store will always be the first choice for developers. 

Even though Apple is the leader in app revenue, Google Play is growing at a faster rate, according to a recent App Annie report. In fact, Google Play seems to be on track to hit one million apps in June, months before Apple, Dan Rowinski of ReadWrite recently predicted. 

Meanwhile, Android is dominating consumer smartphone sales with a nearly 70 percent market share compared to iOS' 20 percent.

Clear makes managing your to-do list a breeze

Clear is a very simple, yet aesthetically pleasing to-do list app that helps you stay on task. With Clear, you can create multiple to-do lists: one for work, one for your personal life, etc. 

In order to use the app, there are few gestures you need to know: pull down to add a task, swipe to the left to delete a task, swipe to the right to check an item off the list, pinch apart two tasks to add a new one, and pinch vertically to exit out of the current list. 

Price: $1.99

Fantastical is a beautiful calendar app

Fantastical puts Apple's built-in calendar app to shame. It pulls in data from the built-in calendar, but you can also add other calendars.

The app makes it super easy to see your entire calendar and appointments for any given day. It also has a pretty nifty day ticker where you can quickly see your schedule for the day and the rest of the week. 

Price: $4.99

Tweetbot is one of the most robust Twitter clients out there today

Tweetbot is a full-fledged Twitter client that is super customizable and packed with tons of shortcuts to enhance your Twitter experience.

With the multiple timelines feature, you can momentarily block out the rest of Twitter and just read tweets from people on a specific Twitter list. 

Tweetbot also recently updated the app with inline Vine and Flickr previews. 

Price: $2.99

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With about 400 new laws passed around the country every year, there are always a few head-scratchers. 

Here are seven of the stranger laws that have made it into the books so far this year ...

You can't have over four cats in Wellington, Kan.

This town in Kansas apparently has a problem with stray cats, so they passed an ordinance to crack down.

"We were picking up, compared to years past, a couple hundred cats per year,” Wellington Police Chief Tracy Heath told KAKE. “We're hoping that this new ordinance may lower that number."

The city came up with changes to its animal ordinance, which includes a section saying “no person or household shall own or harbor more than four cats of more than six months of age or more than one litter of kittens."

It's now against the law to have sex with a corpse in Illinois.

Illinois lacked a law explicitly criminalizing sex with a corpse, so previous prosecutions had to rely on a charge of “criminal damage to property.”

“The death of a loved one is bad enough, but it should be much more than criminal damaged property,” Illinois Rep. Daniel Beiser (D), told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. “This is a completely inappropriate charge.”

Source: Politico

Sex offenders can't be the Easter Bunny or Santa Claus in Illinois either.

A law sponsored by State Senator Kirk Dillard (R) made it a felony for sex offenders to dress up as the Easter Bunny, work as a department store Santa Claus, or pass out candy on Halloween.

The final bill also bans them from operating or being employed at a county fair where persons under 18 are present, and restricts them from going to any holiday event where children are in attendance.

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After signing on with Vogue in 1985, Christy Turlington Burns' high cheekbones and Salvadorian descent brought her quickly to the top of the modeling world.

Over the past three decades — an epic time span for a model — she has been the face of Calvin Klein, Chanel, Burberry, and just about every other noteworthy brand. She's appeared on every magazine cover from Time to Cosmo, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art once dubbed her"The Face of the 21st Century."

Supermodel, actress, director, mother, activist, and philanthropist, Turlington is a true icon. She's also the face of yoga. For advertisers, she has a timeless appeal that is supported by her diverse talents and interests.

1986: At the age of 17, she appeared on her first Vogue cover (U.K.). It would be the first of many.

1987: Christy signs her first cosmetics contract, appearing for Revlon alongside Cindy Crawford.

1988: Calvin Klein notices Christy, and signs her as the face of his new Eternity fragrance campaign. She represented the brand for almost two decades.

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President Barack Obama will wrap up a trip to the Middle East on Saturday, returning to the White House after a four-day voyage to Israel, the West Bank, and Jordan. 

During his trip, Obama met with various Israeli and Palestinian leaders as part of the ongoing efforts between Israeli and Palestinian leaders to reach a peace agreement. The visit was Obama's first to Israel as President and first since he was a presidential candidate in 2008.

We've pulled some of the best photos from Obama's journey.

Obama helps plant a magnolia tree from the White House at the residence of Israel's President Shimon Peres.

Obama is not exactly impressed by Matzo, which was delivered to him and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu by robots.

Obama views the Dead Sea Scroll at the Israeli Museum in Jerusalem.

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The cast of "Mad Men" reunited in Los Angeles Tuesday night for the season six premiere of the hit AMC show.

But the actors who play the often-stuffy sixties characters on TV, are nothing like their on-screen personas in real life.

Check out what Don and Betty Draper, Joan Harris, Peggy Olson and others are like in modern times.

“Mad Men” returns with a two-hour season premiere on Sunday, April 7.

Christina Hendricks has played office manager Joan Harris for six seasons on "Mad Men."

In real life, the 37-year-old is married to actor Geoffrey Arend and has said their home life is "like a musical."

Vincent Kartheiser plays sneaky Pete Campbell on the AMC show.

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Months after Washington and Colorado became the first states to legalize recreational marijuana, the push to make toking up legal is gaining momentum. 

But it hasn't been easy. Activists still face stiff opposition from politicians, as well as the White House and a number of former Drug Enforcement chiefs, among others.

The fight will continue, however, especially with eight states considering legislation that would legalize marijuana this year.

Rhode Island

Rhode Island's marijuana laws are slowly changing, although it's been a bumpy ride. Limited medicinal use and authorized 'compassion centers' were approved with legislation and amendments beginning in 2006.

In 2011, however, the Governor halted further licensing of the dispensaries due to federal pressure, then reversed his position the next year. Rhode Island lowered the punishment for possession of the drug to a civil offense last year, which takes effect on April 1.

Now, new bills have been introduced in both the House and Senate that remove state-level criminal penalties altogether, for growing and using a small amount of marijuana for adults 21 and over. 

If enacted, the law would establish regulations for stores, cultivation, and taxation on the drug.

Vermont

Three Vermont state representatives have introduced a bill that would allow adults 21 or older to have up to two ounces of marijuana, paraphernalia, and allow private growing of up to three plants. It is currently up for debate in the House Judiciary Committee.

The Vermont state Senate is also considering a separate bill that would create a study committee to look at the issue of legalization and regulation of retail sales of cannabis. The report would need to be completed by Nov. 1, 2013.

"I do think this is a policy whose day will come," State Sen. David Zuckerman stated, according to NORML. "Whether it's one year from now or four years from now, I don't know. But I don't think it's something that's 10 years out. I think the tide is shifting." 

Massachusetts

Massachusetts already made it legal to use marijuana for medical purposes with a ballot initiative in 2012, but now there's a push to extend that to all recreational uses for those over age 21. 

According to NORML, the bill would "regulate the commercial cultivation, processing, and retail of marijuana to adults over the age of 21." The preamble of the bill also acknowledges that fighting pot has become a losing battle:

... 100 years of criminalization in the Commonwealth has failed to stop the production, distribution and use of marijuana, and that sustained enforcement efforts cannot reasonably be expected to accomplish that goal.

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Jerry Weintraub, producer of box office hits like The Karate Kid and Oceans 11, has finally sold his 6.25-acre Malibu complex after nearly two years on the market, the Los Angeles Times reports.

It was apparently purchased by fashion mogul Serge Azria. The home had been listed for $42.5 million, but the sales price has not been disclosed.

Weintraub bought the property in two pieces, four acres in 1978 for $950,000, and 2.25-acres in 1980 for $450,500. Several years ago, he listed it for $75 million before lowering the price.

The beautiful property is located just south of Paradise Cove and features private beach access, two guest homes, a deluxe equestrian center, tennis courts, and a pool.

Here's the main home, with 7 bedrooms and 11 bathrooms

Tons of property and plush green grass

The equestrian stables

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The U.S. Supreme Court is hearing two huge gay marriage cases next week.

But America still lags behind several other countries when it comes to equality for gays and lesbians.

With nearly half of Americans supporting gay marriage, gay rights advocates are hoping the U.S. will follow the lead of western European governments in establishing stronger federal legal protections for gay couples.

So far, 11 countries have legalized same-sex marriage, according to the Pew Research Center, and seven of them are in western Europe or Scandinavia. Just one country each in Latin America and Africa allows gay couples to marry.

This list includes all the countries that have legalized gay marriage and a couple that have strong anti-discrimination laws and protections for same-sex relationships. 

The Netherlands was the first country to legalize gay marriage in 2000.

The groundbreaking law also gave couples in the Netherlands the right to adopt children.

Belgium followed suit and passed gay marriage in 2003.

Three years after it legalized gay marriage, Belgium gave gay couples the right to adopt, according to Pew. Belgium has also outlawed employment discrimination based on sexual orientation.

Spain legalized gay marriage by a close margin in 2005.

Before it legalized same-sex marriage, Spain already banned employment discrimination against gays, according to a Harvard Law publication on the subject. In 2007, Spain passed a law that let people officially change their gender before going through a sex-change surgery.

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Looking for a new job?

It helps to know which companies are hiring.

But more than that. It helps to know which companies have lots of openings. The more employees they need, the better your chances to get the job you want at the salary you want.

With that in mind, we asked job search site Indeed.com to sift through its massive database of job openings to tell us which tech companies are in hyper-hiring mode, with thousands of openings.

No 1: Oracle has 3,868 job openings

Company: Oracle

No. of jobs open: 3,868

What it's hiring: Oracle is ramping up its workforce to push into new areas, namely cloud computing and data center hardware.

Employees rate it: 4 stars (out of 5)

Oracle is known as an employer that treats its employees well, but demands a lot from them.

"Oracle is a wonderful place to work. As long as you are flexible and open to a fast paced changing environment, you can make it work. Networking is key. Your job can change with the budget cycle. The one team approach to work is very helpful. As long as you are connected, there is always a growth opportunity," says a former employee who was a Financial Analyst

No. 2: Dell has 3,382 job openings

Company: Dell

No of jobs open: 3,382

Why it's hiring:  Dell is trying to convert itself from a PC manufacturer into a full-service, enterprise IT shop competing with the likes of IBM and HP.  It's hiring everything from consultants to storage experts to make that happen.

Employees rate it: 4 stars (out of 5)

Dell is going through some turmoil as founder Michael Dell tries take the company private.

"Great training and support. Management supports a solid work/life balance. Quotas can be tough, but manageable. Lots of relationship building required," says a former Inside Account Manager.

No. 3 Amazon has 2,911 job openings

Company: Amazon

No of jobs open: 2,911 (this excludes hourly warehouse workers)

Why it's hiring: Amazon is a huge, diverse company, between online retail, manufacturing Kindle devices and being the biggest cloud computing service around. It hires everything from buyers to data scientists.

Employees rate it: 4 stars (out of 5)

Amazon is always working on something innovative.

"I worked hard every day and was a part of a project that is making history in the security world. I worked hard right alongside other hard workers and the ones who weren't of the same caliber found themselves working elsewhere!" says a former IT Project Manager.

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Samsungannounced its latest flagship phone, the Galaxy S 4 earlier this month in New York.

Critics have been going wild because the Galaxy S 4 is real competition to Apple's iPhone 5.

The Galaxy S 4 is packed with the latest hardware and software features like a 13 megapixel camera, eye tracking technology, and even a way to use the phone without touching the screen.

While the iPhone 5 is still an impressive smartphone, it doesn't hold a candle to the Galaxy S 4.

The Galaxy S 4 is faster than the iPhone 5.

Samsung's Galaxy S 4 has a quad-core processor compared the the iPhone 5's dual core processor. 

Primate Labs ran a benchmark test pitting the Galaxy S 4 against other top tier smartphones including the iPhone 5.

The results show that the Galaxy S 4 is almost two times faster than the iPhone 5. 

The Galaxy S 4's screen is bigger.

The Galaxy S 4's screen measures a whopping 5-inches.

That's a full inch more screen real estate than the Phone 5. A bigger screen means more apps on one page, more space for videos, and higher quality.

The Galaxy S 4 has better camera software.

Software aside, the Galaxy S 4 packs a whopping 13 megapixel camera, compared to the iPhone 5's eight megapixel camera.

The Galaxy S 4's camera has a bunch of software features that will make any amateur look like a professional. It's easier to take pictures and edit them on the go.

Pictures stand out with features like, photo blur, which allows you to erase people or things from a photo and Share Shot, which lets you sync your friends' Galaxy S phones together to share photos.

There are many more camera features that you can read about here.

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The outspoken CEO of YouSendIt, Brad Garlinghouse, just put his Menlo Park house on the market.

He's asking $3.45 million.

Garlinghouse first landed in the limelight in 2006 when he was a Yahoo exec. That's when he penned the famous memo known as the "Peanut Butter Manifesto" that accused Yahoo of being unfocused and spread too thin.

He's been the CEO of file-sharing service YouSendIt since May 2012. Revenues about doubled from $35 million in 2011 to about $55 million in 2012. To celebrate, Garlinghouse bought every employee an iPad Mini as a holiday gift.

Menlo Park is very close to AOL's West Coast office in Palo Alto, Calif., where Garlinghouse worked until late 2011. But YouSendIt is based in Campbell, Calif., south of San Jose, which is a solid 30-minute drive from Menlo Park.

According to property records, Garlinghouse bought another house in Atherton, a leafy suburb favored by Google executives, in 2010.

The house is in the upscale Felton Gables neighborhood, known for its Craftsman-style homes.

The entryway reveals the home's Craftsman aesthetic, with wood-coffered ceilings.

The gorgeous ceilings extend into the formal living spaces.

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The New York International Auto Show kicks off in Manhattan next week, opening to the press on Wednesday and the public two days later.

We'll be among the thousands of journalists on the scene — NYC is our home turf — and are excited for what the auto industry is bringing to the Big Apple.

To get your blood flowing, here's a quick look at the 15 rides we're most pumped to see, from the new Audi, Mercedes-Benz, and Cadillac sedans, to the Corvette-Viper battle, to the very exciting Range Rover Sport.

The 2014 C7 Corvette Stingray was the star of the Detroit Auto Show in January, and GM is following up with the convertible version.

But Dodge isn't ready to let GM win this round of the never-ending Corvette-Viper rivalry. It's bringing the 2014 SRT Viper Time Attack, a special ride made to be a beast on the track.

This teaser image is of the 2014 Chevy Camaro SS. Little is known about the refreshed look for the model, the first full changeup since the car debuted in 2009.

[Source: Christian Science Monitor]

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When two high school football players were convicted of raping an intoxicated girl in Steubenville, Ohio,— after sending pictures of the act to friends and posting about it on social media — a significant portion of the backlash was aimed at the victim rather than her attackers.

Even CNN was criticized for empathizing with the two convicted rapists.

It might be the 21st century, but there's still a tendency to blame the victim, be it for drinking or wearing a short skirt. The meme of targeting the violated as opposed to the violator has even made it into modern PSAs that are supposed to be anti-domestic violence.

We have collected eight recent ads that imply if a woman drinks or fails to cover up, then she is somehow asking for it.

The most headline-inducing recent example was when the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board released a series of posters showing a woman's legs sprawled on a bathroom floor, underwear at her ankles, with the text, "See what happens when your friends drink too much?" They were later pulled.

We've also found a few anti-rape PSAs that get the message right, so there's hope for progress.

The Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board pulled this ad in 2012 after a series of complaints that it blamed the victim (and her friends) for date rape. It implies if a woman drinks, she bears responsibility for being raped.

Another ad in the series read, "She didn't want to do it, but she couldn't say no." This suggests the victim's lack of control is to blame, or that not saying "no" (while catatonic) somehow leads to rape.

The Herts police department in the U.K. was criticized for the following ad in 2012. Its accompanying website reads, "Did you know if you drink excessively, you could leave yourself more vulnerable to regretful sex or even rape?"

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