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taking very simple steps, like the ones I outlined in my first comment, are only common sense, and can only work in said individual's favor.

Except rapes do get committed by "trusted" people, so we're left with "common sense" advice that is either massively paranoid or useless.

But something has to be said about taking responsibility for one's own safety and well being, and being intelligent about not getting into situations like these.

The article is "being intelligent about not getting into situations like these". You, on the other hand, seem to be trying for a just world fallacy.