If you do a google search with the key words "woman raped after on way home" it will throw up lots of results :(
In almost every link the woman has been attacked as she made her own way home, on her own, late at night.
If these women had stayed with their friends, there is a very good chance that they would have got home safely.
Why is it so "bad" to advise young girls, who may not be as sensible as older women, to think before they make decisions that have a devasting result on their lives.
Yes, there are lots of other scenarios where there is absolutely nothing that the victim could have done differently to avoid being in a vulnerable position, but that does not apply to the above examples.
I am 42, and have lived long enough to read many many incidents where young women have been raped, and murdered, because they made the wrong decision. In my teens and 20's I know I put myself at possible risk, because I was over confident, because I thought it wont happen to me, because I had the attitude that I see on here of "I have the right to go where I want to go and sod the risks"... with age comes more common sense, and yes, I do have the right to walk wherever I want, at any time I want, but common sense tells me that just because I know I have the right, there is a chance someone out there thinks they have the right to attack me for being there alone. They dont have that right, but I would rather do what I can to ensure they dont get the chance either.