Victim Blaming Is Wrong

If a man or boy had beaten up a teenage girl the only question anyone would ask is how quickly can we lock the prison door and throwaway the key? But if she’s raped, then apparently we have to ask several questions such as: “How was she dresses?” “Was she drunk?” “Was she alone with them?”. In a normal world, a victim of sexual assault would always be met with empathy but instead victims are often met with scepticism. This doesn’t make any sense as we don’t apply this sort of logic to any other crimes. The mentality is that if the victim is taking part in certain behaviours and activities, they ask for it to happen. Common blame worthy offences include going out at night, wearing tight clothes and short skirts, being promiscuous and getting drunk. The problem with victim blaming as it is called is that it’s the predator that caused the crime, not the victim or their clothes or their …show more content…
A third said that the victim would be at fault is she dressed provocatively or went back to a man’s house for a drink. All these women are wrong. It is not and will never be the victims fault. If a man was held at gunpoint by a robber and gave away all his money to this robber nobody would ask the man if he was out past 10pm. Nobody would tell him that the expensive suit he was wearing advertised that he might be a good target for easy money. Nobody would ask him why he never struggled with the robber or screamed for help, they would all just accept the fact he was afraid. Nobody would blame him, so why blame a woman when she is raped. Peoples apparent belief that there are two equal sides to every rape, that the rapist and the victim both have valid points is the reason why 68% of sexual assaults are not reported. These people that believe this are wrong. Rape is not a two sided story. The rapist is at fault, not the