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In reply to the discussion: Victim Blaming. 2012: the year when it became okay to blame victims of sexual assault [View all]TheMadMonk
(6,187 posts)...to walk stark naked through a bikie clubhouse, you're indulging in ridiculously wishful thinking.
REALITY DOES NOT GIVE A SHIT FOR MORALITY.
Most rapists, muggers, 419ers with their Nigerian oil and gold, Canadian lottery scammers, and Apple, they ALL rely on their victims (knowingly or unknowingly) making themselves vulnerable. If they aren't given an opening, they'll go looking elsewhere until one is presented.
Sadly, the world is full of not very nice people and there is zero evidence to suggest that this is likely to change any time this side of the heat death of the Universe.
Thus we have no choice but to discuss what the victim could have done differently.
We have no problem with blaming victims of theft when they leave the doors/windows open or the key in the ignition. (That last being an actual criminal offence in its own right here in Australia.)
None of this should should matter a tinker's curse, in the courts, and apart from some judges calling victims fools, it generally doesn't matter outside of sexual (and corporate) assault.
The problem is not blaming the victim. The problem is using the victim's contributory actions as an excuse not to prosecute. A subtle but significant difference.