These findings are very surprising. I wonder what the results of such a survey would look for the U.S.From the BBC...
A majority of women [in London] believe some rape victims should take responsibility for what happened, a survey suggests.
Almost three quarters of the women who believed this said if a victim got into bed with the assailant before an attack they should accept some responsibility. One-third blamed victims who had dressed provocatively or gone back to the attacker's house for a drink.
The study found that women were less forgiving of the victim than men. Of the women who believed some victims should take responsibility, 71% thought a person should accept responsibility when getting into bed with someone, compared with 57% of men.
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I've heard this before, even from the mouths of a couple women I was pretty sure had been raped in this manner (e.g. got too drunk, passed out, etc.). It seems to me that this may reflect 1) a good deal of denial abut what happens to women more often than we admit and 2) a large degree of internalized misogyny. Sad.
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