{"id":1974,"date":"2005-11-21T06:09:54","date_gmt":"2005-11-21T13:09:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.amptoons.com\/blog\/archives\/2005\/11\/21\/british-poll-rape-and-victim-blaming\/"},"modified":"2005-11-21T06:09:54","modified_gmt":"2005-11-21T13:09:54","slug":"british-poll-rape-and-victim-blaming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/?p=1974","title":{"rendered":"British Poll: Rape and Victim-Blaming"},"content":{"rendered":"

Reader MB sent me a link to this story<\/a>:\n\n

A new ICM opinion poll commissioned by Amnesty International indicates that a third (34%) of people in the UK believe that a woman is partially or totally responsible for being raped if she has behaved in a flirtatious manner.<\/p>\n

The poll, ‘Sexual Assault Research’, published today (21 November) as part of Amnesty International’s ‘Stop Violence Against Women’ campaign, shows that similar “blame culture”\u009d attitudes exist over clothing, drinking, perceived promiscuity, personal safety and whether a woman has clearly said “no”\u009d to the man.<\/p>\n

For instance, more than a quarter (26%) of those asked said that they thought a women was partially or totally responsible for being raped if she was wearing sexy or revealing clothing, and more than one in five (22%) held the same view if a woman had had many sexual partners.<\/p>\n

Around one in 12 people (8%) believed that a woman was totally responsible for being raped if she’d had many sexual partners.<\/p>\n

Similarly, more than a quarter of people (30%) said that a woman was partially or totally responsible for being raped if she was drunk, and more than a third (37%) held the same view if the woman had failed to clearly say “no”\u009d to the man.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

More.<\/a><\/p>\n

UPDATE: See also Volsunga’s post<\/a>.<\/p>\n

UPDATE 2: And The F Word<\/a>.<\/p>\n

UPDATE 3: Mind the Gap<\/a> has a list of links.<\/pracut>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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