Tag Archives: Victim blaming

Sluts Don’t Cause Rape, Rapists Do: Why “Slutwalks” Are Sweeping the World

Posted on May 14, 2011 by

   By Sarah Seltzer / AlterNet  The idea behind the Slutwalks is simple, yet so often fails to get through: rape is rape, no matter what the victim wears, says or does.    One Toronto policeman, Michael Sanguinetti, made the mistake of telling women on a … Continue reading →

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11-Year-Old Girl Horrifically Gang-Raped; New York Times Article Blames the Victim

Posted on March 10, 2011 by

[Trigger warning for sexual violence, victim-blaming, and rape apologia.] There is an awful story in the New York Times today: Vicious Assault Shakes Texas Town. It’s about the arrest of 18 boys and men, ranging in age “from middle schoolers to … Continue reading →

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