British Women Are Asking For It

A survey released just in time for Valentine’s Day shows that more than 50% of Britons polled believe that women should start taking responsibility for being raped.

56% of those questioned felt that there were certain circumstances where the victim should be held partly accountable. Of those, 28% thought people who wore revealing clothes should take some of the blame if they were sexually assaulted. Among women, 23% said if someone danced provocatively at a nightclub they should be held partly responsible, and 15% said the same if they had accepted a drink from their attacker.

Also, “one in three men claimed they didn’t think it was rape if they made their partner have sex when they didn’t want to,” while 13% “admitted having sex with a partner who was too drunk to know what was happening.” Britain “has the lowest conviction rate for sex attackers in Europe with only one in 14 rape complaints resulting in conviction,” and 95% of rapes are believed to go unreported. I cannot imagine why.