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A third of people believe a woman is partially or completely responsible for being raped if she has behaved flirtatiously, a survey suggests.

Argh! Stabby stabby STABBY!

Mind you, I suppose that looking at the actual research answers, the more positive spin is that around two-thirds of people surveyed aren't total fuckwits.

Comments

[carrot-rope.livejournal.com]

UGH.

Can't bring myself to read actual link. What about men who get raped? Are they flirtatiously responsible also?

[janinazew.livejournal.com]

Yes. The shorts made me do it. His calf muscles were exposed and it just made me lose control.

WHAT THE FUCK?

[queerbychoice.livejournal.com]

Erghhhhh.

An even more pessimistic way of reading the research answers is to note that the number of people who believe a woman is completely or partially responsible for being raped if she has behaved flirtatiously is probably not exactly the same people who believe a woman is completely or partially responsible for being raped if she is wearing sexy or revealing clothing, and so on; therefore, the total number of people who gave fuckwitted answers to the various questions probably adds up to even more than a third.

[mordantcarnival.livejournal.com]

Can we track down these people and SWORD them? They are asking for it, displaying acres of naked stupidity and unveiled callousness.

[sootysmudge.livejournal.com]

yes, unfortunately these sorts of attitudes are consistently shown in the survey literature.. l also work for an organisation which does research in this area.. and many of the general population's attitudes about these sorts of issues are incomprehensible...