Saudi: Why we punished rape victim

[queequeger]

Originally Posted by Aliantha

Well, from my own perspective, I know that some of the choices I made on the night it happened to me contributed to it happening. Should the man have been punished for my stupid choices? Or only his stupid choices, and if I'd not made those stupid choices, it might never have happened. *shrugs* I guess I'll never know what would have happened because I never called the cops and the reason I didn't was because at the time I knew I'd made bad choices and it'd be hard for anyone to believe I hadn't 'asked for it'.

Not to mention that saying it was even partially a victim's fault because of their actions implies that men are animals and can't control ourselves.