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Monday, November 21, 2005 12:00 AM

Women who are raped: Still asking for it?

A new U.K. study shows that a third of people hold women responsible for rapes.
Rebecca Traister

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  • Monday, November 21, 2005 09:08 AM

    To be fair to the Brits ...

    I wonder about the "partially responsible" aspect of the survey questions. We don't know whether these people are thinking, "if a woman gets really drunk at a bar, then maybe she is 5% responsible for having put herself in a risky situation" or "any woman who gets drunk is just asking for it." The former response, although, still pretty ignorant, is decidely less frightening than the latter response, and this survey doesn't seem to differentiate between the two people.

    I would have liked to see the survey be a bit more specific, before Salon starts saying that 1/3 Brits think women are "Still asking for it."

    —konky2000 Read konky2000's other letters

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