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Flirting women to blame for sex attacks, say students

Almost half of students in the North believe women who flirt only have themselves to blame if they are later raped, new research indicated today.

Rape victims who flirted with their attacker are partially or totally responsible for what happened to them, according to 46% of the young people interviewed for the study.

Nearly a third (30%) of those polled for the Amnesty International research said women who wear revealing clothing are also effectively inviting rapists to target them.

The statistics are significantly higher than the findings of a UK-wide poll of adults in 2005 which found 34% of people felt women who flirt were to blame with 26% of those asked claiming sexy clothes were a factor.

Amnesty said this was evidence of a worrying female "blame culture" in the region.

Irish Examiner

Full story at-http://www.irishexaminer.com/breaking/ireland/print/mhqlsngbidsn/
 
 

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