Blaming Victims In Rape Culture

When the topic of rape and sexual assault comes up in conversation, many people truly feel a strong sense of empathy for the victim, yet many others criminalize the victim for how they themselves got into the assault. Why does our society continue to persecute a victim? For the only ones who should be questioning in this fashion, are those investigating the crime in of itself. Rape culture has become a natural part of our society and the largest part of this “culture,” is victim blaming. Yes, there are two sides to this issue, but whether the victim was truly raped or not, it does not matter for there needs to be a better balance for this issue. Whether it is to stop blaming the victim or how the victim can avoid becoming one in the first place.
Though at times, many of those who wish to pin the blame elsewhere would use these “tips” to abuse the victims. Though I am getting ahead of myself, what exactly is victim precipitation against rape? Victim precipitation is, “blaming a victim for his or her own victimization… the victim’s actions, decisions, locations, word exchanges, etc., led the victim to his or her victimization” (1, VanRyne.) With this in mind it explains why so many rape prevention tips focus on how the woman could have avoided being raped. Some examples include: what she was wearing, what time of day it was, and/or was she inebriated by drugs, just to name a
That just seem to say that a woman was asking for it as she may have been too trusting and/or was just too careless. So what should a woman change, what she is wearing or her personality? What is the correct way that will be able to protect herself? Should she continue to go out and be confident in what she does, but hypervigilant? Or should she only stick to those she knows, but don’t trust them too much for they may turn on her in a second? Will women continue to be, “sexually objectified by men, making it easier for them to be violated and mistreated?” (2,