Friday, November 25, 2005

Rape surveys: a reality gap / Spiked, 22 Nov 2005

http://www.spiked-online.com/articles/0000000CAE81.htm
Josie Appleton
"What's behind the claim that 'A third of Britons blame flirty women for rape'? This story has an Alice-in-Wonderland feel: it gets everything upside down. Far from rape being hushed up, there is actually far too much awareness-raising about the subject - of which this survey is a prime example. Rape is a very serious crime, but today it is also becoming a moral crusade. All this is little help to women, men, or indeed rape victims themselves."