From Refugees to Rape Victims: Tackling Victim Blaming | Taylor Glenn

The relentlessly bleak media coverage of recent weeks has shown a depressing theme of victim blaming. What makes people do this?Like millions of others, I’m sure recent media coverage will be the kind I will never forget. Along with the heartbreaking coverage of the refugee crisis, I also found myself drawn to articles about Chrissie Hynde’s rape comments and the now-retracted Loose Women “are women ever at fault for rape” poll. Two different issues which, depending on yo