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I've always found the way the term "victim blaming" is usually used to be unhelpful. For example when you recommend someone lock their doors, someone might obje
by nsxwolf 4y ago
I've always found the way the term "victim blaming" is usually used to be unhelpful. For example when you recommend someone lock their doors, someone might object and accuse you of victim blaming - because you have the right to leave your door unlocked and not be victimized. You may have that right in a perfectly just world, but in this world people don't respect that right, so it's good to protect yourself.
- fennecfoxy 4y agoEh I think there's balance. On one hand I do certain things like cross the road or not go to certain areas at certain times, things we shouldn't _have_ to do. And I think the victim blaming thing is less "you didn't follow common sense" and more "this happened to you because you asked for it". It basically boils down to: yes, people should follow common sense, but it's not their fault that bad people are out there - it's all of our faults in society, and we should get better at figuring out how to prevent these things happening at all. Ie rather than just dismissing an area as a "bad place to go at night", we should probably try to address why it is so, and fix it.