Victim blaming

Blaming the Victim means that the problem is triggered by the people who are affected by it when they usually are not the true perpetrators. Often, there is a main issue that is causing a specific event or events to continually occur and we should first work at an attempt to solve it. Unfortunately, this is not generally what happens. Generally, people will believe that the victim must have done something wrong or behaved inappropriately, therefore bringing the issue upon themselves. As a result, the “solution” chosen to try to the problem will often be punishing the ones affected, isolating them, and/or attempting to force them to change their actions. Many people will turn a blind eye to the root cause, perhaps because it is too difficult…

Victim blaming has always been a problem and people need to know that any harm done to the victim is not their fault. Society continues to subconsciously blame the victim in an abusive situation. Many people like to think that they want the best for everyone and can see everything from someone else’s point of view. Countless numbers of people are actually very cruel in thinking. Many adults are much more petty than teenagers or young adults, and cannot understand why victim blaming is…

While there may not be a perfectly ideal process to address and or solve a social issue, there are ideologies that continually oppress entire populations of people and all the while fail to solve the root of the issue. A lot of people in higher power in the United States express the Blaming the Victim ideology, meaning they view social problems as being caused by the individuals who are experiencing said social issues. This shifts the blame from the institutions that actually cause the issue and…

American society, 1 out of 3 women deal with the issue of rape and are facing double-standards surrounding victim blaming. In contrast to men, women often blamed for being in the wrong locations, wearing the wrong type of clothing, being around alcohol or drugs. Experts might say that the trend of blaming and victimizing women for crimes committed against them represents the overall issues of hatred towards the female gender in the United States. The offense of rape has been denied in our…

Literature Review Theoretical Orientation Living in a society where victim blaming in rape cases has become a social norm when exploring rape culture as a whole. Focusing primarily on victim blaming, research can provide evidence of inequalities in the criminal justice system that impacts the sentencing of perpetrators. Common aspects seem from victim blaming is creditable of the victim, perpetrator’s race, and/or class, and patriarchy has all influence sentencing in regards to the guilty…

The use of sexual description of female victims also acts as a method of victim blaming (Malamuth & Check, 1981). The way in which a victim is described and the details surrounding her persona play an influential role in the way she is represented. The inclusion of details of her past relationships, her appearance, whether she had been drunk or on drugs, where she had been and what her activities are often aimed to blame the victim for her attack (Meyers, 1997). In the same report on the rape…

“How was she dresses?” “Was she drunk?” “Was she alone with them?”. In a normal world, a victim of sexual assault would always be met with empathy but instead victims are often met with scepticism. This doesn’t make any sense as we don’t apply this sort of logic to any other crimes. The mentality is that if the victim is taking part in certain behaviours and activities, they ask for it to happen. Common blame worthy offences include going out at night, wearing tight clothes and short skirts,…

regards to blaming the victims for the unfortunate events that have befallen them. One theory mentioned in many of the studies is Shaver’s (1970) Defensive Attribution Theory (DAT), in which he hypothesized that individuals blame victims when they feel the victim is more interchangeable with themselves. This theory is an important aspect to consider when studying the effects of in-group/out-group on victim blaming. An in-group member would be a person who the participants identify with based on…

Abuse is the act of inflicting cruelty or violence on another person. It is a horrific act that should not be tolerated. Many would think that the abuser is at fault for the hurtful act; however, there is much controversy over whether it is the person being abused that is at fault or the abuser that is to blame. Some may say the person being abused is at fault, that they did something to provoke their abuser. However this is not the case. No one should be put at fault for being abused.…

when looking at victim blaming and victim defending (Karmen, 2015). There can be very passionate and heated arguments over which side are considered righteous (Karmen, 2015). To make matters worse, it is largely based on a person’s ideology, which can actually cause even more of a difference of opinion depending on the type of crime and circumstances surrounding it (Karmen, 2015). This means in some cases, one would side with victim blaming, and another case they would side with victim…