Blaming the Victim
As limelight on the number of rapes in India increased in recent times, some politicians responded with offensive lines like “It’s the woman’s fault to be out alone/dress ‘provocatively’/to be out with a guy”. The victim was partially to blame, if not entirely. And now we have similar “advice” going round the Internet in the West. But first, the background: Nude selfies stored by celebrities on Apple’s cloud recently got hacked; and then posted online. Note that these were private naked selfies they took and stored; not shoots they did for magazines or for publicity. One would assume that the criticism would have been directed at Apple for (possibly) having a not-so-secure cloud and at whoever posted them online. But no… Some blamed the victim(s), Indian politician style: Did you need to take nude selfies and store it on the cloud, asked some. A reader of Dish blew their top at this: ““Is your life going to suck if you can’t take nude pics on your telephone?” What the hell...