en-us https://www.intensedebate.com/users/706536 Comments by electrictoaster http://www.womanist-musings.com/2009/11/my-friend-was-raped.html#IDComment42396388 So I guess you have lived as a woman and a rape victim in both the US and one of those "barbaric countries", if you can make a better comparison? It's pretty arrogant to assume that you know more about what it's like to live as a woman than a women themselves do. Even in "civilized" countries such as the US, Canada, the UK, and Australia, blaming the victim while defending the rapist is a commonplace occurrence. If you're not being interrogated about what you were wearing/doing/etc, you're outright accused of lying. This is true not just for rape, but any kind of sexualized violence against women -- harassment, groping, whatever. "Innocent until proven guilty" for the rapists has unfortunately been twisted to mean "guilty until proven innocent" for their victims. There are no saner countries for women to run to. Sun, 8 Nov 2009 01:13:38 +0000 http://www.womanist-musings.com/2009/11/my-friend-was-raped.html#IDComment42396388