‘Rape victim’ defends besieged Australian cleric

Re: ‘Rape victim’ defends besieged Australian cleric

What you don't seem to understand is that the onus is not on the woman to cover up, the onus is on the rapist not to rape. The only criminal there is the rapist, and all the responsibility lies with them. There is no shared responsibility.

That is what a lot of people object to in what he said. If I leave a piece of meat out for the dog with a sign clearly labelled "For dog to eat", but the cat goes and eats it, then I would be at fault, because the cat cannot read and so does not know I left out the piece of meat for the dog. However this doesnt appy to human rape, because when someone rapes, they KNOW it is wrong to do this. Humans are not so low on the intelligence scale to be unable to decipher that rape is wrong. The onus therefore is still entirely on the rapist.