Culpability and responsibility are two different things.

One is a legal, social construct.

The other is personal.

It doesn't matter what a lawyer says, personal responsibility is the only sane personal interpretation of such an event. This in NO wisew reduces the rapist's culpability.

You are confusing the social universe with its rich tradition of blame-finding and adversarial bloviations with the simple truth of the matter.

If you let the legal system con you into believing untruths, you become captured by lies.

PERSONAL responsibility is not the same thing as legal burden.""

With the very greatest of respect, Amos, tell that to the victim after that lawyer has bludgeoned her into submission, and as a result the perpetrator is free as a bird to re-offend.

I think you will probably have some trouble getting her to accept that responsibility, in a court of law, is any different than blame.

My point is that in introducing the concept of victim responsibility for rape, you hand the perpetrator (whether you mean to or not), a very powerful weapon, which will, however you spin it, vastly increase the likelihood of his escaping the consequences of his crime.

In effect you load the dice aginst the victim.

I don't approve of that!

DO YOU?

Don T.