Amos,

Reread my post.

I have made exactly that distinction.

""responsible - Answerable for an act performed or for its consequences; accountable", (Wiktionary) "


This refers to the rapist, and the act is rape.


And it is not a consequence of a victims behaviour.


""having a capacity for moral decisions and therefore accountable; capable of rational thought or action:" (American Heritage)"


This refers to a person being accountable for their own actions - it says nothing about being about being responsible for the actions of others.

It does not make a rape victim responsible IN ANY WAY for the rape committted against them.

I did not say that a passenger on a crashing plane is at fault, I showed that that would be a ridiculous line of argument to pursue.

And I compared it to the ridiculous argument that a rape victim is ever responsible for being raped, which has been advanced on this thread by way of misapplication of the "self possession" form of responsibility.

The definitions I provided are in accordance wih the ones you have provided and they suppport my view.