Lox, I agree with Amos that the difference between blame and responsibility is not one of semantics. It is a very important distinction. I also think Amos has made clear that he in no way thinks that a person who has been raped is to blame for being raped. No person is ever responsible, objectively, for the thoughts, feelings, and behaviors of another person.

Amos, I think you are trying to convey something that I also tried to convey early in this thread (although you are doing a better job of it.) I think the results of the survey cited at the beginning of this thread (i.e. women opining that rape victims are often share blame for having been raped) reflects the very common faulty reasoning that fails to make the distinction between responsibility and blame.

While it is true that one definition of responsibility compasses judgement, that definition encompasses all judgements, both positive judgements and negative judgements. "My father is responsible for having taught me the difference between right and wrong," is an example of using responsible to connote positive judgement.   In this instance, it also strongly implies positive moral judgement.   Even using this definition, responsibility is not a synonym for "blame" or for "fault."