Amos,

"Culpability and responsibility are two different things."

As the dictionary definitions I provided above show, this is not true.


Responsibility in the sense in which it is used in this thread is all about culpability.

Accepting partiual responsibility for a rape in this context means accepting partialblame.

It also refers to a parents obligation to their child, a politicians obligation to his country, and a policemans obligation to protect citizens of society.

And it also refers to the personal responsibility of which you speak.

But heres the distinction.

The responsibility that rape victims have for themselves is not distinct from the responsibility that other members of society have for themselves in this respect.

The rape victim who goes to church is as responsible for what happenned to her as the one who is raped in the office, and they are both equally responsible for what happened to them as the one who was raped in her own bed after losing her mojo at the very last second.