TYT: TV Show Asks If Rape Is Ever A Woman’s Fault

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A perfect example of how British television is different than U.S. television a show called Loose Women. Set up in a format similar to US show The View, they dared to ask a very controversial question.

John Iadarola (Think Tank) and Ana Kasparian (The Point) hosts of The Young Turks discuss. What do you think would happen if a talk show asked this question in the U.S.? Let us know what you think in comments.

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Loose Women, a British talk show similar to The View, recently asked their audience a question: “Is it ever a woman’s fault if she is raped?” Now, the show and its parent channel ITV are being investigated by the U.K. broadcasting regulator agency.

The show usually seems to cover innocuous hot topics: older men dating younger women, interviews with One Direction, hard-hitting questions like “What’s your favorite Rod Stewart song?” The sexual assault question was prompted by the new memoir from Pretenders singer Chrissie Hynde, who partially blames herself for her own rape at the hands of a biker gang when she was 21. In an interview, she said that one “can’t paint yourself into a corner and then say whose brush is this? You have to take responsibility. I mean, I was naive… They’re motorcycle guys! If you play with fire you get burnt. It’s not any secret, is it?”

It’s sad to hear victim-blaming rhetoric from a victim of sexual assault; it’s even sadder to hear it as a poll given to viewers on a national television show.

#0 sez:"For the record, I don't think it's ever the victim's fault. At the same time I do believe that people- and this includes women- need to take some responsibility for their own safety. Personally, I find being right much less satisfactory than not being hurt in the first place."