article_snippet.sent: Despite countless campaigns, protests and marches, the notion of blaming a victim for their rape remains shockingly high.
article_snippet.sent: In January this year the head of the Crown Prosecution Service, Alison Saunders, said society must 'challenge' the view that rape victims should be blamed if rape victims had been 'drinking' '
article_snippet.sent: In January this year, the head of the Crown Prosecution Service, Alison Saundersthe Crown Prosecution Service, said society must 'challenge' the view that rape victims should be blamed if rape victims had been 'drinking'.
article_snippet.sent: it was also revealed that it is the younger generation who are more likely to blame women for women rape .
article_snippet.sent: She said: 'For too long society has blamed rape victims for confusing the issue of consent – by drinking or dressing provocatively for example. '
article_snippet.sent: Sarah Green, from the campaign group End Violence Against Women Coalition, says that the concerning increase for victim blaming appears to be coming from the younger generation. '
article_snippet.sent: We already know that a significant minority of the population are inclined to blame women for being raped, but what should be a cause of great concern in these figures is the fact that younger people are more likely to blame women and girls for rape. '