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STOP BLAMING WOMEN

Jealous Wife Hacks Phone I saw this headline in a newspaper just yesterday, had a brief read of the story, and well, now I'm here writing this post. The story read that a woman was suspicious of her husband, used his thumbprint to unlock his phone while he was sleeping to check his messages, found out he had cheated, and confronted him the next morning, where she was assaulted and he was arrested. A woman was assaulted by her husband and the headline was "Jealous Wife" like somehow pinning the blame onto women decreases the severity of his crime. Like somehow blaming rape victims on their clothing choices excuses a man of his monstrous actions. It's disgusting. If men get turned on at the sight of women in certain clothes then am I "asking for it" walking down the street in a nurses outfit? Just like I'm "asking for it" when I wear shorts on a hot day? Someone at work keeps telling me to stop pulling up my leggings because "I'