[user104658]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

Women get blamed for being victims of crimes, men very very rarely do. Fact.

Maybe. When it comes to serious crime. For petty crime I don't think "very, very rarely" is accurate at all to be honest and I would need to see some sort of statistic to back that up? People get blamed all the time when it comes to things like theft and minor assault and its not gender specific at all? Called an idiot for leaving a car unlocked / parking in a bad neighbourhood... Told they had it coming when they get hit... Etc... Happens to both males and females all the time? I mean, "talk **** get hit" is an actual saying, and it's not aimed at women or men specifically?

But again what does this have to do with anything that has been said in this thread? Where has anyone said that that's not the case? And for the third time; who is blaming the victim on this thread. Literally EVERYONE has stated that his actions were criminal and were not justified. Any attempt to say that there's victim blaming going on here is just straight up false .

(Also, not to be patronising further, but sarcasm *is* passive-aggressive so...)