In some cases, fear of financial insecurity and the emotional trauma they suffer makes leaving more difficult. In others, the victim may actually blame themselves. According to the Mayo Clinic, it is common for victims of domestic violence to at least partially blame themselves for the situation. They may even blame themselves for what is happening in the relationship.
The following are four common reasons this can happen:. There is absolutely no justification for domestic violence. The problem is with the abuser, not with anything the victim said or did.
There is also no definite way to get an abuser to stop. They have to admit they have a problem and take the actions needed to address it on their own. If you are in this situation, it is important to know help is available. In August, the comedian and former Inside Amy Schumer writer Kurt Metzger reignited a national conversation about victim blaming when he posted a series of rants on social media criticizing the ways women report being the victim of a crime and the effects of those reports on the accused.
After the Upright Citizens Brigade theater in New York banned a performer in the wake of several women accusing him of sexual assault and abuse, Metzger took to Facebook. Never you mind who they are. They are women! ALL women are as reliable as my bible! A book that, much like a women, is incapable of lying! It can apply to cases of rape and sexual assault, but also to more mundane crimes, like a person who gets pickpocketed and is then chided for his decision to carry his wallet in his back pocket.
Any time someone defaults to questioning what a victim could have done differently to prevent a crime, he or she is participating, to some degree, in the culture of victim blaming. Not everyone who engages in victim blaming explicitly accuses someone of failing to prevent what happened to them.
Hamby explains that this desire to see the world as just and fair may be even stronger among Americans, who are raised in a culture that promotes the American Dream and the idea that we all control our own destinies. While victim blaming often brings to mind crimes such as sexual assault and domestic violence, it occurs across the board, explains Barbara Gilin, a professor of social work at Widener University.
Murders, burglaries, abductions—whatever the crime, many people tend to default to victim-blaming thoughts and behaviors as a defense mechanism in the face of bad news. Gilin notes that, while people tend to be able to accept natural disasters as unavoidable, many feel that they have a little more control over whether they become victims of crimes, that they can take precautions that will protect them. They can continue to feel safe.
Hamby adds that even the most well-intentioned people sometimes contribute to victim blaming, such as therapists who work in prevention programs where women are given recommendations about how to be careful and avoid becoming the victim of a crime. These results were discussed with specific reference to predictions derived from attribution theory and their clinical implications. This is a preview of subscription content, access via your institution. Rent this article via DeepDyve. Andrews, B.
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