Drunk women to blame for rape according to 1 in 5 Australians, survey finds
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17 Sep 2014 - 3:00pm
Drunk women to blame for rape according to 1 in 5 Australians, survey finds
By Stephanie Anderson
One in five Australians believe a woman is partly responsible for rape if she's drunk, while more than one in five believe that domestic violence can be excused if people get so angry they lose control.
However, the national survey of 17,500 people found that the majority of Australians believed that domestic violence was a criminal offence and could not be excused if the offender was stressed or drunk.
Results of the survey conducted by VicHealth showed that on the whole, Australians’ understanding and attitudes remained stable between 2009 and 2013.
However, there was a deterioration of attitudes in numerous areas of violence towards women, including decreases in the number of people who believed that stalking, fiscal control and forced sex were forms of violence within a relationship....
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