The Society trends

Pakistan ranks as sixth in global gender difference  index  and  being the most dangerous country for women with the increased number of cases of sexual crimes and domestic violence issues. Patriarchal attitude is mostly responsible for this. Unfortunately rape allegations are not taken seriously our country and sometime even we blame the victim for such acts to gain political motive. People think it as a  money making  concern. Technically  raoe  is the crime in Pakistan and the accused is sentenced to 25 years of imprisonment but ask any woman who is victim she will tell you that how much poorly she has been treated. The victim is already going through depression and post traumatic stress disorder that is already  life threatening and if we also start blaming her it can cause someone’s life. We all should avoid  interpersonal  victim  blaming phenomenon which states that survivor feels comfortable and in control, must give victim ...

  Victims experience stigmatization in their life especially the female victims face stigmatization in patrilineal rituals with strong culture and taboos regarding sex and sexual life. Victim is isolated from the society and even prohibited from marrying too. UNICEF and International alert released a report about the children released by Nigeria’s insurgency group Boko Haram often face rejection by their own families and the children born of sexual violence are not even considered children and are becoming a matter of discrimination for their own parents . There is a common practice of blaming the victim especially in sexual assault for her clothing and certain actions which reduce others ability to resist against sexual  activity. Such type of accusation against victims arise from the assumption that sexually revealing clothes conveys consent for the sexual actions, irrespective of  the verbal consent . Now the need of the time is to educate the young that attire is...

  Victim blaming is common around the globe and these days there are different degrees of victim blaming for different scenarios such as slut shaming, rape, suicide, sexual abuse, drug abuse, domestic violence, public humiliation rituals, psychological abuse, statutory rape, acid attacks and hate crimes . ·        Now there is a recent example of victim blaming in Pakistan after robbers gang-rapped a woman in front of her children near motorway. A top police official blamed the victim for being out late at night and not having the required guidelines about her travel. Blaming the victim, judging person’s character whether she was a victim or not, these are rooted in our society. ·        Another example of domestic violence is a recent suicide attempt but fortunately the victim survived. Victim’s own family blamed her for the circumstances which were beyond her control and she went for such acts. ·     ...

  Victim blaming can be categorized as when the person (the victim) is blamed for the acts done to him/her rather than the perpetrator. In victim blaming the victim is blamed and bears responsibility of the   assault may be because of the dress, language, drinking and conduct. The study of victimology says that the in any way responsibility goes on the shoulders of victim but victims are never to be blamed no matter how much inclement the circumstances are. Victim shaming happens across the globe every day. According to the survey of Harvard Harassment Assault Law-Student Team statistics ·        Undergraduates females experiencing sexual assault in campuses is more than 20% ·        More than 34 % students suffer from depression and experience PTSD (Post traumatic stress disorder). ·         Almost 905 of sexual assault are done by the accused who are known to the victims .

 Blame the victim  "Let’s blame the victim to satisfy ourselves"  I often wondered why people blame a person who is already suffering from misery rather than blaming the perpetrator for having criminal intentions.  Then one day I came across something known as "The Just World Hypothesis". Finally it all made sense somehow for once at least when I understood that people blame victims to satisfy their sense of security.  The Just World Hypothesis suggests that the world is fair and just. Whatever happens is just and people get what they deserve. So basically it is somewhat similar to the concept of Karma. You see it is difficult to comprehend that one day anything terrible may happen to you for no reason and you cannot do anything about it. So people bring in the Just World Hypothesis by the definition of which they blame the victims rather than the perpetrators. In this way, they feel safe that anything bad cannot happen to them because they will avoid doing what...