Culture

We must never normalize crime or blame the victim. In Argentina, it’s very common to blame someone who got their car stolen because of where they parked it—“well, of course, look where you left it…”—or to blame a woman for “provoking” in cases of gender violence. There are countless such examples. We must not normalize crime. Enough with “what do you expect, looking like a foreigner and carrying a GoPro—of course they were going to rob him…” That’s a terrible thing to say. It’s wrong—it makes you an accomplice to these malicious acts. It’s not foolish to have been robbed, even if your phone is sticking out of your pocket with a sign that says “steal me”—the blame will always, always, always be on the thief, never the victim. Even if a woman is wearing sexy clothes and running like Bo Derek in the movie 10, if she is attacked, abused, or raped, the blame will lie 100% with the attacker, never with her. ...