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Famous feminist blames rape on the way victims drink and dress

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The former judge has been accused of contributing to the women-blaming culture of rape, something anti-rape campaigners, seen here, have long protested against (Picture: Getty Images)
Brownmiller’s views aren’t in line with many of today’s feminists (Picture: Getty Images)

Victim blaming comes from many places, but it’s even more shocking when it comes from a prominent feminist.

Susan Brownmiller published the groundbreaking book Against Our Will: Men, Women, and Rape in 1975, where she wrote: ‘Rape is a crime not of lust, but of violence and power.’

However, the views she expressed in an interview with The Cut seem to be straight from a 1970s chauvinist.

Brownmiller believes that women are ‘crazy’ if they think they can drink as much as men and that women should have to… Read the full story


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