Every two minutes someone in the U.S. is sexually assaulted.

And almost every single time this happens, someone either publicly or privately blames the victim for not doing more to prevent the assault.

One person tired of this blame game is Kate Harding whose new Tumblr Don’t Get Raped points out how absurd and offensive victim blaming is.

The simple blog features attention-grabbing headlines like “Don’t go to the gynecologist” and “Don’t bum an Advil when you’ve got a headache” drawn from real life stories of women being assaulted under those circumstances. The posts are meant to show how quickly our society is to tell victims not to do ordinary things in order to avoid assault.
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