Stanford Rape Case: All of us must learn to stop blaming the victims of rape

Child and adolescent psychotherapist Joanna Fortune visits schools around Ireland, and many of the teenage girls she meets level blame on a rape victim if they have consumed alcohol.

“I present scenarios and what I notice is amongst young teenage girls, when the girl has consumed alcohol, in general, there is a degree of apportioning blame to her,” says Joanne.

“I try to reflect another perspective. I encourage perspective-taking, the ‘what if?’