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Diagnostic frames

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motivational frames

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prognostic frames

Victim blaming

Why are victims blamed?

• dress (31)
• Drugs/alcohol (17)
• Sexuality (4)
• Attractiveness (4)
• 'Flirting' (4)

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Top Rape myths

• Women ask for it (51)
• No conviction = no rape (32)
• Men Can't control themselves (29)
• Consent is complicated (27)
• Rape is Uncommon (20)

Top Rape myths

6. Only Certain People Get Raped (15)
7. False Reports (12)
8. It’s Possible/Easy to Avoid Rape (14)
9. Only by Strangers (10)
10. All Rapes Are the Same (9)
11. Feminism is creating a ‘rape panic’ (9)

Who are the victims?

False reports

Implications

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