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The 29 pages that link to Victim blaming, each with the reason it gives.

• CoercionRelated: It can obscure how coercion constrained a person’s choices.

• Framing (social sciences)Related: Individualizing frames can shift explanations away from perpetrators and structural conditions.

• Me Too movementCompared with: The movement directly challenges responses that discredit survivors or shift responsibility onto them.

• VictimologyRelated: It is a recurring ethical risk when studying victims’ conduct and vulnerability.

• Genocide denialRelated: Some denials shift blame onto targeted groups to excuse perpetrators or obscure intent.

• Bystander interventionCompared with: Effective intervention places responsibility on harmful conduct, not on the person targeted.

• Rape cultureRelated: It shifts scrutiny from perpetrators to survivors and can make sexual violence seem excusable.

• Sexual abuseRelated: Blame can discourage disclosure and compound the harm of sexual abuse.

• RapeRelated: It can influence reporting, institutional responses, and public judgments about rape.

• Attribution theoryBroader topic: Causal explanations can shift responsibility from perpetrators or conditions onto victims.

• Victim impact statementRelated: Questions about a victim’s conduct can complicate how harm is described and assessed.

• ScapegoatCompared with: Victim blaming targets someone harmed, whereas scapegoating often targets someone blamed for a wider problem.

• Image-based sexual abuseRelated: Blame over posing for or sharing an image can compound the original violation.

• BlameBroader topic: It is a harmful use of blame that shifts attention from perpetrators to those harmed.

• Stockholm syndromeRelated: The label can shift attention from captors’ actions toward how captives behaved.

• Child sexual exploitationCompared with: Blaming a child for apparent compliance obscures coercion and can deter disclosure or help-seeking.

• Final girlRelated: Some slashers link women’s punishment to sexual behavior, a pattern the archetype can expose or reproduce.

• Revenge pornRelated: People depicted in shared images may be blamed instead of the person who distributed them.

• Jimmy SavileRelated: Accounts of abuse were sometimes discounted while Savile’s status and public image were trusted.

• Gary RidgwayRelated: Public discussion of the victims’ lives sometimes obscured Ridgway’s responsibility and their claims to justice.

• Gang rapeRelated: It can obscure perpetrators’ responsibility and discourage disclosure after sexual assault.

• Honor killingRelated: Claims of dishonor shift blame from perpetrators onto victims for their choices or identities.

• ScamRelated: Blaming scam victims can discourage reporting and obscure the perpetrator’s deception.

• Violence against menRelated: Stereotypes about masculinity can lead others to dismiss or blame male victims.

• Christine KeelerRelated: Contemporary scrutiny often placed disproportionate blame on Keeler for a scandal involving powerful men.

• Date rapeCompared with: Blaming clothing, drinking, or dating choices obscures that responsibility for assault rests with the perpetrator.

• Natascha KampuschRelated: Public scrutiny of Kampusch’s behavior and account has sometimes shifted blame toward her.

• Peter SutcliffeRelated: Sutcliffe’s targeting of women considered socially vulnerable exposed victim-blaming in public and police responses.

• Serial rapistRelated: It can discourage reporting and obscure an offender’s repeated conduct.