Police withdraw sexual assault advice brochure

The SPVM has withdrawn a brochure first produced in 2012 to give advice on avoiding sexual assault. Its warning that drinking too much can make a woman vulnerable has been judged too close to blaming the victim.

I tend to think there’s a middle ground where it’s possible to point out the wisdom of not getting shnockered without being taken to suggest that if someone does, it’s her fault if someone takes advantage, but the weight of public opinion is not in that direction at the moment.