{"id":118422,"date":"2023-12-06T13:08:00","date_gmt":"2023-12-06T17:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/?p=118422"},"modified":"2023-12-06T16:00:39","modified_gmt":"2023-12-06T20:00:39","slug":"what-is-victim-blaming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/what-is-victim-blaming\/","title":{"rendered":"What Is Victim Blaming: The 3 Stages of Shutting Down Victims"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

What is victim blaming? What are the three stages of silencing victims?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Victim blaming is the act of holding a victim accountable for a crime or traumatic event done to them. Silencing the victim is one of the top methods of victim blaming, which means the perpetrator isn’t punished for their actions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here are the three stages of blaming and silencing victims.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Silencing Victims: Three Stages<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

To better understand what victim blaming is, you need to understand why women are often blamed for their own trauma in the first place. Rebecca<\/strong> Solnit explains that women are often expected to remain silent after<\/em> experiencing violence<\/strong>\u2014both so the perpetrator can avoid accountability<\/a> for their actions, and to reinforce the status quo of gender inequality. There are many people involved in this silencing, including the media, the perpetrators, and society in general. Solnit describes three stages of silencing that victims have to overcome in order to make their voices heard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stage 1) Psychological and Social Barriers<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

According to Solnit, the first of these stages relates to existing barriers to women speaking out, and it\u2019s largely internalized. Experiencing violence\u2014particularly sexual violence\u2014often results in strong feelings of shame, as well as confusing feelings like doubting oneself and repressing one\u2019s experiences. There are also negative social consequences for speaking out, so women often fear being socially excluded for sharing what happened to them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(Shortform note: Because sexual assault is about power, the victim of a sexual assault tends to feel powerless<\/a>, which can snowball into intense feelings of hopelessness and shame. Additionally, victims may avoid speaking out because they\u2019ve done so in the past and been punished or disbelieved (two reactions we\u2019ll cover in the rest of this section).)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stage 2) Punishment<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The second stage, punishment, is external. Solnit explains that people often deliberately punish women who speak about their sexual assaults<\/strong>\u2014shaming them, harassing them, and sometimes even assaulting or murdering them. Solnit notes that rape victims in high schools and colleges are particularly likely to be subjected to this type of silencing and that many rapists are allowed to graduate without ever being punished for their actions. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Punishment Through Negative Reactions and Lawsuits<\/strong>

Punishments can also reinforce the first stage of silencing: Victims of sexual assault often find that they face negative reactions<\/a> from professionals, family, or other people they confide in. These reactions can be retraumatizing and result in self-blame that contributes to psychological barriers. Punishment can also become public<\/a> via defamation lawsuits\u2014lawsuits in which one party accuses the other of damaging their reputation<\/a> by spreading false information about them.

In 2022, Amber Heard ended up in the public eye because of a suit<\/a> brought against her by her ex-husband Johnny Depp, accusing her of defaming him in an op-ed she wrote for the Washington Post<\/em><\/a> in which she described herself as a survivor of domestic abuse. Even though she didn\u2019t name Depp as an abuser, the court found her guilty of defaming him.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Stage 3) Discrediting<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

According to Solnit, the third stage of silencing\u2014discrediting the woman and her story\u2014occurs when stages 1 and 2 have failed to prevent a woman from speaking up. People who try to silence a woman in this way suggest that her story is a lie and portray her as unreliable and deceptive. They also victim-blame by suggesting that she deserved the violence because of her behavior. Additionally, they argue that, even if her story were<\/em> true, it\u2019s in the past and there\u2019s no need to dredge it back up now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gendered Disinformation as a Discrediting Tool<\/strong>

Even outside the context of sexual assaults, women often face attacks on their credibility, particularly women in the public eye. There\u2019s a form of discrediting that\u2019s frequently wielded against public figures called gendered disinformation<\/em><\/a>. This refers to the deliberate spreading of false information against cis women, trans people, or nonbinary people who are public figures\u2014such as politicians, journalists, and activists\u2014in order to portray them as unreliable, emotional, or overly sexual.

This often-effective silencing tool is considered a type of gender-based violence. It can cause women to leave or avoid entering politics or other public fields, preventing them from participating in democracy and activism. Research also shows that labeling women as emotional<\/a> causes others to view them as less credible. Labeling<\/a> men as emotional, on the other hand, doesn\u2019t appear to affect their perceived credibility: Participants in the research tended to disbelieve the \u201cemotional\u201d label when it was applied to men.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

What is victim blaming? What are the three stages of silencing victims? Victim blaming is the act of holding a victim accountable for a crime or traumatic event done to them. Silencing the victim is one of the top methods of victim blaming, which means the perpetrator isn’t punished for their actions. 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