Rape: The CICA Blames the Victim

This is staggering:

"In the past year 14 rape victims - 1% of rape-related applications - were told they would get less money because of alcohol consumption, the CICA confirmed."

To further emphasise just how insane this is:

One woman, who believes she was raped after having her drink spiked, told the Guardian it "felt like a slap in the face" when she read that the standard award of £11,000 would be reduced by 25% in her case, to £8,250.

You go out, you have your drink spiked, you get raped. Yet, to some extent it was your fault. So you'll get less compensation. Drinking is evil, see? And if you do drink, well, the CICA isn't saying you deserve you get raped but... you know, you have kind of asked for it, on some levels, haven't you?

This sort of mindset is typical of a prudish bureaucrat, sat in an office somewhere, judging people because those people do not adhere absolutely to the narrow mindset and tedious lifestyle of that bureaucrat. Such bureaucrats are, of course, cunts of the highest order. But therein lies the problem. They are cunts of the highest order with power. They can decide, after you have suffered a horrific and terrible crime, that you are less deserving of compensation than someone else who didn't have a drink.

According to the article:

"In a second statement, issued later, the CICA said a mistake had been made in Helen's case and its policy was not to reduce awards to rape victims on the basis of alcohol consumption."

And a justice minister comments:

"This stance supports our view that a victim of rape is not in any way culpable due to alcohol consumption. It is never an individual's fault if he/she gets raped; regardless of how much he/she has drunk."

Which is all very nice, but would be a much more credible couple of statements if the CICA hadn't reduced 14 compensation awards because the victims were drunk.

The government frequently complains about the difficulty of getting rape victims to come forward, but it is hardly surprising given this story, is it? Not only will a rape victim have to relive one of the most horrific experiences of their life whilst undergoing invasive medical procedures and tests, but if they've been drinking then guess what? They're going to be judged!

Rape is the fault of the rapist, not the victim. It would be nice if the CICA could acknowledge in what they actually do, as well as in their rhetoric.