Victim blaming
The Why Factor
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Laura madden was working on a film set in ireland when she says she was invited to meet the powerful producer harvey weinstein. She is one of the women who report that she was sexually assaulted by him. In cases of sexual assault, why is it that we so often blame the victim? I walked into his hotel room thinking i was going in to talk about a job and to work for him. There was a huge amount of shame attached to what had happened. And, you know, i felt sort of, somehow i brought it on myself. The programme seeks to explore why we do the things we do.
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