A former English solicitor general, Harriet Harman, is trying to change the toxic and age-old trend of victim-blaming.
In December of 2018, 21-year-old British back-packer, Grace Millane, was murdered and buried in a suitcase near Auckland, Australia. What followed was a trial in which her murderer tried to use her sexual history as an excuse for his actions.
ADVERTISEMENT In the case of Millane, her killer, as well as his defense attorneys, justified his actions by saying that her death was an accident due to “violent sex.” As the prosecutor on the case stated, however, “you cannot consent to your own murder.” A very similar instance happened with another murder case in the UK, where the accused man justified his actions by stating the woman he killed died accidentally due to “rough sex.
North continues to explore various instances in which this kind of victim-blaming takes place: she cites how trans women, specifically trans women of color, are often depicted as predators rather than victims, even when they are attacked and killed. Murderers spew the narrative that they were deceived into thinking the woman they murdered was cisgendered, as if such a thing is cause for murder in the first place. Excuses such as these are often referred to as the LGBTQ+ Panic Defense.
In England, where Millane was from, efforts are being made to put an end to this kind of victim blaming. A former English solicitor general, Harriet Harman, is asking that a law be made that bars men accused of murder or violence from using the defense of “rough sex gone wrong.” In the case of Millain’s murder, the “rough sex gone wrong” excuse that her murderer supplied was, thanfully, rejected and he was officially convicted of the murder just two months ago.
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