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The Psychology of Victim Blaming - The Atlantic

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When people want to believe that the world is just, and that bad things won’t happen to them, empathy can suffer.

In August, the comedian and former Inside Amy Schumer writer Kurt Metzger reignited a national conversation about victim blaming when he posted a series of rants on social media criticizing the ways women report being the victim of a crime and the effects of those reports on the accused. After the Upright Citizens Brigade theater in New York banned a performer in the wake of several women accusing him of sexual assault and abuse, Metzger took to Facebook. “I know because women said it and that’s all I need! Never you mind who they are. They are women! ALL women are as reliable as my bible! A b

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