Is this a good time to mention that when I worked as a victim advocate (5 years), one specific day that I can still remember is when I had barely finished the acute part of the case of a 8yo who was sent by her mom to the corner store in their quiet neighborhood to get her cigarettes (these small ma-and-pa stores, they know the families and will allow kids to do that) when I got a call about a 68yo in another part of town.
8 and 68: neither were sexy, or wearing provocative clothing, or doing anything other than walking in their own neighborhoods. And neither were able to defend themselves from being violently attacked.
